04/11/12

Today is my last day of clinic. I finished my requirements and i just need 3 more quads to make 60. I am seeing my grandma and I am hoping she is easy.
Goals for clinic

1. OD and scale at least 3 quads

How clinic went:
It was great, my grandma is so sweet. I was actually able to finish her completely which was wonderful. I didn't take x-rays because I am so past on my requirements and i would like to take them next year,however she did need a PA so Jacque was able to take one. I learned today that we have pillows in clinic for our patients. It really helped my grandma... great to know! I also am coming to find that class V's are easy especially if they have a lot of crowns. Costly told me that calculus doesn't really form on crowns and I am leaning that is true as I see more patients with many restorations.

04/09/12

I am finishing Maria today who was my 3 quads of III and 1 of II. I have fulfilled my III requirements so i am having Jennifer clean one quad to help her meet her requirements. She is going to be in my chair and I am having my cousin Abby come in for an hour who is 4. I am also going to take a pano on April (abby's mom) my aunt to finish my radiology requirments.
Goals for clinic:

1. Finish Abby in 1 hour
2. No retakes on the pano
3. No errors on Maria's 1 quad of II

How clinic went:
I took the pano first and it was perfect... no problems but it took me longer than I thought on Abby. It was amazing because that little girl had calculus on her lower anterior linguals and buccals. I never would have thought I would have had to actually scale a 4 year old but it happened. I'm sure i am just new at this but i was surprised. 4 years olds also move their head a ton :) Needless to say that I was over on my time which wouldn't have been such a big deal but I was in Jen's chair and she had a patient in the waiting room. It all worked out and she finished her patient even though I cut into her time.  She is awesome. I finished the last quad of Maria and had no errors... Yipee!

04/04/12

Today i am seeing Jana, a patient that i OD'd back in Feburary and was a little upset i couldn't finish her in 1  appointment.
Goals for clinic

1. Finish scaling 4 quads
2. minimal errors

How clinic went:
I had Costly and she really teaches me a lot while instrumenting..oddly enough I always seem to have the most errors with her, she is very very thorough. Can I just tell you that right when you are feeling like a adequate hygientist a patient comes in a levels your head :) This calculus was tenacious!!! I wanted to put my knee on her chest to give me better leverage. Even Costly was putting some arm into it. I pushed it right to the limit but got her walked out on time. Did i mention it had been many many moons since her last cleaning.... like 3650 :)

04/02/12

Today i am seeing Jade's wife Janette. We were over at their house for dinner last night and i was able to chart her restorations. She really needs to be done in one appointment because she is a teacher and she is off for spring break
Goals for clinic:

1. Complete all TX

How clinic went:
I met my goal with no errors!!! She was a class V and really didn't have much calculus, which was nice. It was interesting though, she had a ton of recession, so much that i could see a class I furca on 3 teeth. I had never seen that before. It looked like the pictures that Dr. Tilt showed us in perio class.