Wednesday 3-23

Well I forgot to blog today.  Monday was a very bad day for me and today was a little better but I still feel I should be faster.  Dang what is the key to this.  I just dont know what to do to get faster.  I finished my patient today and got a sealant and a PE done so I was happy about that.  My patient was a 1A and so she wasnt too difficult.  I also took a pano on her and some xrays.  So I did get quite a few things done today.  I am happy this week is almost over, hopefully next week will start off a little better.

Wednesday

Well today was one of those frustrating clinic days.  Man, I was late getting my patient out and had a few misses.  I was very flustered!  I got my removable prostheses PE done and that was very nice.  I also did my blood glucose which I was happy to get those done.  I want to get better at scaling and faster and I just dont feel like that is happening.  I just dont know how to get faster and get these patients turned out faster.  My patient today was very patient with me.  The appt was long and he was having a hard time laying there but he was very patient.  Tomorrow is UDA so we will be there going to classes and visiting vendors.  Hopefully it will be fun although we have a test hanging over us so that could hamper our enjoyment. Next week is spring break so it will be nice to have a couple days off however, in a way I just wish we could have clinic to get some more time.  Well signing off for a week. Yeah!!

Clinic Monday

Well the day didn't start off to good, my patient didnt show up.  This is the first time this has happened to me so far this semester so it was pretty hard for me.  I now know what it is like to feel completely helpless in this situation.  However I was able to get a patient and she was the same class as the one who cancelled so I was so greatful. THANK YOU MR. SOLOMON!  I was able to get through OD and OHI so I can go right to scaling next appt.  It was a very good experience today, I was able to see many things I havent seen before like diffuse redness and some other things.  Today turned out not to be so bad.  Wednesday I will be able to do my removable prosthesis pe so I am excited for that.

Monday

Today was a good day.  My son was my patient and I did BWX and a Pano and sealants and was able to finish him which was awesome.  I learned today that it is really important not to spend too much time on kids sub calculus cause there just isn't much there.  I think I have a tendency to spend too much time looking for something that I don't know what it is half the time anyway.  He was such a good patient he was trying so hard to sit still but he was a really good patient considering how long the appts are.  After class we went to the WIC office and did a presentation.  It went really well there were a lot of people in the class.  Well another day has come and gone and so am I for the night.

Mondays Clinic

Today I finished my patient, late, but I finished her none the less.  It was a good learning experience.  I have been a little timid going interproximally and it showed today because I missed 3 interproximal spots. and they were pretty good sized.  Dang it! My instructor is very helpful though and very knowledgeable (I think that is how you spell that). Well Wednesday we are having a lab and not seeing patients but I wish we were.  I feel like Im not going to get my requirements and we have so many days off this semester it seems.  Monday is Presidents day so we have that off too.  Oh well!  We will be learning to do the edentulous patient stuff which I am happy about so I can get my edentulous patient in.  Well until next time, signing off!

Another Beautiful Clinic Day

Well today I had a real good day, except I kept forgeting little things.  I guess I needed some more brain food today.  I was able to do 4 BWX and get through 1 quad of scaling.  Yeah I was so happy!  I used my new head light today for the first time which was really exciting.  I really liked it so I think I will use it a few more times and see for sure.  It was nice that it went where I went and I didnt get that dark shadow over the mandibular teeth like I usually do, really liked that.  Well I am progressing every day and am looking forward to getting better.

Feb 2

Well it is a new month. My first patient of the month was 2 quads of a class II and 2 quads of a class V.  Very nice.  She was the sweetest lady too.  I was able to get some good experience with recession today.  I had not seen a great amount of recession so it was really neat to see. I got some PAs and a real good discussion about OHI.  She said several times noone had ever told her that before.  I was very pleased with this appointment and feel I got pretty far.  I didnt get to scale but she is going to come back and i will be able to finish up then.  I am starting to feel a little better with my appts.  I am getting the charting down and feeling more confident every day.  I wondered if I would ever get here and I am, slowly but surely.