class III horray!!

What a day I think I all most always say this every time I blog clinic must go about the same every week. I feel like one day I am doing really well and then the next day I feel like I have no idea what I am doing. my mother in law was able to coem be my pt today it was quite alearning experience seein what a class 3 really looks like and how amazing it is to see that probe sink to 8mm wow! I took a full mouth with schick I and only had one retake I was pretty amazed with myself. I was not able to scale any quads but I was able to do a gross debribement I know we are not suppost to but they told me to just so it would be alearning experience for the pt to feel how much was really on their after I ultrasonicd it off. I really liked using the ulrasonic I have not had much success with it on other pt and i think that is just because they may not of ahd really that much cal that I could really see if it was working correctly but I sure could tell today. I also seen pus that was gross when I was probing and I really could not smell perio breath but I could today yikes. my goal with this pt is to try and get two quads done at her next appt I hope I can good luck to me:)

IB day

My goal for toady was get through an OD, take x-rays and scale 2-3 quads. I want to get myself so that I can do a 1b in one appointment I got really close I finished 2 quads and almost finished the third one but ran out of time I felt bad cause I know that she did not want to come back really bad but I sould only take me about 45mins to finish. I told myself that I need to start exploring more and feeling for the calculus and then scale that way I can get more done and I wont be so worn out cause I am scraping on every tooth so much. so that is my goal for the next week and get through a 1b appointment from start to finish in one day. I also want to try and pass 2-3 PE's off next week. one thing I have noticed that I need to work on is that I need more lateral pressure I was scaling a lower anterior forever and the calculus was not coming off and my hands were so tired I just could not get it off. so some how I need to use more pressure and use my wrist more and not my finger.

LAB

We had a lab day today it was really nice not to worry about getting a patient for today. but I did learn some valuable Pe's today We learn ow to clean dentures also we learned gluclose testing and that your patient does not have to have diabetes to take their gluclose test but they could also check thier sugar level on patients that may have not ever had it check before. mine was good it was 100 and they say 80 to 120 is normal. I also learned how to do the Diagnodent I have never used this piece of equipment before but if you use it correctly it would be benificial in detecting a suspicious area that may be of concern. but one think you have to remember is that you have to reset it if you get a high reading before moving to the next tooth. my goal for next week is to through an od take x-rays and scale two quads.

A Family Day

I was able to finish my niece today I di one quad last week and finished the other three off today. she told me that I was doing alot better today than I did last week. so that tells me that I am making improvement. Calc is so hard to get off on some teeth but then on other teeth it comes off really easily. I was also able to pass off my selective polishing PE so I have another one done. one thing I want to try and improve on for this month is staying up on my folcrum I have a problem with laying up on it cause I want to lay it down so that is my goal for the month.

class 2 pt day

I am very proud of myself today I finished my class two patient today all four quads. I got lucky because my patient was missing a few teeth that is why I think I was able to finish scaling in one appt. and I only had two spots of calculas which where on the lower anteriors I always seem to missed spots in that area. I was also able to pass of my posterior scaling and I am starting to feel more comfortable with posterior scaling. I also tried using the triple bend I did not really like it I think I like the slim line the best. my goal for next week is to pass off sharpening and also selective polishing. and I plan to finish my one B pt on moday.

why do mondays have to be so hard?????

Today was a little difficult I was faced with a harder patient but it was still only a one B, I thought I had seen gingivitis before but not tell today did I really see what gingivitis was. I felt really bad I felt like if I even looked at the gums they would bleed. and it was really hard when your pt has alot of decalification  knowing is that really decalification or calculus i though I knew the difference but I guess not. I feel like the charting is getting really easy and going through the OD is taking a lot less time but now I am starting to struggle more in scaling I dont feel like our instructors have enough time for us. cause I think I am doing it right but then someone comes by for two seconds and im doing it wrong but dont have time to sit with me for five minutes. I am getting really nervous about getting my PE's done cause we never have time to do them. ahh well my goal for the week is to pass off universal scaling and possibly sharpening.

family day

Today was another family day, my brother in law came to support me this week. I was able to finish all four quads just in time. I was hoping to get a little faster this week but have stayed about the same. I wish that we had more time with our instructors cause we all need help in someway but do not have enough instructors for that to happen. I tried using the ultrasonic I felt like I was doing okay with it but I had two spots of tissue trama on the linguals I dont think I know how to angle it the right direction I wil need to work on it. that will be the goal for next week to get two PE's done and practice using the ultrasonic the correct way. I was also able to finish off my CA assignments I think I was mastered front office, but that may be the only thing I have mastered.