Polishing

Today we learned polishing. It was pretty easy, and fun to do on each other. I also passed of my anterior scaling PE so I am glad that I got that out of the way. Angie just told us that we are going to learn about the ultrasonic next time so I am excited for that.

Scaling

Today we took turns scaling each other. My pt was Katie, and I practiced scaling every surface. I still need to work on my indirect vision, it is so difficult for some reason. Oh well someday it will finally click i hope. I need to practice my posterior scaling some more, but seem to be doing well on the anterior. So far it has been a good day.

Posterior Scaling

Today we learned how to scale posterior teeth. It was not as difficult as I thought it would be. I also passed off 2 PE's which is always good. I like scaling, and am excited to practice posterior on an actual person. It was an overall good day.

Today in clinic was really good. We worked on somebody else in a different pod which was good for a change. I worked on Mindy and she was a great pt. It was good to do a mock trial of having a pt, so when I have a real pt, I will know what to do, and when to get signatures. It was a overall good day, and a good review of everything.

Scaling

Today in clinic was really fun. We actually got to start scaling which was very exciting. We first practiced on the typodonts, which I found alot harder than an actual person. Its gonna take some practice to get it down but was not overly difficult today. I also passed of a PE which makes me feel productive.

OD

Today in clinic we did a full OD. We set up a tx plan, and had the instructor do an OD check. I like that they are having us practice on each other so we get used to everything before we have an actual pt. We are also going to learn the names and classifications of instruments, so that will be good. Well that is about all, I need to go get my instruments from the ultrasonic.

PFI

So today in clinic we figured out the PFI of somebody in our pod. It was pretty fun having a blue tounge for a few hours, and needless to say my PFI score was not as bad as I had expected. I also found out that I have a geographic tongue while Camille was disclosing me. Gina saw it and asked me if I knew that I had it. I had noticed it but did not know what it was. I also passed off 3 PE's which makes me really happy and less stressed. But overall it was a great day!

Perio Statements

Today was a good day in clinic we learned how to do perio statements which were not too difficult. We also looked in each others mouths and charted restorations it was hard to see the composite fillings. Angie taught me that the tooth surface is usually rougher than the composite fillings so that made it easier to distinguish between the two. But other than that it was a good day and went by pretty fast for the most part. Oh I also passed off my intra oral PE which was pretty difficult because there were so many structures to remember and check so i'm glad that its over with.

Probing!

Today we probed on each other again, which was really good practice. It was not as hard as monday and seemed a little more natural to me. We also learned how to do a BFI which was pretty simple. I passed off my instrument grasp PE but still need to study for my intra oral over the weekend so I can pass it off on Monday.

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We learned about probing today in clinic, and it was not as hard as i expected it to be. I think it is easier than exploring. we just practiced on each other today which was good to do, because the typodonts were kind of hard to practice on. But that is about all we did.