I feel much better today. I scaled my 1b, used her as my test, and did 3 sealants and passed off 3 PE's. Yes!! I was able to reach all my goals for the day. Tamara was a TA in our clinic and was a great help she watched me scale and told me to try my montana jack which was better than my SN 135 that I was trying to use. I was able to get interproximal deeper and it was smaller so it was even better on the anteriors. She said I was doing really well. Yeah!!

I had my patient today that I had planned on being a class 5 and actually turned out to be a class 2.

I only got through her OD, which I wasn't happy about but we did xrays and found an 11 mm pocket so there's not a lot I can do about it now. I am going to review my clock positions and make sure I'm not making it harder on myself than it needs to be I notice that I still stay at 8 oclock most of the time. I made a timeline, and stuck to it for about an hour. Then it all went to hell.

I am just not pleased with my clinic today.


I had big plans on a 1B and I didn't finish her. I did get a pano though. I am running really late and my goal is to set a timeline for myself for Wed to see if things go smooother....

I had a few goals today, only one of which got met! I wanted to do xrays and pass off 2 PE's along with completing a 1B. I completed the 1B.

I have something to say about working on family members....IT SUCKS :)

My sister is the perfect example of a BABY. She about got herself stabbed in the buccal mucosa more than once because she wasn't smart enough to sit still when she experienced a zing (or 2). I did learn something though. If a patient is sensitive, a plastic probe is worth a try (she still whined) and dry their teeth with gauze before air drying because they are probably sensitive to the cold air as well. She has exhausted all my patience and now I am starving.

I completed a new patient today, it was a 1B but that is still good. I tried to go faster it's still so tough though. I start out my exam feeling stress and it takes me until I get to into scaling to calm down. Every day gets a little better though I just hope I am improving.....I still really need to work on my technique for hand scaling. I still feel it's pretty inadequate!

Yes! My class 3 patient showed up!! I was able to finish the UL & LL quads and it was really hard I thought I would be able to finish her at this appt because I ultrasoniced (i don't know if that's proper grammar) the mandibular teeth at her last appt but it was harder then I expected. Prof. McConaughy really helped me through it though and is very patient. It would be so ideal to have instructors 2 or 3 to one instead of 5-6 or 7 or 8. I am still unsure about the hand scaling on the posteriors but I am feeling more confident on anterior scaling and ultrasonics. From talking with the other girls in our class I know most of us feel like we need a lot of improvement so maybe this is normal?!