09/11/12

This morning i saw a class III patient. She was Spanish speaking and there was little communication without a translator. She was very nice and i was able to do X-rays, an OD, and clean 1 Quad. She wanted to be numb and i was able to see instructor Saddler do an IA block. I wish that i was able to numb, however I rescheduled her for October so i will be able to numb her next time. I had no errors and learned how to sweep the distal of third molars with a nevi and Indiana. I am seeing the patient i saw last week for the afternoon. I would like to finish her.  I also passed off ultrasonic 1 PE.
Goals for clinic:
Clean Afternoon's patient's II and III quads with minimal  to no errors.
Pass off selective polish PE

09/04/12

Today was my first day back seeing patients in clinic. I saw a patient last week at midtown and I had a really difficult time. The patient had a major long health history and I had a hard time with the computer. Needless to say I was feeling about as qualified as a hygienist as a Jack Rabbit. Because of this I was very apprehensive about today. However, today went much better than I originally expected. I was talking with my husband yesterday about how I could improve and I came to the conclusion that I over scale. I decided today that I would go over it and if I don't feel anything to move on. I missed area's but it was a better learning experience for me. I still took 60 min to scale a full mouth of a V but hopefully I will get faster. According to Professor Perry it should take half that time. I will get there. I was able to start and finish a V in the morning and then see 2 quads of a II in the afternoon. I will see her other 2 quads ( a II and III) next week. Goals for clinic is to detect calculus right below the CEJ on the line angle of a tooth.