Hygiene Life

Well Wednesday was a very good day for me.  I got another full mouth so I have the minimum requirements for PA's which is nice and I got all the way through OD so I am really happy about that.  This week has been crazy we have had tests in every one of our classes so I have been in zombie land.  I met with my Professor on Wednesday because I feel I am not adapting right.  It is so much harder to access all the areas in the mouth and see them than I ever imagined.  She was a big help and hopefully I can catch on to this a little better.  She also showed me some extra oral fulcrums which was nice.  It is pretty hard getting your whole hand in the mouth to reach those interiors.  I am getting the hang of things a little better and feel I am slowly starting to improve, which is a very good feeling.  I still get frustrated sometimes but Im sure that is normal and will get better with time.  Well until next time.

Another Clinic Day!

Today me, Heather, MeChel, Marianne, and Tori saw a whole family.  They were very nice people.  The husband was my patient and he said he was very happy he could be part of the learning process.  Very nice to work with such understanding sweet people.  I think I was a little faster today.  I did xrays and scaled a quad which was very awesome.  I am still a little frustrated and I am hoping it is going to feel better soon.  I feel like I am not adapting very well and I really want to.  I am having a hard time getting a good fulcrum so I can get back to the posteriors better.  Today was overall a really good day though.  I do feel like I learn a little more every day, however I still feel a little inadequate to be cleaning teeth. I am also a little timid of the ultrasonic scaler.  So my goal is going to be to get in and use it so I can become more comfortable with it.  Well we have a big test tomorrow so I'd better go study.

Wednesday already

Well its Wednesday already.  The week has gone by fast and now we are having a 3 day weekend. Yeah!! cant  wait.  Today was my first patient day I have been able to do charting and probing and OHI, except I did the OHI before the probing which I forgot I wasnt suppose to do.  I havent done this since November so I was a little green today but you live you learn right?  I did remember how to probe and didnt do to bad so that was a bonus.  My same patient will come back next Wednesday so I will get to scale and that will  great.  I am still hoping to get faster real soon. I was also CA this afternoon which made for a long day but Mr. Soloman was so helpful and really nice and I scored a patient just by being CA, way cool!  There is a lot to do being the CA.  I never realized how much they do and all the responsibilities they have.  I am much more aware now.  Well heres to a long weekend. Im signing off> goodnight

Monday Again!

Well today was the second patient day.  I was still so nervous all day before I came here.  My patient was my really good friend though so Im not sure why I was so nervous.  I did a FMX including bwx and I did them with conventional film.  Oh my heck, with this new daylight loader we have I think it took 3x as long to unwrap, separate the foil, make sure I was hitting the cup, and then to load them all wow it was so time consuming, well my  whole clinic time to be exact.  My goal for my next appt on Wednesday is to be faster and get some scaling done.  That would be great.  My Wednesday patient is a new patient also so I will have to chart all restorations and it will take some time but I sure do hope I am gonna get faster!

First Patient day

Today was out first patient day.  I was pretty nervous the closer it got, however, it went more smoothly than I expected.  I didnt have to redo everything because my patient was my patient from November.  So it was pretty much straight to scaling.  I am very slow at this but I know I will get faster with time.  I am trying to be really positive and have faith in myself.  I am a little tight fisted and have the death grip on that instrument so I really have to conciously think about it to stop.  I was happy I made it through and am looking forward to getting faster and better.  Over and out.

First Day back!

Wow!  What a great break! Today was our first day back and it was awfully hard to come back.  I wasnt quite ready.  We learned to use the ultrasonic today and it is a little harder than it looks.  Getting the angle right and making sure that the tip doesnt touch the tooth straight on, sometimes difficult. I am pretty nervous about seeing patients I just dont feel ready and TalEval mixed into things makes it even more confusing.  I know it will get easier though when I start doing it all the time so Im just trying to be patient with myself.  Hopefully it will all come together soon.