Practice, Practice, Practice...

Today in clinic was a LOT better than on Monday! I felt like practicing exploring today came a lot easier than on Monday. I understood the concept a lot better and I felt so much more comfortable going subgingivally :)

Explore Away!

Today in clinic we learned how to use our explores! I thought this concept was harder to learn than probing. I feel confused on which working end to use when working on the posterior teeth. I brought my typodont home so that i will hopefully be able to get it down by next clinic :)

Probe that col!

Today in clinic was a lot of fun! I was nervous coming to clinic because i knew i had to pass of my Health History sometime today and I was very nervous to do that! First, we learned how to probe on candy before i had the chance to practice on Jamie :/ She said i did ok and that she couldn't feel anything too bad, but i felt like i was going to hurt her the whole time! Kim came over to help remind me to keep the angles and to not be so chicken to reach into that col! That was my hardest part, was trying to get into those cols at the surfaces away from me. But after that i passed off my HH PE and was extremely nervous but did ok. Then Jamie practiced on me :) She did AWESOME! It was a fun day!

Freaking Fulcrum

Today was interesting in clinic. We had the chance to practice our fulcrums using our instruments. It was very hard for me to use the fulcrum when i was working on the Maxillary buccal posterior teeth! But i hope with practice i can get it down :)

Mirror, Mirror, In My Hand....

Today in clinic we practiced using our mouth mirror. I had a ton of fun because I was able to work on Brook from another pod! I felt like a got more practice being able to work on her as well as Julie :) I love clinic days!

Vital Signs

Today was fun! We had the chance to learn the vital signs PE which we kind of went over last time. I felt confident when taking Julies blood pressure, pulse, and respiration because i took my cuff home and practiced on my roommates over the weekend :) We also passed off the patient/operator positioning PE that i was a little nervous for. After that was done and i passed, clinic was great! We also learned that Instructor Chaffe had her baby three months pre-mature so i will definitely keep her in my prayers.

Too Much...or Not Enough

Today was really fun in Radiology! We took bisecting and paralleling on Dexter as well as Digital bitewings. I had a lot of fun! In clinic, we went over Health Histories and I have never felt so overwhelmed. I know the gest of what we are to put on the records but I never know if I'm putting too much or not enough. I also felt nervous that i would forget something that is vital to the records. I want more practice and i wish i had someone to look over my shoulder and correct me so that i know for certain.

When in Doubt....Disinfect!

Today in clinic was a little bit harder for me than the past clinics. I really liked working with the typodant but I felt like I could have used a little more practice. I found that the more I stressed about positioning my typodant, the more I forgot to focus on my posture. I had fun practicing passing off my set-up PE with Jamie because everytime I would forget anything, I would always say, "I 'm going to then disinfect!" We laughed about it because I said it more times than it needed to be done :)