Anesthesia

Tomorrow is the first lab of anesthesia course. I feel like this is one of the milestones of the whole dental hygiene career. The idea of someone putting a needle in my mouth or me putting a needle in their mouth scares me. I kind of overcame the fear of blood, but needles still make me faint. We'll see...

Depressed :(

Sometimes I hate clinic session so much. Tomorrow our school is participating in program "Head Start Children". We will be seeing small children of 4-5 years old and apply fluoride varnish on their teeth. I never had to deal with children in my life. I feel kind of overwhelmed to even talk to a child. I know, I know, the child will be more nervous that I am, but it still makes me feel uncomfortable.

I am also afraid that I am not good at recognizing calculus. Should not it be an easy thing in the second year of DH school? I don't know... :(

How did I decide to go to dental hygiene school?

I was always really interested in medical field, but I could not stand blood and needles... I also was petrified of dentists and any dental treatment. So I decided that dental hygiene would be a good career for me :)

Little did I know how much blood would be involved in general prophylaxis! Today I am starting the second month of 2nd year of dental hygiene school. I still do not know whether it is the right field for me or not, but I do want to graduate and at least have an associate degree in something that can make me a living.

Dental hygiene schools are very intense. This semester I am taking 22 credits, have lots of homework and working part-time. I really should not complain, because I made it through the first year :)