Internship Blog #13

It was great to be back at Raynham Family Dental after missing the Thursday the week before (I only go to Raynham on Thursdays). I didn't do much, besides scanning the boatload of paperwork left for us triplets to do. Jill, the office manager, left us a fat stack of papers to scan, and we did not disappoint. We split the job into thirds (like we always do haha) and went to work. In the span of 10-15 minutes, Caleb finished his portion and I was up next.

It felt like a track race, as I vigorously typed away the unfamiliar names on textbox. After typing the correct label for the scanned document, I hit "enter" twice and moved on the next. Just like my brother, I finished in 10-15 minutes. I'm just kidding. It was fast though.

Right when I was solving away at some AMC 12 practice problems on my notebook, my dad asked, "Hey, anyone want to clean this denture?" My sister and I looked up at him. I beat her to it. I placed dthe denture in an bag with solution, and dropped the bag in the ultrasound. The fan-like sounds reminded me of the services I was doing at Madonna Manor (the nursing home I clean dentures in), and the smell from the dentures also did too. I know, they have distinct smell. But I didn't wear a mask. Not a great decision.

After scrubbing the dentures with a white Oral-B toothbrush, I washed them with water just so they could look squeaky clean. I secretly took some pictures of the process and gave back the partials. The patient looked at me and said a warm "Thank you" as I walked back to the front desk all proud of myself. I know its just one, but that one made a difference. "Wow, so you cleaned this me!" the lady spoke trying to distinguish between my brother and me. (By the way, everyone says we look the same but we don't! Once you know us, we look different. I promise.) I smiled back her and said goodbye as she left.