for one of my class assignments/projects we have get a partner and take impressions on each other.. i wasnt really looking forward to it because the last time i've ever taken impressions was senior year in high school and it was not a good experience. the last year of high school i was taking this dental assisting class which we also had to pair up with someone to take their impression. i had no clue what to expect cause i've never done them before neither has anyone done them to me. well my teacher decided to give us a snack break before taking impressions and that day i remember i had lasagna. so we got back to class i took the impression on my partner and when it came to me .. it did not go too well. as soon as she placed the tray in my mouth and pushed it into my teeth i felt the material (alginate) squeeze threw the tray and slowly run down my throat. the girl did not wait long enough for it to harden a little and it was so runny that when it touched my tongue i threw up my lasagna all over my white scrubs! but that wasnt the worse part. the worse part was that i couldnt even take the runny tray out of my mouth cause it would be more messy as oppose to letting the alginate set then taking it out. it was the worse 3 mins ever. and it took atleast 5 washes for the stain to get out of my scrubs! >;T
well last thursday i decided to let my partner take my impression first. of course i told her my past story and thought she would be careful with me. i sat on the chair while she got trays that she thought would fit in my mouth. she came back and the trays didnt fit. after the 5th time she tried i started worrying. so i told her to do my lower first cause the upper is that hardest. she did my lower... okay... i gagged and tried not to think about throwing up and lucky me she did it right. now time for the upper. our teacher came and helped out cause of the pain she was putting me through shoving every single tray in my mouth cause non of the would fit. finally found one and she set everything put it in my mouth and it was just a little runny that i had to keep my tongue in a certain way so i wouldnt feel the alginate, close my eyes, and wiggle my feet so i would distract myself. when it was time or her to take it out i wanted her to hurry cause i felt my lunch about to come out lol. but OMG was she soo slow.. ughh i hated it!! so after that she had to pour my impression up with plaster and then later we'll make bleaching trays. i was hoping she didnt mess up on the plaster part because if she does we'd have to start all over.. well today she said everything turned out great! and tomorrow i will be doing it on her! but after class she said she really didnt get to experience doing it cause our teacher helped out with the impression and our other teacher hepled her out with the plaster... UGGHHH!!!! noooooooo!!! i felt bad and i said ill let you do the upper (so i can keep one) but she wants to do both upper and lower... what should i do.. she already did them!! >;o
