Week Ten

Prosthodontics is the name of the game this week. If saving teeth is no longer a possibility, this is a word you will become familiar with. Dentures and implants. Feeling faint? Well, don't worry... we also learned CPR! We can revive you, just in time for the final exam (haha).

As a side note, I have been fortunate to have found a working interview at a general dentist's office and have also been invited back! It is incredible beyond words. Every patient is different, every case is different, I am in there hands-on and working side-by-side with some wonderful people that are patient and helpful. I enjoy every patient that sits before me and greatly respect my team and dentist. The time flies by, and I am excited to wake on the mornings I return to them. I hope everyone is as fortunate and as pumped as I am!

The final is around the corner. This is your last opportunity to ask any and all questions so please take it, if you have them to ask. Good luck all--you will do beautifully!

Carla Jordan

Week Nine

We're doing Perio, folks! We have new charting and a whole new respect for our gums! I can tell you from personal experience at my externship (perio office) that tissue and bone grafting is some amazing stuff. Anybody that is a patient or a team worker at a perio office now has a close relationship with floss! It is truly an incredible specialty to study and be apart of.

Another week down... keep your focus.

Carla Jordan

Week Eight

Hello all! By now everyone is starting externships, completing them, and some are finding working interviews and finding their place in the dental assisting field! In class we are learning about cements, liners, bases, crowns, bridges, and (as usual) all the many instruments and terminology to go with it. Things are moving quickly and there's plenty of information to soak up!

Go with the "flowable" and "cement" your place in a dental office! (corny, I know) Only a handful of weeks left!

Carla Jordan