Clinic Photos

Monday, August 15, 2005

Biochem exam started at 8am. Of course, I was to school by 6:30am, so that I could run through the notes one more time. I ended up doing well on the exam, which is a nice way to start the week.

Our first and only class on Mondays is OCP. We had a short lecture on how to use the pigtail explorer safely in a live patients mouth, and then we were off to practice in the clinic. I have posted some pictures at rubberdam.blogspot.com of the clinic and me exploring a classmates mouth--enjoy!

After a long lunch, we had another short introductory lecture to periodontics. As with any intro lecture, we covered basic terms and looked at pictures. This perio lecture starts our periodontics module in OCP. I'm looking forward to learning some of this stuff. For you amateurs out there, periodontics is the discipline of dentistry that covers the gums and their attachment to teeth. We will use probes to measure gum recession and other aspects the gums. Should be fun.