Clock positions

I thought today was a fun day in clinic. We learned the different clock positions for cleaning teeth. The way that I sit (because I'm a lefty) is from 12:00 to 4:00. In the 4:00 position you can see all the anterior teeth with surfaces towards you. At 12:00 you can see all the anterior surfaces away from you. I think the 3:00 position is the hardest because you are supposed to have the patient's mouth level with your elbow so that makes it hard to get your legs under the chair. Our instructor Kirsten is also left handed so she showed me that I can even sit at 4:00 to do the posterior teeth instead of 3:00. It is nice to have an instructor that is left handed to help me. I also passed off the PPE, set up, and tear down PE's so that was nice. I'm am getting excited to be able to do more hands on stuff in the near future!