Great Neighbors

Today my neighbor came in as my pt. She was a 1B and the scaling went well because my pt canceled she came in late but I was able to get 1 quad finished. She is pregnant and I was able to see that her tissues had a lot of marginal redness that was most likely a cause of the plaque biofilm and pregnancy hormones. I instructed the pt to try and be meticulous with brushing and flossing to help improve her oral health. I felt like the appoint went well and that I getting a lot faster with the OD and scaling times.

Jess is done!!

Jessica was my first pt the semester and today I completed her treatment. I felt great I was a little quicker and only had 1 spot missed. I felt like I had some good teaching techniques from Mondays clinic and was able to utilize them today. I found that I was struggling with the Lingual anterior just at the gum line by using a barnhart toe instrument with vertical and horizontal strokes I I was able to easily remove the deposit! It was awesome it felt great to finally improve in that area! My next goal will be again to work on my posture and continue working on getting the distal angle of # 2 and #15. Clinic was great today and I got my pts husband scheduled which awesome!!

Mother In-law

Today I worked on my mother in-law and I found that for me it actually harder to work on people you know (husband and child excluded). I think It was hard to do OHI and feel like your pt is taking you seriously. Compared to someone in their yearly 60s I'm just a child. However I my pt was a class V and I got an OD and 2 quads completed. I really felt that the class V was easier then a class 1b and that was really interesting to me. I feel like I'm getting faster and better at detection calculus. For my goal I would like to improve on my time of scaling and work on my posture.

another 1b

Today was great I had a 1b pt that still had some calculs. It was great practice to acctually see the calculus and remove it. I found that just because the pt is a 1b does not mean that there deposits will be easy to remove. I thought the apt would go wrather quickly but found that with some individuals calclus can be a huge pain to remove. My goal is to strengthen my muscles so I wont be so tired and so I can apply harder lateral pressure when needed. I'm finding the routien of the apt is flowing better but I still will welcome more practice. Onther goal would be to work on my posture so my back wont hurt so bad.

2nd pt yeah, they canceled!

Today was rough my pt that I worked my butt off to schedule called and canceled this mourning! as a last resort I brought in my daughter Taylor who is only 2 in fact shes wont even be 2 for 2 more weeks. I got to take her for a ride in the chair and brushed her teeth. She let me polish a little and then just as I thought things were going well she bit me yep it hurt too! I felt really unproductive today but with Tay's help managed to pass off 4 1a quads so the day was not a complete failure!

1st pt of the spring semester!

Today I was nervous and seriously felt a little ill! However things went well considering that my pt was 25min late and the scan-x stopped working for about 10 min. I managed to get 4 BWX and finnish my OD,OHI and 1 quad scale. It was a good day but yeah started out rough. I'm fining that it is very frustrating relying on other people to show up and be on time. I have a hard time not being able to control everything. Although I'm finding that with each pt I'm becoming more and more comfortable treating them! Great day I'm glad it's over!!

First day back in clinic

Today was as usual very stressful. We again jumped right in and of course I felt overwhelmed. We learned how to use our area specific and I really had a hard time removing the calculus off my typodont. It truly was rough! We also had a chance to remove white out off your typodonts with the ultrasonic scaler. I feel like this will take some time getting down the right angles. I still don't feel confident using my gracys but I'll have to practice! The day was stressful but I'm getting ready for the rest of the semester