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.