COLGATE

In Dental Hygiene 3 we had a guest speaker come from Colgate the famous SUE!! I felt that she was able to give us some very useful information regarding hypersensitivity. I felt like it was good to know the different active ingredients that can help improve pt sensitivity. Along with stannous and sodium fluoride arginine can help reduce dentinal sensitivity. I like the idea of occluding the tubules. I feel that this is a great area where dental hygienist can offer sound advice and help pts find relief from hypersensitivity pain. I like that I'm not only aware of the toothpaste to recommend but that i can now match the active ingredients and also find a sensitivity tooth pate that tastes good. I think that I would recommend the Colgate sensitive Pro-Relief for the active ingredients as well as the taste. Overall, I appreciate the added knowledge the speaker gave.

Last VA day

The drive here was crazy the wind outside was going 80 -100 mph needless to say I'm amazed we made it here. the road was lined with rolled over semi's and the ones that weren't rolled over were lined up along the side of the road! tons of them! we saw the most crazy things but we were all safe once we got there and the drive home was not nearly. The damage done was unbelievable. I loved that Sarah tried to get Mcconoughy to let us go early but even though WSU was canceled we decided to still see pts. After the stressful drive I had 2 relatively easy pts. Both were class V's although one had some mobility and deep pocketing and needed to have a periodontist come and look at him. I was able to place aretin for the first time and I noticed it was hard to get the cannula into the pocket as the tissue was a little tight. however I think We successfully placed it in 5 sites!! I was a good last clinic day and I'm looking forward to started my last semester!!!!!

Finals are here

Woot Woot! finished all of my finals!! I took my last test yesterday and it still hasn't set in!! I do plan on going to see my sister tomorrow and maybe I will realize I'm done when I'm not sitting is class!!! I fell I did well on all my finals but would have liked to have done a little better on the LA test I guess this mean I better be studying my butt off for the board!! Also I want to meet to DR. Hanson to clarify a few things!! I just want to make sure I'm understanding everything I need too!! I cant believe I have 1 more semester left!!!! I know its going to come fast, fast, fast!!!!

Boards

Mockboards are the next big thing 3 next semester! and so far I have 1 mock board pt! Well 2 I guess If you count my LA mock board! Hopefully I will find another mockboard and a real BOARD pt!!. I also have looked ahead and I think I will be taking my first board the second week of January!!!! Crazy crazy crazy!!! I plan on taking the LA board first. I guess I will be studying during all of my Christmas break!! I'm not quite sure how to tackle the studying but first thing first is to make a firm plan of action!! A few weeks after my LA board I plan to take the National Board!! I think it will be hard to study for both but so far my plan is 2 hrs of LA and 1.5hrs of National Board stuff everyday during the break!! Hopefully I can fit in an actual Christmas too :) Next I'll take to POC a week after the National so wish me luck people!!! oh wait I think I need to register first and then come up with the money :( hope it will all work out!!

11

Yeah that's right 11 INJECTIONS!!!!!! I love giving injections I feel like I'm just getting better and better! I can see how the angles work!! I also had a hard class II and missed 1 spot and 2 quads of a class III with no missed! it was great! I love days like today It was a perfect day to end clinic on!!. My Class III pt was really nervous and was defiantly high pressure but I feel like I stayed calm and was able to do a really good job with her. I had her close her eyes so she didn't have to see the needle. I also got to use a wrist BP cuff today It worked well. I gave my first PAS on the left side and needed a little help with the angle but I rocked the right side and both IA"S woot woot!!

Late People are lame

Today was rough going I had a pt no-show this morning and struggled to find a replacement pt. I called a million people at 8 in the morning and I'm sure I ticked off a few of them. After long searching and with the help of Mr. Solomon I was able to locate a pt. I re-set up my room for my new pt and pulled his chart to look though I saw he would need LA and set up accordingly. Al seems good except 1 hr later he still want there. I called again only to find that he is sending his son in. Finally after going through 3 differant pts I get one in the chair only to find that I have 35min to see him. I take x-rays and do the od quickly but was only able to scale 1/2 of his mouth. I felt bad as I had no more available appts this semester but he will be a good pt to pass off to mt peer pal. Lucky her od done and everything:)

Injections nad Lazers!!

I had a great pt today !! I got 2 quads of a class II, 6 injections, and I got to use the lazer on both the mand and max!! It was interesting my pt had 4mm pockets but was bleeding like crazy I had so many 2x2's soaked with blood! I felt like the lazer was a good option to dry up the tissues and cauterize them! I want to check in with my pt and see how hes healing. I felt exhausted by the end of the appt but felt like I learned a lot. Injection wise I need to remember 45 degree angle I keep dropping a little so I want to focus on keeping that angle. ( lots to work on) I do feel like i'm getting the hang of them though and I'm not nearly as nervouse with my pts.