Today was great! I finished my 1B patient, and to top it off, I didn't miss any calculus! How exciting! It was a great day. We had a good time in our pod with all of the Christensen family. I think everyone had a good experience, and we all completed what we needed to!

I've graduated!

Well it seems that I have graduated from patients not showing up, to cancelling at the last minute. Actually cancelling 30 minutes into their appointment is killing me. I just want to scream and kill someone. But being the good member of society that I am, I think I will try to refrain from killing someone, I don't want to be put in jail when I am this close to getting out!

I think things will be getting better soon!

So I finished scaling on my husband today, and was a bit slow, but I am getting better. I really used my explorer to feel for irregularities and find areas that need work. I need more practice but I am getting the hang of it. I also did a quick probing job on a new patient that is a class 5, she will be fun to finish, she had a great attitude and was very nice. So, I am feeling a little more confident this week, but not completely ready to go out there and scale to my hearts content!

New Patient

I had a new patient today, she hasn't seen the dentist in a long time! But she is only a class 1B, so hopefully I can get her done in one more appointment. She couldn't stay all day today, so I only got through OD. We will get her done soon though and on her way!

Finishing 1B's

Ok, so I have been really negative, but I need to say that I WILL FINISH MY REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS SEMESTER. I will! I have to start thinking positively. It is possible to finish. I am a great student and I can finish! I will finish Danielle in one week, and I will get an entire full mouth on my mother, and I will complete my reqirements! I will! I think I can, I think I can I think I can.

Class 2

So I sort of finished my Class 2 today. I am really slow! And I really didn't do very well. I missed 10 spots with calculus! Ouch! And Instructor Carter had to finish him off because I was so late. I don't know if I'll ever be any good at this! It was fun to use the ultrasonic scaler and really see the calculus fly! I loved that part. I really need to be faster, but I also need to be more thorough. I just wish I was up to par right now!

1B or not 1B, that is the question

Well I finished off another patient today, she was supposed to be a 1B, but she had a ton of calculus, and I had the hardest time getting it off. Thanks to Jeff I had a pretty good experience. I really appreciated him sitting down with me and working me through the hard stuff. I really learned a lot having him show me exactly what to feel for and how to remove a ring of subgingival calculus. Anyway, I hope I can learn from this experience and actually get some good stuff off next time.