today was a good day!

Today was a great day! I was able to finish another 1B and was able to do a sealant and my a/p polish pe.  I felt pretty accomplished.  I didnt miss anything today which will be the second clinic day in a row!  Hooray!  I feel like I am starting to know what I am doing and it is a good change!  I am now almost done with all of my requirements.  I feel pretty good about that!  Just need two more quads of a 1B and 8 quads of a 1A which i have scheduled.  So that is nice.  I cant wait for summer and it is coming closer and closer everyday! I only have 4 more clinic sessions before summer! my goal for next week is to finish my 1A requirement!

finishing another 1B!

Today was a much better day because I had a bit more confidence with my 1b patient.  I didnt miss anything which was a nice change to my clinic experiences.  I really liked that feeling!  I felt that I was pretty productive today because I was able to get my diagnodent PE done and I also placed a sealant.  So today I got a lot done.  It makes me excited the closer and closer we get to the end of the semester.  I really can not wait for the summer! It makes me happy that at least I am getting better with my easier patients because if not then I would be a bit more concerned. One wednesday I have another 1B patient which should hopefully be a better experience again!

class 4

Last wednesday I saw a class 4 which was the hardest thing i have ever done! I did not know that someone could have that hard of calculus!  It was really hard for me to use enough lateral pressure to get the calculus off.  That day was kind of a discouraging one because on that monday I had seen a class 3 and had the same problems.  So after last week I was feeling pretty unsure of myself.  The class 4 though had pus coming out the pocket and it was so crazy to see that because I had never seen that before.  I also used my graceys and I have never had an instrument go that far down into the pocket as I this patient did.  I was really suprised that I could put it down that far.  I was also cleaning teeth that were mobile and that was scary to do, because I wasnt sure if they were going to fall out!  It was a real eye opeing experience to me becuase I had never had such an experience before.  Hopefully next time I can do a better job at missing less calculus. 

class 3!

Today I was able to clean a class 3 and let me tell you it was hard!  I just felt like the calculus was so tenacious and it would not come off!  I really had a hard time that.  I have to remember not to get discouraged with myself because I know that this patient is my first class 3 experience.  I am hoping that next time I will be able to get it all of and only miss a couple spots.  Today I got my first X which was hard for me because i dont like those, but I have to realistic with myself and I know that I deserved to get that check because I did not get enough calculus off to get a check.  My goal for next clinic is to get all of the calculus off because I am seeing another class 3 on wednesday.  I hope that this one is easier for me now that I have had experience with a class 3. Seeing these class 3 patients makes me not excited for next year because I have to see lots more of them!  But practice makes perfect! 

finishing my class 2

on monday i was able to finish my class 2 which was a great experience. My patient said that it felt like it went much smoother which was a great feeling.  I also didnt miss any spots.  I feel like I am really starting to get how to do this.  I am getting better as time is going on.  I know that it just takes time and patients to perfect what I am doing.  I just need to not be so hard on myself on hard days.  But thankfully today was not one of these.   I am really happy that i was able to scale 2 quads and not miss anything.  I am glad that I made my patient feel more at ease with what was going on.  I also feel like i am doing better at OHI because my patient have a significantly lower PFI at this second visit.  I really was happy about that.  my goal for my next appt. is to cut my scale time down and to not miss spots.  I just have to keep telling myself that I will continue to get better as I go. 

Class 3!

Today I was able to find a class three! At least 2 quads of a class 3!  I was very happy about that!  Now I just need to find 2 more!  It was a good experience for me and it as really hard!  I missed quite a few areas and felt that if i had more time I would have done much better.  I was really happy that I had this experience though.  the calculus was extremely hard to get off and i know that i need to use more lateral pressure.  That is something i will have to learn and build up my muscles for.  Non the less it was a good experience and i think the day you miss lots of areas is the best day to learn. It makes me nervous though because that means i have to get much better for next year because that is most of what we see are class 3's!  My goal for next appt. is to use more lateral pressure and not miss as many spots. My perfect goal would be to not miss any spots but I dont want to get to hard on myself.