productive day

Today I am making up a clinic day. In January I was sick one clinic day so I came today. This morning I saw a new patient. She was a class 2 but I got some bitewings and a few PA's taken and got her all done. I didn't miss any spots so I was very glad. This afternoon I brought in my patient from tuesday (class 3) and I finished her. Professor Hanson gave me some great tips when using the graceys on the buccal of #1,2,and 3. If I use a palm up grasp and put my hand on their cheek I can really get some nice lateral pressure and can really make the storke toward the toe of the instrument. I also did some injections and while doing the IA, I need to be sure to keep the syringe parallel to the occlusal plane at all times. I have a tendency to let the syringe move down as I am injecting. I really liked working with Hanson today.

Found 2 more class 3's

Today I brought in my board patient and I took x-rays and did the OD. It turns out she is a class 3 (which is great for me) and she is a great board patient. Her lower arch has a lot of clicks of calculus and now I have the dilemma choosing which quad to use for the real board and which to use for the 3rd mockboard. Her lower right has 18 clicks of calculus but it also has a third molar. Her lower left has 14 clicks and no third molar. I want there to be enough calculus but not too much, and I am not the best at scaling third molars sometimes so I don't know what to do. She is a great patient though and is so sweet, she laughs a t everything and is so willing to come in whenever I need her to. My afternoon patient turned out to be a class 3!!! YEAH!! I took x-rays, did her OD, and got 2 quads scaled so it was a productive afternoon. I was pleased.

Mockboard #2

Today was our second mockboard. I was very nervous that my patient would not show,but as soon as I saw her lovely face in the waiting area, I was so excited. I brought her back and explored around a little bit to feel for calculus and then I checked her in. It is always nerve racking when you are waiting to see if they qualify. They brought her back to me and she qualified!! So I did some injections and started scaling away. I probably should have been done sooner than I was but, I tend to use all the time I have. I had 15 minutes left and still needed to probe and check recession. I hurried and probed and marked recession and explored a little bit more to make sure I didn't leave anything, then I checked her out. This is also nerve racking to see if you missed any spots. Well, they brought her back and I missed one stupid spot!! It was even supragingival!! it was on the distal of #10 staring me right in the face. With one swipe of the scaler I got it off and I was finished. So I ended up passing with a 91.5. I missed one probe depth as well. I did better than the last one so I am happy with my results. Overall, another great experience and I am feeling a little more confident for the real boards!!

15 to go

Today I had a new patient, well she actually had been in before but it has been 5 years ago so I had to start from scratch. So I took x-rays, 4 BWX and 3 PA's, did the OD and got everything done in one appointment. I was very proud of myself. She was 3 quads of a 2 and 1 quad of a 3. It was a really good feeling. I now only need 15 more quads of a 3 yeah!! I still am lacking in 4's as well. I also got 3 PE's passed off this mornig. My afternoon patient was kind of a let down. He hasn't had his teeth cleaned in 10 years and he was a 1B!!!! I was a little upset but that is good for him. I finished him and I also completed one of my desensitization PE's do that was good. It was a productive day so I am pleased.

I think I have a board patient!!!!!!

I was sick Tuesday so I did not go to clinic at WSU but Wednesday I felt better and was able to go to the VA. I saw two patients, one was a class two and the other was a class 5. The first patient I saw had a lot of metal on him. He had his left ear pierced at least three times and had big spiky hoops in them. He also had his nose pierced and had a ginormous tongue stud, it was HUGE!! I took a pano on him, he could take out the tongue stud but not the others so they showed up really well on the pano. It was really cool because he has had his tongue stud in for like 10 years so he had textbook recession on the lingual of 24 and 25. He looked great everywhere else but right there the bone was gone and so was the gingiva. I tried to talk him out of putting it back in but as soon as we were done he put it back in. So that was an interesting experience at the VA. Well today, I came to WSU for a sealant clinic and for patient screenings. I was really hoping I could find a board patient. I had 3 people scheduled. The first one did not show and I was really mad. Just when I thought my second patient wasn't going to show and 10 minutes before patient #3 was going tobe here she came. I was really mad cause she was so late and I didn't even want to see her. Well I am glad I did. I quickly started exploring and I was getting stuck on a lot of calculus. I had Alyse chart the calculus for me and there was quite a bit. I then go t really excited. I had Professor Alexander come and check and she said there were 18 clicks in the LR quad. I was so excited. I am going to bring her back to take x-rays and do the OD and then have her as my second mockboard and hopefully everything will work out!!!

Today was another productive day at clinic. I had a class 3 from last semester finally come back in and I was able to finish her. I scaled 3 quads and gave 4 more injections. When I was doing one of the injections I was looking through my loops and not being very careful. I accindentally stabbed below her lip and she started bleeding. I felt really bad but I kept my cool and acted liek nothing happened. Then in the afternoon my class 2 came in and I scaled 4 quads. I was able to count those as an exam so I won't have to worry about it later.

Last Semester

Today was the first day of clinic in my very last semester of dental hygiene school!! It started out great. My class 3/4 last semester came in and I scaled 2 quads of a 4 and I had no mistakes! I was really proud of myself. I am really worried about not having a mockboard patient and a real board patient, but Iafter this morning I was feeling pretty good about muyself. This afternoon I had a class 5 patient because my class 2 that was suppose to come in had to cancel at the last minute and luckily Alyse had an extra patient for me to work on. I was able to count him as an exam. So today I was alble to get a lot done. I got 2 quads of a 4 exam, 4 quads of a 5 exam, I passed off 3 PE's and did 2 eaglesoft patients. I was pretty happy with the results of the first day!!!