A Good Day

Today was one of those good clinic days. I was a little upset because my class 5 patient is only going to count as 4 quads of a 1B, but that's okay. I was able to scale 4 quads today, it took me awhile(1 hour 35 minutes to be exact) but I got it done. I felt pretty good scaling today, I really felt like I knew what I was doing for the most part. My patient had a fair amount of calculus but he had ton of biofilm today. I felt like I spent a lot of time digging out and scraping off biofilm. Kara mentioned that she toothbrush polished her patient before scaling and that worked great so next time I am going to try that. I also was able to pass off two more PE's!! YEAH!! I am finally feeling like I am a little ahead on my PE's so I won't be stuck at the end of the semester passing off PE's. I am still worried about getting all of my radiograph requirements and my quadrants, but it is only midsemester so I still have a lot of time!

Patient Cancelled

Yesterday my patient called and cancelled on me. I tired to find someone else to come in but had no such luck, STUPID SNOW!! I hate the snow, I hate to drive in it and so do our patients! Luckily I have wonderful friends in this program and they were willing to help. I was able to do sealants on Alyse and Sarah. I did five on Alyse and just one on Sarah. It was really good practice being able to do so many. I was also able to pass off three PE's today so I feel like I was really able to accomplish some things and made it a productive day, even though my patient cancelled. I am so glad I have such great friends in this program that are willing to help me out and spend there time to come in. THANKS A LOT FRIENDS!!!

First Child Patient

Today, I had my first child patient. I was really worried at first because he was only 4 yrs old and he had never been to the dentist before so this was his first time in a dental setting. I also worried about x-rays. So they were a little late to the appointment which always makes me even more nervous and frustrated. They showed up and filled out a HHx and then we got started. I started off by explaining all of my instruments and I let him feel and hold them. He was very skeptical at first but after her saw that none of the instruments were going to hurt him he warmed right up and did very well. We tried to take x-rays but they were really big for his small mouth and he wasn't able to control his tongue enough to keep it out of the way. So we ended up not taking x-rays and but it still ended up being a positive experience and that is what I wanted.