2 IA in one appt

Wow!!! I can hardly believe it.  I was able to do a 7 year old plus x-rays and a 12 year old in one appt.  That alone has put less stress on my requirements.  The 12 year old boy had hardly anything.  I was completely and utterly shocked that he brushed and flossed his teeth everyday.  His PFI showed it too 96 percent.  Wow... either he is amazing or his mom is.  Miracles do happen.  On top of that... I had no spots b/c of good kids who really do take care of their teeth!  No tissue trauma... so my goal is to not be in a rush!

1B in one appt

Wow... it has taken me this long to do 1B in one appt.  I'm slow, but I'm getting there.  Ins Demmings show me some trick on hand scaling that I never thought about before.  She made my day... and to think about it, I had no spots, taken 4 bwx, and passed off 2 pe's.  My goal is to have no tissue trauma by adapting.

Another 1B

AFter weeks and weeks of class 2 and 3, it was nice to have a break and have an easy mouth.  My pt was sensitive, so I learned to adapt.  This might sound crazy, but I prefer to hand scale than use the ultrasonic, but it only applies to 1B, and maybe class 2.  I did have a little tissue trauma, but I'm improving.  Again, my goal is not have tissue trauma.

Finish w/ class 3

What a relief to finish a class 3.  It took me 3 appts, but it is finally finished.  It took me an whole appt to clean one quad.  I am still having trouble w/ adaptation, so I still need to work at my goal.  My goal is not to have tissue trauma... so I need to adapt more.

Class 3

My pt had 1/2 quad class 3 and 1/2 of class 2.  I feel a little bit stressed... tests and convention.  I am struggling w/ instrumentation.  I do a lot of tissue trauma.  For me, it looks like I'm adapting, but that is not the case.  I'm still hard on my patient.  Light strokes are not light.  So my goal is to instrument better.

Yea for class 3

I did tori's patient today, and she was a class 3.  It was difficult.  She only spoke spanish, and she never heard of periodontal disease.  I was able to get a student to translate for me.  I did an OD and 1 quad.  I did alright my first quad... only 4 spots missed that were subgingival.  So my goal for this summer is to learn spanish.  I should know spanish b/c I was a minority in jr high and high school, and everything is printed in both english and spanish.  All my brothers know spanish, and half my family is hispanic orgin.  They know spanish.  At least I will get practice.

class 3

I had a patient who has a thick chart.  He has a partial denture, and has 4 teeth in each quad.  Fortunately, 2 quads are class 3.  I failed my PE b/c I forgot some things, so make sure you read and reread your PE.  I did and reread the denture section in Wilkins.  Its frustrating, b/c my computer is still going crazy when it comes to printing.  I need to be more optomistic about mornings... but w/ only 4 hours of sleep per night... and no naps is tiring me out.  I tried my superstrong sleeping pill, but that is not working.  Goal.... sleep well at nights. 

1B finished

I did my roommate monday, and she is such a great brusher.  It has been 9 months since she came in, and she had no calculus on the molars.  She had some calculus on the ant linguals b/c of lingual bar and never used a floss threader before.  She only took one hour to take.  I'm doing better on my posture, but it was hard on that day b/c I had cramps... bad ones.  I was going to see my peer pal, but I couldn't w/ my cramps and my computer that still has problems.  Besides that, I want to conquer indirect vision w/ good posture.