Learning is Good!

Today I learned a TON from instructor Vinning. I didn't have him last semester so I wasnt aware of how great he really is! He taught me some awesome tricks with my instruments and I hope I can remember them for the future. I finished another four quads and im nervous for Wednesdays patient (she is my class 3), so my goal will be to use my graceys correctly on Wednesday. Wish me luck :)

Brace Face!

Today my patient had braces. It was a little difficult to probe the buccal surfaces but even more hard to hand scale. I have to admit i was a wimp and just used my Ultrasonic for today. I wasn't feeling all that great and i didn't want to try and figure out how to use my handy dandy hand scaled instruments on him, so i cheated and used the ultrasonic which i found worked like a gem! Next weeks goals are to remember what to do with a returning patient?

The Babysitter :)

Today I played babysitter. It wasn't too bad because the kids were awesome! I had two brothers come in and they were both 1A's. The younger one was 3 and he was supper adorable! I started with his 9 year old brother first so that he could model what a big kid he was for his 3 year old bro. It was a pretty good day :)

What's a class 3?

Today I will have to agree with Kelsey and say that it wasnt the bestest of days. I had a very sweet lady as my patient and she was totally needing a more experienced hygienist. She ended up being a class three and i was messing up left and right on EVERYTHING! I apparently dont know how to probe a mouth that isnt a 1B. But, i survived and so did she :) Although, i feel soooooooooo not ready to see pts especially when they are class 3!

A Very Good Day!

Today was a very good day :) I still feel like im the slowest one out there but I know each clinic im improving and getting faster so that makes me happy. Today my patient was a 16 year old boy and he was pretty much like a statue so I felt like I talked a lot to myself :) but he was very patient and did a good job sitting there for such a long time! Im excited that im starting to get the hang of all this and that today was such a better day for me than Monday!

A Very Bad Day! (Just one a semester right?)

Today was a very very bad day for me :( If it weren't for my very understanding patient and Instructor Demings (shes so awesome!), I would have cried my eyeballs out! The day started out pretty bad, and it was almost one thing after another that seemed to get worse. Thank goodness we have the rest of the semester to improve :)

The Slow Poke

Today was the first day back with a new patient. It was actually not as bad as i had envisioned it going. I was going to have my mom come in today, but instead got my brother :) I knew he would be an easy patient so i treatment planned getting two quads done today but only got to one. Guess i need to pick up the pace cuz i read on other blogs that they finished four!!! Practice makes perfect!

Spring Semester Day #1

Today was the first day back! I was a little nervous about coming back because i was afraid after that long break that i was going to forget everything. I think i still need more refreshing but I'm sure I'll do fine :) We learned about the TalEval system in a little more detail and I'm super excited to be doing it. I'm a little nervous for Wednesday, but thank goodness its just my mother and she will love me no matter what!