See world I knew today was going to be a great day! I went to a dental clinic for the undeserved (mostly for children) and it was just like real practice. We had an hour to clean the child's teeth including education regarding self-care, radiographs and a dental exam. The child that I cleaned today was 11 years old and had calculus that was almost on the occlusal surface... Sooo much calculus (tartar). Btw, we don't clean the areas that you can only see, we remove calculus and plaque that is causing you to have disease in your mouth!
Next we had a guest speaker from the British Columbia Cancer Agency
He was amazing, the stories he told and what these poor people go through especially if the cancer is in the head and neck area.... You can loose everything! So we did some detection of abnormal areas.
I would like to teach everyone how to do a head and neck exam. It could save your life.
The general rule is look for anything red, white or blue (anything American) If it lasts for longer then 2 weeks you should get it professionally looked at.
And now, to conclude my great education filled day, I am on the bus heading to the ferry to go home!
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