Clinic 4/23/08

Today was my last day of clinic, wow I cant believe that my first year is basically over. It was a lot harder and stressful than I ever imagined but totally worth it. Today I saw my peer pal as my patient, I only missed two spots surprise surprise hahaha. I felt like very in control today esp compared to my first clinic day, it was a total 1-80. I'm starting to enjoy clinic instead of dredding it. I'm excited for the summer and I think when summer is over i'll be excited to come back to clinic.

Clinic 4/21/08

Today was not a very crazy day, I just saw I 10 year old boy. He needed a cleaning and some sealants. I also took some xrays on him, BWX. This boy was ver well behaved which made my job a whole lot easier esp compared to other children I have seen through out the semester. I really enjoy working with kids. His two other brothers came with him and saw katie and mindy and they did a wonderful job with them two. Overall I think this was a great day.

clinic 3/5/08

Today I saw a 16 yr old patient, that after OD check was thought to be a class I. After I had scaled, which I felt confident about, I asked for a scale check. During my scale check there was so muich calculus left that she got re-classified as a full class II. This was frustating because I had missed so many spots, but I did go into it thinking that she was a class I. I didnt not finish her she will need to return.

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.