Adaptation

Today in clinc we did the whole explorer thing again. Hopefully it gets easier as we practice more. I need to get better at adapting the explorer to the tooth surface when i go interproximally. I just get scared that I am going to hurt the patient, but i'm going to go home and practice on my typodont over the weekend so hopefully that will be helpful.

Keep the toe to the tooth!

Clinic today was really fun! We got to use the explorer on each other which really helped me practice fulcruming. It's going to take some getting used to, especially using a indirect visi0n with the mirror. I also passed off my HHX PE which was pretty difficult. There was so much to remeber but I got through it.

What's in your mouth?

Today in clinic we learned how to do intra oral exams. It was pretty cool to actually look in somebodys mouth and see if they had any growths or bumps. I also passed off 2 PE's yeah! I love when I pass off PE's it makes me less stressed. I am just nervous to pass off the HHX PE since there is a lot of info to memorize. But it was a good day in clinic as usual.

Extra-Oral

Today we learned how to do the extra oral assessment and feel for abnormal bumps and lumps. It was pretty straight forward but there are quite a few structure to feel. We also learned how to fulcrum and use the mirror. This was a little more difficult for me. I need to remember to no bend over to look but to use my mirror instead. It will take some getting used to. But overall it was a good day!

Blood Pressure

Taking blood pressure is not as hard as I thought it would be. We took it on each other today in our pods, so that was good practice. I also passed off a PE today so im keeping up pretty good on those. Well not much more to write than that.

HHX

Today in clinic we learned about how to write the HHX portion of the chart for patients. There is so much to remember, especially with patients who are taking a million medications or have a ton of health problems. Its not too hard just a lot of info to remeber. Hopefully it will get easier as I write more but all in all it was a good day.

Clinic Today

Today was a good day in clinc. I passed off 3 PE's which makes me super happy! We also learned how to use all of the sterilizers and ultrasonic which will be useful I am sure. The instructors gave us an overview of how to chart when we see patients, there is so much to write, but all the information seems important.