Crazy Sealant Clinic

So I found that I have totally and completely run out of creative titles for blog posts. If fact if we are being entirely honest, I never have been that creative with them. They have now turned painful.
Today was a sealant clinic. I really love the clinics. I love working with the kids. I got a few crazy ones. One of the little boys was so funny. He told me that the glasses made him look like a rock star. Then when I had him open his mouth it got a little bizarre. He kept making bird noises. Yes that is right, bird noises. I think it was his this hurts noise but it sounded more like a bird than anything else. He was quite the little dramatic one since he was making his "this hurts bird call" when I wasn't even touching his teeth. But at least he looked like a rock star. He was a mover and a shaker too. I kept telling him that we were going to be there all day long if he didn't keep talking and chirping. Don't think he wanted to listen. I knew there was no chance that we would ever get sealants done in this life time at that rate. Finally we gave up and stuck a bite block in his mouth. Best idea ever. Thank you Julie. We made it to the end finally.

My second patient was a cute little kid. She had the best teeth I had seen yet in all of the sealant clinics we had done. She was also my first experience with.... drum roll please....head lice! So I learned quite a lot. I had noticed that she had dandruff pretty bad but didn't realize it that there was also lice. Here is the difference. Dandruff is lots of different sizes, is not attached to the hair follicle and is right next to the scalp. Lice can be a few inches down on the hair follicle, is the same size, and is attached to the hair follicle. So I had a great night of lice shampoo and drying everything on high high heat. Yeah good times.