Practice injections

Tony my sweet boy came up to school to let me practice injections on him. At first I was nervous but once I started retracting his cheeks back I got more comfortable. He was giving great feedback that really helped me nail the injections. I really learned that I have to pull the cheek back extremely far on the PAS to get the distal of the 2nd molar. THIS HELPED ME MORE THAN I CAN EVER EXPLAIN ON HERE, I RECOMEND IT. Tony will be my real board patient which will be wonderful.

April 16, 2009

Mock Anesthesia- Written exam. I felt fabulous about the written exam. If the real one is that easy(which it wont be) I'll be stoked. I fell the taking the test the same day as the injection mock was a great expeirence that gave me a good idea of what the real thing will be like. I felt great and exam, injections not so much.

April 16, 2009

Mock Anesthesia -Clinic expeirence. Today was anesthesia mock boards and I felt clam going into it but after I didnt feel so great. I failed both injections which made me realize that I needed more practice. I went to low on the IA and I didnt have a 45 degree to the midline on the pSA. My peer pal was awsome and very supportive which helped a lot. Overall I learned what I did wrong and I am going to practice over and over till I get it right.

April 15, 2009

Today was our last day at the VA, Which makes me sad. I have loved the VA. Thanks to Kami I feel like my scaling skills and feeling for calculus have gotten much better. I just keep telling myself towards the tooth hhahahaha. One of my patients today and an interesting problem that I have never had before. She had a artifical spine which made positioning difficult but as long as told how i was going to move the chair before I did it everything was good. I will miss the VA I feel like gave me expeirences the weber state clinic couldnt.

April 1, 2009

Today I was at the VA and it was a fabulous day and I left feeling really good about my scaling. I did not have a morning patient but the afternoon I had two pts. Lis was sick so we had one extra so I bolted though two pts in a hour and fifteen minutes which is really good for me. I really got a good feel for the real private pratice.

April 9, 2009

I saw my grandma today which is always fun when you know the person. She was a Class V and I felt like her calculus came off pretty easy. Although she did have some rough root surfaces that even jeanie commented on. The afternoon was a little more busy, I had a 1b adult and a 1a child with sealants. I am feeling way confident with sealants esp since the sealant clinics. Overall today was not so difficult but productive.

Apirl 2, 2009

Today was our last mock board I got an 88% but still missed 4 spots which makes me very nervous. My patient is very hard he has rings of calculus around every tooth, so there is no room for error. Kami was my examiner and made me feel good about the cleaning which was nice but also made me aware that there are somethings I need to work on. For example I really need to work on moving the tip towards the tooth, it makes a world of difference. overall good day but liek I said i'm nervous for real board esp because of the difficulty of my patient.