11/11/09

Today was a nice and relaxed day. I was the patient today and got to lay down all day! It was nice to see it from the patient view. I picked up some things that I would like as a patient. I also learned some new ideas to make it easier for probing the very back teeth. I have always had a hard time with this. The patient just needs to relax their jaw and close their mouth a bit more. That way it will be more accessible for probing and scaling. Also, when probing the back tooth you should increase the angle significantly so that you are not poking the mandibular and maxillary tuberosity. I can't wait until I can probe as fast as the instructors. My goal is to practice probing and do it in an efficient time. That is the main thing that took up most of my time on mock day. I also need to study doing sealants because we will be passing that off next time.