I was the patient again today! And it was just as great as last time! But I did have radiology after clinic so I didn't get to come in street clothes or with painted nails. :( But I did still get to relax and take a little nap while my teeth were being cleaned.
It is always a good experience to be the patient. I get a new insight on how I should treat my patients. I definitely get a reminder that I need to be soft and not dig at my patients teeth! I have a new resolve to make sure I keep my grasp and strokes light when I don't have to remove any calculus.
In radiology we learned about panoramic films. I have been taking pano's the wrong way my whole life! Granted, I was never really taught the proper way to take a pano, so I should be cut a little slack, right? But they are pretty involved and it takes a lot of remembering to make sure you get all the steps.
I also learned how to take a conventional pano. At my dental office we only use digital and it goes right to the computer, so no developing whatsoever. It definitely is so much nicer than loading film. It is actually pretty tricky to load a pano in the daylight loader! There is not enough space in the loading area and you can't see what you're doing! Hopefully I will get faster at it, because it took me a good amount of time to load it.
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