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class holds Dental Olympics Kyle Bent xkbent@hollandc.pe.ca The Dental Assistant class got a lot of attention on the morning of Feb. 25. They had their own Dental Olympics, with events such as the blindfolded cotton ball toss and dress your assistant blindfolded with one hand behind your back. This was not only a morning of fun, where winners and losers went back to the classroom and ate pizza, but also a prelude to National Dental Awarness Week. During this week, March 3 to 9, the students will teach kindergartners how to properly brush and some students will go to the Fitzroy Centre to help the disabled learn about proper dental hygiene. There were six teams of four or five students, each representing a different country, competing in the Dental Olympics. At the end of the 45-minute games Finland took home the gold, Sweden and Canada nabbed the silver and Italy won the bronze. Finland and Japan both got medals made of mint dental floss and chocolate loonies. The English as a Second Language class took in the seven events, which started with a member from each team getting down on all fours and blowing an amalgam capsule across the floor with a saliva ejector. Next, blindfolded students got beaned in the head with cotton balls during the throw the cotton ball in the paper bag game. The third event had all of them running from one end of the gym to the other gathering and setting up the equipment needed to fix a cavity. The fourth was the most confusing. Participants were blindfolded, then they had to find their partner by making similar dental equipment noises. For about a minute the gym was filled with dental students walking slowly with arms outstretched making drilling and sucking noises. In the fifth event, each team had to connect themselves with dental floss by putting it through the top of their shirt, then passing it on to the next person to do the same until all four were connected. Dress your assistant blindfolded was the next event. The games finished with handless mixing game. One student had to put a spoon in their mouth and stir in the right amount of water and alginate. Student Meaghan Joudrey said the Olympics allowed her class to have some fun and meet new people. "Just having people out (is good)," she said. "I find I don't know anyone outside my class, so even though it's the end of the year it's still a chance to meet people." Instructor Audrey Penner said the day wasn't just about having fun. "It's nice to see them use (what we've taught them) in a fun way, to reinforce the lessons they've been learning all year."  KYLE BENT PHOTO Dental Assistant student Renee McClure basks in the glory of the Dental Olympics. Her class held their own Olympic competions Feb. 25. } |
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