Emer day

Today was kinda long we did not do much today we learned how to be a CA and what to do if we had an emergency situation what would be the plan and how to handle a stat situation. we also took the clinic manual test and with that I did not have to look up everything so that was a good sign that I knew the information. we also talked about what the plan is for this next semester. and also had a relection on how well we thought that we preformed on our real patient day. so we went through each step on the dental chart and wrote down how we felt we did and how we could improve.

Real Patient Day

I was able to work on my sweet husband today, he is such a trooper for volunteering to be picked on by someone that does not know what they are doing. jk but he was kinda confused on what i was doing with the probe, he keep telling me that he has never had this done before and that he is glad his hygientist does not do it to him or else if she did he would find a new one. I just keep my thoughts to myself but tonight we will have a discussion on why it is important to probe im sure he will very intersted:) today went okay the flow did not go great we where why behind getting into the xray room i was all the why done with my OD before we got to take xray, then I had to take two retakes both of my pre molars where over lapped. I was thankful to of had Vining  in the room to help out I think it might me crazy when we have to go look for an instructor to get the okay. then we where able to do OHI I love to see the reactions on pts faces when they see how much plaque they have on their teeth, it a big motivator to the pt that they either need to change the way they are brushing or just need some modifications to their current brushing habits. charting took a little longer than expected but i guess with time it will get faster. overall to day went very well.

Another Relax day

Today I was the Patient again you would be surprised at how much you learn from just being the patient I watched through the mirror the whole time I was curious to see how to use the ultra sonic on my braces. I still think that if I had a patient with braces I would rather use the ultra sonic instead of the air powered polisher. brooke did an amazing job she is going to make a great hyginest. and I also like to be able to fell what my patients go through, I now realize that holding your mouth open for two hours is the most tiring thing ever and your jaw gets really sore if you dont give them a brake so they can rest.

Relax day!!

Today I was able to just sit in the chair and do nothing it was awesome I could have fell asleep, mu operator was really good and probing only hurt a few times. I did find out that I mite have two cavity which I am not happy about, I guess that is waht school does to you cause you have to eat so many sweet to function. I also passed off my last PE it felt amazing to have them all done. the PE was sharpening which I still dont feel totally confident with but It will come with time. I liked bieng the pt just to see kinda where I am at with knowledge and compare with others so that was good to see that we are both on the same page as in time it takes and what we know

11-10-10

Today I was able to scale the whole mouth I was also able to use the Ultra sonic which
I totally loved it I it worked awesome. It was good to go in an order as I was scaling I have always just jumped around when we where practicing. but I can totally see why going in an order is very helpful or else you may end up skipping a tooth surface. I really like using the ultra sonic I can see how that can save my life when I get a patient with lots of calculus. I twill save alot of time, one thing i did learn today is that charting takes so much time and if you are rushed to get out of clinic it makes it even more stressful. I also learned today how to chart xrays and that xray can fall any where after your hhxrx. I am getting rally excied for real patient day I am feeling more confident in what I am going after this week.

Mock pt Day

WOw I survived mock pt day, I was stressed all weekend long and then I got going on my pt and it was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. what took the longest was probing the full mouth but I feel better about probing now that I was able to do a full mouth on a pt. I only got though the OHI and did not make it to scaling today but that will be wed. I found out that I need to be a little faster at going through the differnt steps but I did pretty well for bing my very first real pt.

Sharpening

Today we learned how to sharpen instruments, its not to hard if you understand the angles of the instrument and the stone. we where also given little laminated sheets to help us get the angles, I dont feel like I really need to use it I think I have the concept down. today was way productive I was able to pass of three PE's Air powered polishing which was so much better this day than ever before, we also did flouride PE I really like the varnish better than the foam and I like that I can feel it on my teeth cause then I think it makes the pt feel like it is actually doing something. and then we did the Walk out PE and that is so easy. Im staring to feel really comfortable with everything. so bring on monday I am the operator first next week so it is going to be a good experience.

Monday

today in clinic I was able to pass of selective polish it was so easy, I feel like I have got the hang of it since I have only been doing it for four years in private practice, One thing is that I know now than I may of been going just a little to fast but now I know to keep it below 10 rpms I also got to practice my air powered polishing agian not sure If  I am getting any better but Ill keep practicing.