Oh Blessed Day!

So I feel really good about today! Everything went really smoothly and I can see myself progressing! Maybe I can do this after all! I was able to finish my gma who was a class two and now I have eight quads total..not much, but every little bit helps. I got to pass off two PEs and felt really confident about what I was passing off. I'm finally get the hang of all my angles, which end of the instruments to use, and what calculus feels like. Its glorious beyond all reason! I feel like I'm getting just a tad bit faster too, which is always a plus! So far all of my patients have been close family members and next week i'm seeing someone I don't even know so we'll see how that goes! Yikes!

I be sweatin'

Today was the second day of patient treatment in clinic and I was able to finish up my mom by the skin of my teeth. I took a FMX on my mom and it took a little longer than expected because maybe I'm an idiot and maybe I totally deleted my retaked on ScanX. It ended up taking me close to an hour to finish up with that and by the time I was done I was all sorts of crazy in my head, which made it hard to focus and do well when my mom was actually in the chair. I had to bust my butt to get her done and it was even more challenging because she has so much bone loss on her mandibular anteriors that you have to be extremely careful scaling there. She also has a lot of areas with recession that are really sensitive so scaling there was a bugger too...oh and did I mention after all that she was only a 1B! Whatever am I gonna do when a class two or three comes along!? Awh well somehow I made it through and my mom, bless her heart, was an excellent sport! At least it gave me some good experience..now to go give my pits a good and much needed washin!

Bring your gma to school day!

Today was our first patient day and my gma came to get her teeth cleaned! Bless her heart! She had quite the health history so it was a good thing i got it done beforehand. Everything went really smoothly and i was even able to get a quad done. I think i'm finally catching on and getting used to the flow of clinic, which is a huge relief! It still frustrates me that I can't get such an easy patient done in one appointment, especially when I have to sit around and wait to get things checked off before I can move on! Awh well I guess that's what school is all about! I still really have no idea what I'm looking for when it comes to calculus because unless I can blatantly see it i'll usually miss it! Dah! Hopefully that skill comes soon because it's really startin' to bug when an instructor comes to check and tells me I have a spot of calc where i worked forever! Right now that's probably the biggest thing i'm struggling with! Welp kids that's about it! Until next time! Peace and blessings!

I'm Back!

Wow..i can't believe the break is already over and today is the first day of clinic! Weirdy magee! Today was pretty chill, especially since we didn't have to see a patient today! We went over info on area-specific curets, ultrasonics, and how to chart certain classifications. I still feel pretty comfortable using the ultrasonic, but it was weird picking up an instrument again. We practiced with our graceys for a little bit and it took some time for me to get used to it again. I still struggle with what end to use and how much pressure to apply. I also need to get better at detecting calculus and recognizing the difference between that and anatomy of the teeth. Overall, it was a good day and i'm glad to be back...i think!