real pt

Today actually went really well. I felt pretty good. It was hurried though. AAAHHH next semester

Mock Patienet

WOW!!! I was kind of stressing out about this whole patient thing, but once we got going it went well. I thought it was stressful though. I got really hot. I am not so sure how I am really going to scale that fast though because today our patients didn't really have calculus too much, we just had it cleaned off. My patient next week is a IB, but I know they are going to have more buildup than my patient did today. AAAAHHHH well get through though

PSR

Today was a really busy day. I already posted but it didn't work so this might not be as long. We did PSR which was fine, but we ran out of time to do PEs and my partner was the operator second so I feel like I stole her time. She was really fast though. I was just stressed because of time

Sealants

Yeah, I love sealants. I think that they are really fun. I really enjoyed clinic today and felt really comfortable with the sealants. I got to do a lot of sealants because my patient needed a lot so it was good practice. It all 7 I did I had one bubble/void in one so feel pretty good. I think I will really enjoy these in practice. I still have 2 more to do on my patient.

prophy jet

Today we learned how to use the prophy jet. I am not sure what I think about it. I didn't really like it at all, but maybe I could get used to it. It worked out fine though. We tried to remove some stain on the occlusal surface on 4 and 5 but then it wouldn't come off now I got my bubble burst because I have two cavities. AAAAAhhhhh. I am mad, I have been trying so hard, but oh well I need to go get them filled.

Ultrasonic scaling

Today was a different day. It was really interesting to learn how to ultrasonic scale. I thought it was pretty fun. We also learned how to sharpen our instruments. I hope I didn't ruin them. I am not sure I was totally doing it correct, but I hope I learn. Today though I don't know if it was the time change or what, but it went by really slow and I am really tired. i am not functioning very well.

selective polishing

Today was a good day for me I felt very relaxed and wasn't stress at all. I was an assistant before so I feel comfortable polishing and flossing and applying fluoride. I thought the day went well. I finally felt totally comfortable doing something from the very beginning. We also talk to the instructors about different offices and how you know when you are working for a good dentist. I also showed Joni a new trick to floss lower anterior retainers that are cemented on only the cuspids

posterior scaling

Today I had a goal to not hurt my patient. It was a really good experience today. I liked practicing on a patient. I am glad we work on a typodont, but it isn't the same as working on a real patient. I am excited to start working on real patients because for me I feel it is the best way for me to learn is to practice. I really thought today was good. I did poke my patient a little, but she said it was like alomost poke. A little uncomfortable, but not hurt just anticipating the poke. I really thought it was a great clinic. I hope we are going to start doing things like this more because we don't have too many clinic days left so it will be best I think to just practice.

Posterior scaling

I thought the PE for today was kindo of fun. I really like how instructor Vining went beyond teh PE and asked us things and pointed out things that would make more sense in the real world like excatly why you are using this instrument and not that one. I really enjoyed posterior scaling as well I feel like it will be good. I need to practice like always, but I liked how we had time to really cover all of the surfaces.

Intra oral camera and the process so far

Today I had a goal to be calm. After we got ane-mail over the weekend that said we had to do all of these steps and we were timed I got a little stressed. So like I said my goal was to chill out and not worry about that and jsut do what I have learned so far. I think that was a good experience though because we are needing to go faster at the different procedures and this is a good way to monitor if we are up to par or not. I really liked it. I also thought the intra oral camera was really cool. It was hard to figure out though I think that I would need consitant practice at that so I could work backwards, but I think I would really like to use on in an office. you can see a lot with it. It is a really good learning device.

scaling

I have been really excited for this day to come for along time. It was a really fun day. I was so excited to start scaling and see how it really worked. I did get a little frustrated working on the typodont and I was nervous to work in someones mouth. I finally chilled out a little and got the hang of it though. I actually thought that working in a real mouth was easier. It was really exciting to actually find calculus and start to remove it. We jsut worked on the anterior teeth and that is good because it is more accesible and I hope we work more on the anterior before we get to the posterior so I get the hang of it before I can't see. I am really looking forward to Monday clinic and getting better at scaling

Putting it all together

Today was a really awesome day I really enjoyed it, I though the day was really fun. I liked working with the someone else rather than in our pod. I like to see how the process is going to go. I can't wait though until we get fast enough to do it in a reasonable time frame. I thought the clinic went very well though. This is short because I already posted and it didn't work so I can't remember what I wrote sorry.

Dent charting

I learned how to chart the teeth. I though it was really fun and I thought it went well. The way we have to chart all the things is pretty easy, but at the same time I think some of the ways we chart say a bridge or an impactd tooth is weird. This will also help w/ the case study. I really enjoyed this and going through charts so I could see others mistakes and learn.

disclosing agnet

Today was a very relaxed fun day. I really enjoyed it. I also got to practice a little w/ exploring and that was good. Today we learned about disclosing agents. I thought it was interesting to see. Even people w/ clean mouths have low PFI sometimes. I found that really interesting because you think that low PFI would only come from people who have obvious plaque. I learned a lot about that and about how I need to do better myself. It was weird I hardly had any plaque on the proximal surfaces of teh posterior teeth, but my anterior teeth were a lot worse. I guess I need to work on that. Even people who have really clean mouths still need to work on their PFI.

probe 2

Like I said on Monday I really enjoyed probing so for the goal for the day was to practice practice practice. We also learned how to do BFI, but my pt. didn't bleed at all so I just had to make up numbers to try and figure out how to do the BFI. I think the session went really well. I have a cold sore thoguh so I don't feel like I am totally getting the best experience because I can't be worked on, but there isn't anything I can do. I just have to try and stay involved when my pod partner is working on someone else. I am having moments when I feel like I can do this and other moments I wonder and feel really over whlemed.

Probing

I was hontestly terrified to probe and I am not sure why. It just seemed scary to me. I was affraid of poking my partner and I was very intimidated. Even after we worked on the typodonts I still was very anxious about working in a real persons mouth. Once we started to work in the mouth it went really slow, but it wasn't has bad as I had anticipated. I actually really enjoyed it. Obviously speed will come with practice. I think so far that probing has been the most fun of all. I am really excited to continue working on probing. I hope next time I will just get better and better.

Exploring

We started kind of exploring last time, but I had a goal of really trying to work at it and figure it out. Sometimes when you are working at something that is difficult and you are getting frustrated at it it is good to take a break and return later. I felt like this really helped me coming back a couple of days later to try try again. I really feel pretty good after today and I am getting really excited to really get to work on a patient.

adaptation

Today my first goal was to pass of HHX PE. I was nrevous, but it went really well. We learned about agulation and adaptaion. I wasn't really sure how to do either of these so pretty much the goal was to learn the stuff. I was nervous becuase I didn't want to poke the pt. I was working on. It was a really good experience, but deffinately need practice. I did learn a lot, but as always I still won't get it until I get a lot of practice. This all kind of stresses me out and I get frustrated, but I need time to figure it all out. I get very frustrated with myself sometimes because I can't get it all when we do it. I am not sure how to get all the information, but I guess it will come.

Intra oral

Today I did okat except for the names of the structures that we were learnig for intraoral exams. I really need to learn those. I thought it was an awesome clinic though. I am starting to feel like we are really learnin a lot, but because we pretty much only have the one clinic session to learn it in it makes it hard and frustrating to have to learn it all at once. I am really starting to get stressed out. I am going to go home and study the structures.

Extra oral Examinations

My goal today was to remember all the parts of the extra oral exam. I didn't plan on memorizing yet the names of all the surfaces, but just the order and where to go. I know some of the surface names, but not all. Today though I feel confindant in feeling all the aspects of the structures. I think the clinic was really fun today. I feel it went really well. I liked how we got to apply the positioning that we have learned when we learn about fulcrum points. I thought it was very useful and it made for a fun clinic. Now I need to make sure I memorize the structure names, that go along with the extra oral exam.

Vital Signs

Today we learn how to take vitral signs, in high school I had a sports medicine course and we learned how to take BP P and R. But today I knew it had been a shile since I had taken them so I came with an open mind to remind me of how to take the BP. I had forgotten little details, but after we reviewed how to take them I remembered and figured it out. I think it went well, but I am going to take my bp cuff home and practice some more so I can be really good at it. I feel like I am starting to get the hang of things. Everything is starting to fall into place such as the TX entry records. I was confused, but we went over it again today and it is starting to make sense. It was a great clinic

HHx

Today I had a goal of understanding how to do a HHx because it will help me learn how to do the case study and start to learn how to chart. I think I probably learned a lot. I wouldn't say that I have totally got it sown, but there is always room to practice and get better. I came trying to learn and apply with the case study. So I had questions with the case study that I was either able to find out by just listening and if not then I would ask. I don't know it all, but at least I think I fould figure it out or I could work my way through it. I am still nervous about all this charting and everything. I am not exactly sure that I get it all, but that is why we are here and learning. I think that it would be easier to practive if we had HHx filled out on the actual sheets that we are using here. I think it would make more sense.

CA

Well today I had what I thought was the information to read, but it ended up being teh wrong module 3 so I was confused for a little while, but once we started to learn the tasks it was fine. SO my goal was to come prepared and becasue I did the wrong stuff I wasn't. I just hopped on and went with what was taught. It was good to learn about sterilization and how to make sure we got our instrumnets in the correct places to be sterilized. I also came with a goal to pass off my PE on post clinic tear down. Today was a good clinic session becasue it was good to learn things that are really important with what is going on.

positions to sit and light

Today I had a goal of remembering how and what sitting postions to best sit to see the teeth well and without hurting my back by slouching. I really enjoyed this lesson and I am excited to apply this to scaling. Now I know what positions to best see the the teeth and what postions to best scale the different surfaces of the teeth. Practicing and understanding helped me achieve these goals. Obviously I will still need practice. What I did as well is right on our papers what teeth to scale in the correct positions so I can study at home and think about it. I think I did fairly well, but like I said I will always need practice. I feel well and confident I think so far. I am getting it. The lesseon went well.

My first clinic

Today was our first clinic. I came with a goal to not cry. Just kidding. It was interesting to learn the different techniques used in setting up and cleaning up our units. I feel comfortable with the set up and how things are done. I think I understand everything. I am nervous about the PEs but if I come prepared I'll do fine. Just making sure I understand hoe to be prepared is probably the most important. suggestions to improve-well I am still just trying to take it all in and I am finally starting to see how the entire program works.

First Post

I am posting this because I was told to, and I no longer have any money!!!!