Frustrating

Today I basically on did an OD on a class 3. Don't get me wrong, it's exciting to know you have a class 3 but I felt like most of the day was wasted. I only did 2 vert bw and didn't even do a FM probe because of the extensive calculus deposits. So in all reality I only did hhx, OD (partial), 2 bw and OHI!!! I really don't want to have my patient have three appt's, even though my instructor thinks that I will need 2 more appt's to complete her. So my goal until Nov 4, my pt's next appt, is to really practice my exploring, ultrasonic, and hand scaling skills so that I can move through the appointment quickly. I'm really excited for her to come back. She'll probably want LA and by then we can administer it ourselves, under supervision of course. I'm looking forward to that. I just hope she comes and comes on time. Today she was 45 minutes late.

Day of Class 2's.

I've decided that I need to change the way I instrument. I currently ultrasonic, hand scale, and then explor if I have time. I think it would save me time and make me more proficient to ultrasonic, explor, and hand scale where needed. So that's what I'm going to work on today. I hope it makes me faster and helps me assess areas better.

1B's Galore

So today I had two 1B pt's. SO EASY. However, I didn't do very well on my xrays. A couple of things to keep in mind for the future...1) Put more vert angulation on BW's when placing the bite tab lower on the film and 2) More, more, more mesial horizontal angulation on the molar shot. I'll do a lot better if I remember those two things.

Va

So last week I had a good but bad experience at the VA. I had a class 3, which was great. He stayed all day so I was able to clean all four quads. However, I didn't do very well. In the first quad I missed 7 deposits. The second quad I missed 4 deposits. And the other half of the mouth I missed about 5 deposits. If I look on the good side I got better each quad. However that was a ton of calculus to miss. Kami showed me different uses for instruments than I have been using before. Such as SH6/7 on the premolars and the distal of the molars. So I'll definately remember those tips. Also I need to work on exploring more deeply interproximally. That's what I want to work on.

2nd Day of Clinic

Today went better. I think I did a lot better job at evaluating my scaling skills. I only had one deposit that I missed on both my patients today. For next week I want to work on improving my xrays. My premolar shot is really good but my molar shot isn't. I need to put more of a medial angulation on it. So my horizontal angulation definately needs some work. Overall, however, today was very productive. I took 2 sets of BW, did to PE, and one exam.

First Day, First Appt

So my first pt called the clinic this morning saying that she couldn't make her appt. at 8:00. I found this out at 8:10. Lovely, huh? So I called a class 5 and it was the hardest class 5 I have ever seen. He only had 10 teeth and 5 of them were mobile. he had 3 furcas and 7+ recession on all his teeth. It was hard but I definately had to learn correct angulation. I wish I would've learned accessory fulcrums, because that would've helped me a lot. With my Class 2 in the afternoon I learned that I need to be own own investigator to detect missed calculus and plaque. I'm not good at all and I really need to practice. That's something I really need to work on.