monady

Why do monday have to be so crazy????????? my patient showed up 45 mins late today so I was rushed to get the OD done. I have decided that it is going to be hard to get my shick requirements for x-rays since we only have one sensor between the two rooms. I had planned on using shick but when I got in there and all set up someone else was using it so I went with scan x. I have also noticed that it is sometimes  hard to notice if some one is a class one or a class two if they are just kinda boarder line. cause they have a few deep pockets but may not have the calc necessay to make it a class two. so two days pt I tought he was a class one but he turned out being a one on top and a two on bottom. so it made my perio statement a little harder it was generalized marginal gingivits i thought would would have to say mild periodontitis but I guess you dont. goal for the week get four quads done and possible a PE.

Great Day

Today was very productive I was able to finish my patient today, yeah that makes two complete three complete pts for the semester!!! I scaled my first quad in just over ten minutes which was amazing timing for me anyways, I felt like I really actually know how to do a 1B patient now. I also passed off my anterior instrument PE. my goal is to pass off two pe's a week. and get faster at doing my od appointments. oh I also used the best instrument today for the first timeit is called the mcall it was so nice to get the posterior teeth.

Class 1A

Wow what a work out today!! I seen a 1A  so was so adorable she is only 3 years old and I was able to take bite wings on her, the first round was kinda hard she kept kicking the xray out with her tongue. but the roller where dirty dang conventional films. so we had to do retakes I felt so bad cause by then she was about really to go home and we had not even started the cleaning yet. so we did retakes and they turned out beautiful. she told me that she was going to be a good girl so that I could get a good grade!! I thought that was so cute. so I could not really scale her teeth so I mostly just used the tb and paste to get the plaque off which worked really well for a three year old, my ohi was more aimed to the parent making sure she knows how to floss and brush really well so that she is not getting cavitys in her little teeth. parent really was interested in how much plaque that was on her childs teeth parent was will ing to start helping her child brush since child can not reall ydo it her self. very cute pt but I got a work out, and no fingure bites yeah!!!

Jan 19th

some times I feel really bad for the people that do not take care of their teeth. I understand why people dont see the dentist cause it coss money but brushing and flossing costs like nothing it practically free dentistry. cause they dont realize if they would just take care of their teeth now before they get worse then it would not cost them so much in the long run... that my thoughts anyway!! I seen a class two witch could really be a class three in half of the mouth but oh well. the calculus was so thick on her linguals and she ad so much demineralization it was amazing i wanted to jsut get in their and start chipping it away but that will be for next time i was able to take some PA's today and also pass off my  sub explorer pe.

jan 12

One more day tell my birthday!!! conventional takes so long to process with the new daylight loader that is attatched to the processor it is really hard to see what you are doing plus I have to stand on a step stool to see in. My pt teeth were amazing today I dont think I have seen someones teeth so clean and someone that really cares about them and how they are taking care of them. I was very impressed with her. I also passed of my explorer to instructor hafen is so helpful.

class 2 pt day

today was a big learning experience for me, I have been seeing pts that are very healthy and have only been class 1b which has made it really easy for me. today I had more of a challenge I had a feeling that my pt may end up being a class 2 but I still dont know exactly how to know when I have a class two mouth, so I wrote down 1b cause I was not forsure, but then I should have went with my first instinct and wrote down class 2 and i would have been right. oh well I hope ill know for next time. I did have success with my xrays I took 4 bite wings and 3 PA's and they turned out really well with no retakes. one thing that I am learning is that sometimes I think it would be easier to see people that I dont know that way I could just educate them and hope that they walk away knowing more than they came with and that by what I teach them they will put to use and I will start see an effect on their mouth when I see them again in 6 months. but with family it is hard. you try to teach them but you know them so well that you know when they are truely listening and caring for what you have to say. so that is why I think that it may be easier to work on someone other than family. today was a learning experience for me and i hope that next time I will know more what to do and what to look for so that when I get an od check I will be correct and she wont have to help me out as much. my goal for wed is to pass off explorer PE and probe a little faster.

real pt day again

oh wow today was so hard I seen scotty today he is such a good sport I feel like I still am not quite doing it righ I reall struggled with knowing how to scale the upper righ quad I could not remember how to scale the right way. I got all four quads done with some time to spare but I had missed five areas which kinda mad me upset I just dont feel like I know how to use the barnhart and need practice but it is hard to practice on a type odont  so I really need a real patient. I hope I start to feel more comfortable as time goes on.

1st day of spring semester

Today was A shocker to come back and know that I do remember what I lerned last semester. although I was a little scared that I had forgot but by the end of clinic my back and wrists where aching I guess I lost the muscle I had gained in thouse areas over the break. we learned a little more ablot the ultrasonic and then we learned how to use our graceys but i think I it is hard to remember what grace you use on the distal and what one you use on the mesial. but I think it is one/two  is for the anteriors and then 15/16 on the mesials and then 13/14 on the distals may need to lable them so I can remember for the first little while.