Half my day was a give-away. I had a patient who had had surgery 2 weeks ago on his vertebrae. After waiting until 9:20 to find out his Dr. office wouldn't let him be treated I just polished and gave him fluoride -bummer!

My afternoon pt was a Class 2, but not board material. I finished her so that was good plus got 3 more referrals from talking to the patients. I used the ultrasonic, focusing on what we just learned in the classroom and it helped me a lot. I feel like I am instrumenting correctly - FINALLY!! :)

Sept 19, 2008

It was a good clinic day. I finished a 1B and 2 today from start to finish. I even had x-rays on the class 2 and he had a learning disability. It went better than I thought. I love Bossenberger!! She is so helpful and willing to do anything to make clinic better, and I learn so much from watching them. I think that having Kami and Alexander work with us on instruments in class on Monday was also a great benefit. I used the SN135 for both patients for the majority of the appt. instead of relying completely on the montana jack. I think it is clicking. The instrument positions and correct way to use them are making more sense!!

9-9-08

I am starting to feel lucky -both patients showed up!! Yay. Both are Class 2 patients. I am struggling with taking xrays --go figure and I panic about how much I have to do and how fast time goes by. That's why I try to do digital xrays whenever possible. I DO NOT HAVE TIME to process conventional!!!

I am not very satisfied either with how long I am taking. I want to go faster but I feel pretty slow. I just couldn't get my 2nd patients calculus off and I don't know whether it's me or him.... I worry a lot about their comfort and I try to be gentle and then when the instructors help they use so much pressure that my instrumentation probably feels more like a tickle....:)

My patients will love me because I am so gentle......I won't pass boards, but I'll make friends :)