Monday, April 14, 2008
exam, sealant and pe
IT really felt good to get so much done. I am glad that my cute little pt ended up needing sealants. I grabbed the dr right away and he was able to come and check as soon as we sat down. Her parents are in Hawaii right now so we were only able to get one sealant cleared but she was my class 1a exam pt-no mistakes-and i did my intra oral camera pe. that was hard! I couldn't steer it very well. i'll need more practice. I also got my retainer cleaned by a fellow student..nice..
Friday, April 11, 2008
class 5
Goal: clean a class 5, and pass of my area specific PE.
Accomplished: Class 5s are a lot harder than i expected. They only count for us as a class 1b but they really put you to work. I had to be instructed and reminded about how to use the area specific instruments. 15/16 is for meisial 13/14 is distal and the 1/2 is anteriors. I caught on pretty well, but it is still a bit freightening to go so far subgingivally! my pt was great, really nice and excited about my new learning. I am grateful for my good pts.
Accomplished: Class 5s are a lot harder than i expected. They only count for us as a class 1b but they really put you to work. I had to be instructed and reminded about how to use the area specific instruments. 15/16 is for meisial 13/14 is distal and the 1/2 is anteriors. I caught on pretty well, but it is still a bit freightening to go so far subgingivally! my pt was great, really nice and excited about my new learning. I am grateful for my good pts.
future inlaw
Goal: get my future brother in-law in the chair and clean his 1b mouth!
Accomplished: that's what we got. Of course, during the appt he had to give me a hard time and i didn't pass up the opportunity to do the same. It was a fun appt and because i didn't need to do x-rays we were done about 45 min early. I didn't do super perfect on him, some days are better than others. but i feel that i am learning a lot.
Accomplished: that's what we got. Of course, during the appt he had to give me a hard time and i didn't pass up the opportunity to do the same. It was a fun appt and because i didn't need to do x-rays we were done about 45 min early. I didn't do super perfect on him, some days are better than others. but i feel that i am learning a lot.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
another od on a class 3
goal: well i met this pt in the weber midtown dental clinic and saw that he has COPIOUS amounts of calculus. So my goal is to make sure that he qualifies to be my class 3pt and get some xrays to prove it.
Achieved: He had to leave within one hour so all we got done was the fmx and 4bwx and I was SO SO grateful! He has calculus deposits showing in all the xrays and they all went pretty well. I also had my instructor come and do a PRE od to check to see if he would qualify for a class three and she said yes.. that means that at the next appt we have to do the complete od and tx. i'll have to be fast and good!
Achieved: He had to leave within one hour so all we got done was the fmx and 4bwx and I was SO SO grateful! He has calculus deposits showing in all the xrays and they all went pretty well. I also had my instructor come and do a PRE od to check to see if he would qualify for a class three and she said yes.. that means that at the next appt we have to do the complete od and tx. i'll have to be fast and good!
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