CA

I love being CA, you don't have to worry about your patient not showing up, which I love. Things went great today, I just checked everyone in, and then I helped out in the clinic. These days are always the easiest and the most relaxing. However I will say that it was a little boring today. I miss being with my pod, and I do like to see patients.

So, I got called last night and my patient cancelled, BIG SURPRISE!!, luckily I had a backup, I had a really good looking spanish guy in. He is a class II, so yeah, only 4 more quads to find of a class II and I will be good!

This new blogger is a pain! So I haven't blogged for a long time. I should blog about the 21st. I called and confirmed my patient, and guess what, NO SHOW!!! I am really getting upset about this all! But luckily Stephanie brought her nephew and she let me clean his teeth and I even got a 1A and completed him and an exam. Thanks Julie! So it wasn't a complete loss.

ULTRA SAUNIKKK!

I am so excited that we learned ultrasonic today! Yeah!!!! I love no stress days like today! No patients, no paperwork, and early out! (aka finishing on time!) I love the ultrasonic, I am definately going to use it on most of my patients!

I love being CA!

Today was a fantastic day! I slept well last night, no nightmares! And I didn't have to worry about my patient not showing this morning! I loved it. I loved being CA, I like taking money! I just wish some of it got back to me! The real question though is, do we really use $350 worth of materials? If not, then where does the rest go to? Because the university pays for electricity and we don't rent the clinic, so hmmm, this is a question for my thesis I think!

I finished!

Yeah! I finally finished! I had my brother in and he was a good patient, a 1B with practically no calculus! Things went great. I asked him where I can improve, and basically he just said to go faster. So I will be working on that, I have been for the whole semester, but I will continue to try and get faster.

I feel the same way!

Well I had a 3 year old little girl in today, and she was a cutie. The only thing was, she wouldn't allow me to look in her mouth. With begging from myself as well as her dad, we finally coaxed her to sit on daddy's lap and open her mouth. Little girl had 4 cavities and a few spots of questionable areas. I did get to polish, floss and do fluoride. But when the instructor tried to do a check, she refused to open. Well, that's how it goes sometimes!
I also worked on my grandpa, he came and let me do an intra and extra oral exam, he has candidiasis and a full denture. So I completed my PE for a removable prostesis and also got to see just how old my Grandpa really is!

Getting Behind

Ok, I need to blog about Wednesday. It was a beutiful day, I was feeling quite confident that everything would turn out great. I confirmed my patients appointment the night before and everything was grand. I even set a goal with Tiffany that I would at least complete one quadrant. But around 12:30 things fell apart. My patient was a no show, I waited until 1:00 and finally went a walkin on campus. I approached probably close to 30 people, but no one wanted to be my patient. That sucks! In desperation, I called my husband, bawling I begged him to come in and be my patient. Lo and Behold, he really does love me, he cancelled his lunch appointment and came straightway! What a guy! Thankfully I completed 4 PE's and 4 BWX as well. It turned out to be a good day!

Finally I have finished!

I have finally made it through an appointment! Yeah! So I got here, and my patient didn't show up, luckily someone else was here that didn't have an appointment, so I got a patient luckily! He was a 1A and was a great patient. I even finished a sealant on him! Yeah! He also had some decay, when his mom found out, she started chewing him out poor little guy! Anyway, thinsgs were great!

I like to scale

I just need to learn how to use the ultrasonic scaler and I'll be all set! My patient today was great, I got a pano and 4 bwx on her, I tried to scale her calculus on the lower anteriors lingually, but I tell you what, that stuff didn't want to come off. I am rescheduling her for after I know the ultrasonic so that I can get her in and out of here with minimal tissue damage!
Thanks for the help Amiee!

I guess I should blog about monday

I had nightmares sunday night thinking that my patient wouldn't show up, I just couldn't sleep! Then I came in the morning, and my patient was the first to show up, She was a great patient, she endured all my poking and prodding, she bled at every probe depth, she had decay on all her buccal surfaces and the had moderate periodontal disease! Wow! Class 3 here I come!
So I refered her to Candice! Good luck girl!

One down, a lot more to go!

Well, she's done, it only took six hours, but she is finally done. Thank heavens! Is it possible to really take 6 hours on a 1B patient! I suck! Hopefully one day I will get it right! But today was not that day. However, I did pretty well on my exploring and on my scaling. I just need to complete tx faster, and not second guess myself, that is what the instructors are for!
Another day done!

Well I had my first patient of the semester today, and things went pretty well, I got through health history, x-rays and OD on my grandma, but there is a ton that I didn't get to. It is a little difficult to work on someone with memory problems, she didnt' remember much of what I was telling her, and she would ask me the same questions over and over again, but that is something that I just have to deal with for her. Anyway, I am excited for this semester so I can get faster.

We're Back!!!!

I can't believe we are back! Now that school is back in session, it feels like I never had a break. I really need to practice if I want to keep from getting carpal tunnel!!!
Anyway, I am not really very excited about being back, I am feeling stressed about getting patients and about my schedule.

Reflections on Blogging

I feel like I have learned a lot here in the clinic. I am on my way to becoming a hygienist, which I am really excited about. I can't wait til I can go out into practice and scale to my hearts content, teach patients, and just finally feel like I have accomplished what I set out to do.

When I was a patient

I guess I should catch up my blogger. On Nov. 23 I was Holly Spencer's patient. She did really good, but my gums are just super sensitive because I hate to be probed. It is the worst! Other than that, she was fantastic. She even got to pass off her sealant PE, along with Monica and Laurie. The only problem was that the appointment was long and my back started to hurt from sitting there all afternoon!

PHBTTTTTH

Ok, so I had my first mock patient today, and holly is a great patient, no calculus, not bleeding, no pathology. If only all of my patients could be like this! Things went really well today. I got through everything.

What a whirlwind! I am the worst hygienist ever! I had three scale checks and still some calculus was hiding. I may need to get my eyes checked! Gross! I love to scale, however, and thankfully I had the most patient patient in the world! I really am going to need a lot more practice, I am slower than poo! I cannot have another scale check like today, all three of them.
URGH!

Did ya ever see Seinfeld

Ok, so you know on Seinfeld and Kramer and the midget are actors for the medical students and they have to act out different diseases. And Kramer gets gonorrhea and he does so great at acting it out that when he goes back, they give him gonorrhea again, but he doesn't want it so he paints his face yellow and fights with the midget ab out having Jaundice?!?! Well it's great if you haven't seen it. Syncope (syncopay or syncopee), fainting, is charecterized by dizziness, decreased heart rate, and fits of laughter! Let's just say, I am not cut out for acting. It is definately not one of my strong points, so it is a good thing I didn't pursue that career path. Clinic weas great!

Seal

I liked doing sealants toady, they went really well. It is a whole lot easier to do them on an adult patient rather than a child. They don't wiggle as much, they keep their mouths open and they can control their saliva a lot better. Ahhh! Well yep that's all.