perfect day

I was able to accomplish a lot today and I feel pretty good about it!! This morning I was 2 1A pts and was able to get sealants on both. I passed off my diagnodnt and sealant pe!! woot woot This was great because I was really worried about getting my sealants done!! My afternoon pt was again a class V but I did get to pass off my blood glucose PE!! Woot Woot!! My pt was a talker wow I couldn't get a word in edge wise but he was sweet and showed up 10 min early!! so cool. I learned today how to differentiate from calc and mal opposed teeth a few tips If you can't feel it from the lingual check the position of the tooth behind it from the mesial!! overall a good days work!

mockboard

Wow was today stressful!! My pt was late then he was on the phone the whole time with his girlfriend!! yeah so rude!! I did not do as well as I hoped but I do feel like I learned some really important things. 1 find a reliable board pt 2 find one with a bigger mouth instead of a tiny mouth! 3) relax 4) numb up pt to make your life easier!! 5) don't be timid watch the distal line angles! 6) have some confidence and 7 relax again. I think this will be a turning point for me where I can take this opportunity to learn and improve my skills!! so practice then bring on the next mockboard!!

PLease can I take a day off!

First mistake of the day= getting out of bed! Today was one of those days were I could do nothing right! At scale check my instructor asked me "have you scaled" Yeah so embarrassing I usually miss about 2 areas maybe 3 but today I missed 9yep 9 I really sucked it up today!! Well Lets hope that next Tuesday will be better! I need to learn to stay up on my fulcurm and keep my tip down!!! This is my new goal. I wasn't to slow down for a bit and just work on accuracy and correct technique. My one good event was that I Finally found my mockboard pt!! However he did show up 1hr and 20min late to the appt so lets hope for mockboard he will be on time!!!

I love 1B's

Today I saw my first 1B of the year! IT was so nice! nice healthy pink tissues with a little marginal redness. I finished so quickly nad did not have to work nearly as hard as I did on my class II's> So far my requirements are coming along great though I'm hoping to soon get some class III's!!! I love being able to demonstrate to my pts areas they can improve their oral health I like helping and teaching them. I also feel like my hand scaling is coming along nicely I used to fear the distal line angle of the max molars but I feel I have made adjustments and that I can adequately clean them !! Woot Woot!! I also want to begin seeing 2 pts in the afternoon Today I will try and we will see how it goes!!

2nd Clinic day

Woot Woot! I came into clinic thinking both my pts would be 1B's but both were Class V's I now have 17 quads for my class II's and its only the second week of clinic. I just hope I can start to see some class III's soon. I felt more comfortable in clinic today and did a little better with my x-rays. O had 2 really awesome pts who were excited about improving their health and working on keeping thier mouths healthy. It was so fun to be able to provide them with a good oral health education. I was able to pass off 2 PE's today and finish 8 quads. I'm thinking that soon I will be able to start seeing 2 pts in the mourning. If I can get 2 1b pts I think I could finish them both in the mourning. I feel like its time to start applying pressure and pushing myself to accomplish more.

First Pt day!! wow time to get back into the swing of things. I felt like my 1st apt was a little rough but by the afternoon I was getting back into the groove. I saw a true class II in the mourning and a class V in the afternoon I was able to finish 6 quads. I felt I struggled a little with my x-rays and would like to set a goal to work on those. I was getting reacquainted with my instruments and found I truly missed them. I was also able to get a physician consult and had a great review on how to do those. I also had to work with a pt that could only lie back half way. I felt it was a good learning experience. I really learned to appreciate pt positioning and how it can help us.

All PE"s Passed off

Today was a very productive day and I love productive clinic days!! I had my lovely husband come in and here is what I was able to pass off/ complete on him: 1)16 Pa's to complete a full mouth x-ray 2) The removable appliance PE: on his retainer which badly needed it! 3) the air/powder polish PE 4) the diagnodent PE 5) Last sealant needed. 6) Diet analysis Yes all that and I also completed 4 bitewings and 2 PA's on another pt with time to spare. Needles to say I will most likely be giving my husband a back rub tonight!! I felt that not only was today productive but that I had an opportunity to use things like the air/powder polish, diagnodent and shick each having not been used since we learned them. My new goal is to start using the shick more. My x-rays came out wonderful and for 16 PA's that was amazing I needed no retakes and it was honestly so fast. I feel like I would really need some more time using/doing all of these PE's again because doing them 2 times a semester 1 time being how to learn it is not enough. The clinic day was great and now all my PE's are successfully passed off!!!