Today was a super mellow day. My patient canceled in the morning, so my husband came in and we did some x rays and a sealant, then passed off my diagnodent pe. It all went smoothly and there was no rushing or anything at all. Plus its my husband so not a lot of pressure. So it actually turned out kinda nice not having my pt show up, it made it much more relaxing and a relief to be able to take it easy. Especially after having the weekend from hell. So this was a nice change of pace!

class 2

Today was my first true class two patient. It was really fun. She has some diastema's on her lower anteriors with a lot of calculus that filled up the spaces. It wasn't too hard to get off and she said her teeth felt weird after all of it was off. we got all 4 quads done so she doesn't have to come back. She was a really good patient and easy to work with. With her and my class 3 patient lately I feel like i have learned a lot better how to use the ultrasonic correctly and make it more useful so thats been a good thing I've learned. I just need to finish my class 3 and 1 more kid and i have all my requirements if all that goes smoothly. Then we're done with our first year. Woo Hoo!

class 3!

Wow! today i had all day to just scale pretty much aside from health history things like checking blood glucose and stuff, and i only got done with ONE quad! dang what a slow poke. Other than the time it took I felt like it went smoothly for my first class 3. I haven't even had a true 2 yet so i thought it went good. and the patient really seems to be trying and is concerned about the condition of her mouth right now so its nice to have such a good patient to work with. She is coming back for another appointment for a morning and afternoon session. That time I should definitely be able to finish her up, hopefully next time will be faster!

2nd child patient

today i had my nephew come in. He was my 2nd child patient. i always second guess myself a lot more with children for some reason, but today i felt like it went much easier. I charter a lot better and quicker this time so the second time around was really good practice. i didn't leave any spots to correct and there was a couple to get so thats always nice to hear when your done that you didn't miss any. normally doesn't happen for me. He was really good with everything so it was a good day. His x-rays turned out and it was really good experience since im not real wonderful working on children yet. and its always nice when you get done early and have time to clear all your stuff out without rushing and having to have everybody else do it for you.

No Show

Today my patient didn't show up so I stood around for quite a while but luckily a lady came in and was hoping to get in so i took her and she ended up being my true class two. I didn't get very far on her so she's scheduled again. But the x-rays i took ended up being good and probe depths and everything like that so it was a pretty good day.

class 3!!!

Today I found my class three patient. I was so excited and relieved that i found one. now my only worry is that she comes to her other appointments because she can only come on a monday and my schedule is pretty full. So if she misses one I can't finish her. Her x-rays were super helpful. I never would have guessed just by looking at her but on her xrays there was tons of calculus spurs, and bone loss, and probe reading were going to 7's. So I didn't get a whole lot done, i didn't even start scaling but next time for sure and I am also taking fwx. so thats another nice perk. we also checked her blood sugar so i passed off that pe and thats one more out of the way. So today was a really good one. lots of my probe readings were not near deep enough so i guess i definetely learned form my mistakes. so it was a good day!