Dental Internship Stories: Part 1

Today was the start of my second week interning at my dad's dental office, and it was busier than before. First off, the front-desk receptionist was out sick today, so my siblings and I were left on our own. It wasn't too bad, but it wasn't the best. I had to do a lot more phone calls, and let's just say I'm probably the most monotone caller of all time. It got so bad that even my dad made a comment about my calls. Oh well, I can't be great at everything, right?

Also, I started cleaning the chairs and putting on the blue tape that goes on those chairs (I actually did one chair, but I still learned something from it). But I made a mistake, as usual, this time forgetting to fold the ends of the tape before applying it. This caused the tape to stick to itself, which gave the workers a hard time trying to take them off after they were done with a patient. At least I learned how to do it right afterward so next time I don't mess up.

Other than those two bad parts of my day, I would say that the rest of the day went pretty well. I started my summer reading book, stamped the cleaning packets, and scheduled the appointments with little to no trouble, and I even got several more insurance companies to reply for our research project. You could say that the day wasn't the best, but I found ways to enjoy it anyways regardless of the negative circumstances that occurred today.