finshing another patient!

I am on my way to finishing more and more patients! I finished another patient today which was a good feeling! It was a class 2 classification and a 1B classification on the lower arch.  Today I seemed to have a few problem areas where I missed spots.  I really wish I wouldnt of miss those areas but my patient was a little bit harder because he has shorter teeth which is harder for me to adapt and get the right angles.  The more of those kinds of patients I see though the better I will be familiar to shorter teeth and the easier and easier it will become.  Well that is my plan at least!  I hope that I can start to get better sooner than later!  My goal for next clinic session on wednesday is to help my patient feel comfortable with the appointment because he is really nervous.  He is my class 2 with lots of calculus so it may be a hard appointment and I hope to finish him if he is willing and the appointment goes smoothly without the use of anesthesia.  I really hope to finish him though.  But I want to make the patient comfortable.  Back to today though I did feel good about the appointment I just wish I had not missed those dreaded spots!!

class 2 once again!

So today I as able to OD a class two and it was a great learning experience!  I was able to also complete a full mouth xray series.  It was a very educational experience.  I felt kind of down on myself because I did not get to the scaling but after talking to my instructor I felt a bit better about myself after she reassured me that I did a great job by completely doing an OD and taking a full mouth.  My goals for this patient is to complete at least half a mouth of scaling or maybe more if it happens! I will be proud of myself if I can get this done!!

2nd class 1B finished

Today I was able to finish my class 1B!  It was great because he wasnt able to come until 8:30 and was late so I really didnt get started until 9:00 today and I finished 3 quads so I was very happy!!  I even finished early which was great!  I am starting to feel really good about class 1Bs but I am excited to start working harder patients!  I was able to accomplish my goal from last week and have a faster scale time! I had a scale time of 60 minutes today which was 20 minutes per quad which was great because when he came in last time I scaled one quad and it took me 45 minutes so I really did well with time management today!  I was very happy about that!  On Wednesday I have a patient coming in that has not been in for a long time and so I am excited to see what kind of build up they have! It will be great!! My goal for Wednesday is to get the OD done with at least a quad scale or maybe 2!

First Patient that was not an aquintance

So today I was able to treat a patient that I did not know.  It was a great experience and I had a very nice patient.  He was very patient and was a great first experience!  I was able to scale one quad which I was hoping to do more but it is what is it is I guess.  He is coming back on Monday and so I am hoping to finish him up!  I really enjoy doing dental hygiene and love helping people get to their optimal oral health.  My goal for monday is to finish him up and have a faster scale time.  I really hope I can start scaling faster!!

Class 2!!

Today I was able to clean a class 2!! it was hard work but very fun!  It was quite and educational experience for me because I missed two spots and then I was able to feel the spots I missed and I could really feel the spots I missed!  I really enjoyed learning!  My goal for when this patient comes back to miss no spots and decrease my scale time.  I hope to finish him at his next appointment.  I really like dental hygiene it is so fun!

first pat of the semester!

Today I saw the same patient as i did the last semester!  I really felt good about how the appointment went today I did miss some spots but I am almost happy to have missed them because I was able to have a learning experience.  It feels good to keep learning through the semester and to know that I have things that I can work on.  I am excited to see my next patient on wednesday. I am a little nervous because it is a child and i have never worked on a child before.  My goal is to finish the child on wednesday! 

first day back!

Today was our first day back and it was fun to get back into the swing of things.  I really enjoyed using the ultrasonic today. i decided i really like the swivel tip one.  it is much easier to use that one because the tip moved with you and you did not have to move it manually. I really liked that part.  We also learned how to use graceys and that was good to know also.  I kind of struggled with the distal gracey because i could not quite get the perfect angle.  so the next day i will be in the clinic i will be working on a patient!