Clinic 2/20/08

Today was interesting because my patient had a lingual bar which made it very difficult to clean the mandibular ants. I had a hard time scaling around the cement because I didnt want to loosing the bar. The calculus adheres to the bar and its hard to know when to stop and when you have gotten all the calculus. She also had a very small mouth which made the x-ray's, the distals of the 2nd molars, and retracting hard.

Clinic 2/13/08

Today was a nice change not to have a patient. I felt like the ultrasonic unit was helpful and really solidified what we are supposed to do. I liked the insurance unit because I have worked with insurance companies for year and half and learning the codes and stuff was interesting because I know what they were talking about. The Denture PE unit was alot easier than I thought. It looks long but what we have to do is not that bad. Overall I felt that today was benefitical.

Clinic 2/11/08

Today was Awsome I scaled my patient who was a class IV. I learned so much, I felt furcation, and passed off my ultrasonic PE. This patient had calculus chipping off big enough to get stuck in the suction tip, it was crazy. I used my graceys a lot, which I had never done before. I really like them, I felt like I could get the distal and mesial better. It was crazy to me that this patient didnt need anthestic. With all their recession they didnt seem to be overly sensitive. Overall this patient was a wonderful experience and I cant wait to finish the other two quads.

clinic 2/6/08

My patient today was a 1B today and also my exam, which turned out to not be sucha a great idea, hahaha j/k. Most of her calculus was the lower linguals. I had a hard time when it came to finishing through the contacts. I would get to the contact and stop, I need to go through the contacts. I also found this patient difficult because they had a tiny mouth, which made the posteriors hard. Only all I learned alot but it was a little frustrating.

2/4/08

Wow today was crazy getting to school the snow storm was pretty bad. Multiple students had no patients because of the storm. I was suppose to have two patients again but my first one couldnt make it and had to be rescheduled. my dad was there as my second patient which worked out. I got the rest of his OD and OHI done today and plan on two more appointments with two quads each. Hopefully everything will work out.

1/30/08

Today has been the best day so far, my boyfriend came in which might have had something to do with it but also he is a class 1b which I have not had yet. It was nice not to have to worrie about a ton of calculus. His x-rays went GREAT and they were conventional. I finished him so he wont have to come back, which was a great self-esteem boost. Today was a good feeling and made me feel like I can do this.

1/28/08

Today was interesting becuase I tried to see two patients in one day. My first patient could only come in for 45 mins and was a class III which doesnt give you much time to do much. I was a litttle discouraged with her appointment jsut because I didnt even get a quad done and at this rate with only 45 mins she will take lots of appointments to finish. My second pt was my dad which went a little better. I did full mouth x-rays on him and I learned very quickly that digital is a lot hard to do PA's then with conventional film. I got part of his OD done but not all so I dont know what his classifcation will be.