another 1B, of course

I had a new patient today. I was hoping for a perio patient; I'm done with my 1bs, but I don't have anything else yet. It did go well though. I got BWX and I was able to finish without missing any spots. I was also able to pass off a PE. I'm ready for a perio patient; I just wish I could find one!

CA

I was CA for the 1st time today. It was fun. It was kind of nice to have a more relaxing day; except that the end of the semester is coming quick and I'm nowhere near the end of my requirements. At least I now have one more PE done!

Lab day

It was so relaxing this morning not having to stress about my patient showing up. Going over ins info was boring of course, ins stuff is always boring. I feel bad for the instructor that had to talk about it for six hours. Talking about ultrasonics was helpful. We also went okver removable prostheses and diagnodent. Those seemed pretty easy.

I don't have any patients next week because Mon. is presidents day and Wed. I am CA.

2-11-08

Another 1b! I did my 1b exam today. It went great! I didn't miss any spots. I did take over 25 min. to scale, but not too much longer; I'm glad I decided to do my exam today. I felt like I was actually starting to get faster, finally. I really really really want to find a perio pt! I've been trying, but I haven't had any luck.

2-6-08

My pt today was 70 yrs old, he brushes his teeth 2 times per week and never flosses, but of course he was just a 1b. That's my luck! I'm really getting nervous about requirements. We only have 11 clinic days left and I haven't found any perio patients yet. I thought for sure my patient today would be, but he didn't have bone loss. It did go well though. He's going to be going on a mission for 1 1/2 yrs, so he wanted a full mouth. He also had some 5 mm pockets. I've never had a pocket over 3 mm, it was cool.

2-4-08

Today I had a patient come back that I started last week. She's just a 1b, but she had a ton of calculus. It took me way too long to scale her. I missed 4 spots; they were all subgingival. My instructor helped me a lot. She watched as I went over those spots again and helped me find the ones that I couldn't feel. It helped a lot.

1-30-07

My mom was my patient today. She was my patient last semester, so I had already started her; I had already scaled 1 quad. I didn't miss anything today, so I was happy with the appointment. I am still too slow though! I passed off my explorer PE today. I was glad to be able to pass one off. It's hard to catch the instructors when they have time.

1-28-07

My pt today hadn't been to the dentist for eight years. My bitewings I took on her were not good. Her mouth was tiny and she had a really bad gag reflex. She was even gagging during the premolar shots. And she had so much calculus! I couldn't even see her teeth in some areas. It was very tenacious too. She's a 1b.

I had my first 1A. It went really well. I was able to finish him pretty quickly. It was nice only needing one check. He couldn't have any sealants; he had cavities and restorations on all of his molars and premolars. Overall, it went really well.

I had my first pt who actually had some calculus. I didn't do very good; I missed a lot of spots. I'm having a hard time feeling the calculus. I explored, but I couldn't feel it. That's definitely something I need to work on.