Fourth meeting

April 30, 2014

Today as soon as I got their we got straight to work. To my surprise today when measuring teeth my mentor did something a little but different. Usually when logging the measurements into the computer she calls over a dental assistant to help her do the job, but today she spoke into a microphone where the computer was able to understand the measurements she was speaking into the microphone and log the measurements in for her. It was cool because I never really realized how advanced technology was and was surprised it was able to do that. It was also surprising me cause right then I realized how dental hygienist have to rely on technology and how much my mentor uses her computer. You use a computer for pretty much everything in the office like finding the patients old records and updating new things into their files. Another cool thing that I didn't expect to see today was the dentist do a filling on a cavity. It caught me by surprise because the dentist whose name is Mr. B just called me over randomly to watch. While being their I not only got to see what dentist do but the job of a dental assistant. Dental assistants have to remember all the different tools and really have to move at a quick pace to keep up with all the work the dentist is doing on the patient. As for the cavity filling it looked really different from what it feels like their doing in your mouth. It amazes me each time I watch a cleaning proceeder that when I'm in the patients chair all the things I'm seeing are have happened to me as we'll. overall today was a pretty interesting day and I still am excited and hope to pursue this career.

Time logged for this session: 2 hrs

Total time logged: 24hrs