Such a slacker!

Wow I am terrible at this blogging thing. But today was a great clinic day, I wasnt feeling well but I made it through and maybe even got a mochboard patient! I will be so happy if he is. The bone loss and radiographic calculus was amazing. I am so much more confident than I was last semester. I actually feel like I know what I am doing, which is the greatest feeling ever. I am still feeling a little weak in radiographs but im sure it will come with time.

Class 3!

I had the best class three patient ever! He was just so cooperative and I got him just by chance. I had a patient cancel on me last minute and went to the call list and he was the first person I called. He got to the clinic in twenty minutes and he ended up being a class three! He was such a great patient and so nice about everything. His calculus wasn't really tenaceous and it was overall a great experience. Sometimes when things go wrong, its a blessing in disguise:)

Getting Faster

Today I seen a class five patient and breezed through it. I wish I would have scheduled another patient after her. She did such a great job with her hygiene at home that it was very simple. I feel really great about how far I have come. This patient would have stressed me out and taken me two appointments last semester. I just love it!

VA DAY

The VA is definately a different environment from weber state. Things just run so different! I actually really like the way that they do things. My patient was a class two and had calculus EVERYWHERE! It was a great experience and he was a very good patient, except he wouldn't quit talking lol. I need to find a way to stop them from telling so many stories so I can get to work. They just dont understand how valuable that time is.

Hard lesson

So my patient presented with light pink gingiva, little to no bleeding, and very little calculus. I thought to myself, I will breeze right through this and then catch up on other things with the rest of clinic time. So I get done and ask for a scale check, I had missed like seven spots! They were all very little deposits subgingival. I just couldn't believe how deceiving her gingiva was. Well lesson learned and its time to start being careful and always check subgingival and interproximal even when the tissue looks really healthy.