El Fin

Yes I completed my first year of the dental hygiene program and boy did it go by fast! Looking back on this year I feel like I've learned so much yet I still have so much to learn. It has been great so far though, I am definitely ready for a break but hopefully after a couple months I'll be ready to come back in full swing. Well I finished my last patient on Wednesday. It was a senior and she needed everything done (including sealants) except xrays because she is pregged. I was a little nervous- It was morning clinic, she was 45 minutes late, and I really needed to clean all her quads for the credit, and I needed one more experience of sealants. But guess what? I finished! It was a great feeling. She was an easy patient and didn't really have any calculus but for the first time I think I didn't miss any spots on my scale check. It was a good way to end the semester! Now I'm ready for summer, smiling and amazed that I made it through this first year in one piece :)