February 23rd, 2007

Today I got to watch Anna, work on patients. One of her patients she was very sensitive, in the gums, since throughout her life time she has build up a lot of tartar, in her lower gums. Which then decompose, the gums, and it also decompose the bone line, which expose a lot of the teeth, therefore she would be very sensitive in the gum while eating as well as drinking cold water. Today she got me to try this dental gel, that dental gel are only for patients that have sensitive teeth, they would apply on the gums, and in a matter of a few minutes the gums becomes numb and the hygienist are then capable to procede with their work. Anna also gave this patient this liquid, dental varnish, called Zarogen, which protect the patient's gum so it does not get sensitive when she drinks cold water, and this liquid that she applied on the patients teeth will last approximately 3 months.

* If beneath the gums, it has a whiter colour they will be much more concern. The darker the healthier it is.

• Plaque are build up from little food pieces that are left behind. Tartar, are from mineral on your tongue, and it gets to the gums, and then becomes like a rock in the mouth. What hygienist do, is they scale off the teeth, to remove the tartar and keep the gums healthy to see if they are any bone lose.



• Today, Anna got me to clean all her instruments and taught me how to use the digital Xray machine. There digital Xray machine, they were able to re-use the film, they just to be dispose to the light, and everything would get erased.