There is HOPE

I now have another class II patient, but it is only three quads, but I will take it. It was scary though to scale for the first time a class II. I think I will live. I am just excited to maybe meat my requirments. I still need four quads of class II and 3 quads of a class III. I can make it I think.

Class II and III

Finally I got a class II. She had three quads of class II and one quad of a class III. I havce been stressed out for a long time about this. My patient actually didn't come today and there was someone that jsut showed up and wanted to get their teeth clean so we waited a few minutes to see if our patients were going to come and they didn't so I got this patient. At least I had a patient and it ended up working really well for me. I hope she comes back. I did BWX and a full mouth series of x-rays.

Weird day

I don't know what the deal is but I am struggling. The last few weeks have been odd. Today I was all excited because I had already scaled one quad of this patient and was ready to do the other three I thought it was going to be a breeze. It wasn't really that bad and I only missed three spots on my scale check, but then I couldn't feel them and I couldn't get them off. I am just feeling down a little lately and need a confidence booster. I was thinking I was doing okay and after today I lost that. I need to take a deep breath pick myself back up and push myself again. I haven't wanted to do homework really lately though and just feel like I am holding on by the seat of my pants. Oh well time won't stop I have to keep going.

A break

Today was awesome I felt so relaxed like I was just here to take all of the information in and I didn't have to stress about a patient and I was able to learn more and try and apply the things so I can be better for when we see a real patient again. My next patient I have done one quad and I didn't use the ultrasonic and I really should have so I am excited to finally get to us it on someone who it will really benefit me and them.

IB exam

On Monday I did my IB exam. I was really nervous and din't know what classification my patient was going to be. They ended up as a IB and I hadn't taken my test for it yet and I know we had to have it done by the 5th of march and I didn't know if I would see a IB patient before then so I went for it. My patient had a lot of recessiona and I didn't really know how to scale the cemetum. IT eneded really good or I hope it did. I didn't miss any spots on my scale check so as long as my chart was good I feel I did well.

My I A patient

Today was a good day I hope but when I get my test back I will be able to tell if it was a really good day or not. I feel really confident though that I at least passed. I felt kind of bad though because I missed three spots of calc, and I haven't missed that much before. Costley said that it was because I hadn't had her as an instructor yet. Life is Good if I keep telling myself it is anyways.

CA

My first day as a CA was on Monday it was okay. It was kinda boring, but it was nice not waiting for a patient. I thought it was okay. I actually liked the down time when you could help other people. I thought it was pretty good.