1/25/11

I'm waiting for my mockboard to be checked and I think I'm going to have ulcers by the time she get here. I'm not very sure about my scaling today. She had some five and six millimeter pockets and they were very hard to access. I gave her a few shots PSA, MSA, ASA, and Incisive. I'm feeling better about giving those shots. I used the ultrasonic, graceys, perio files, and universal instruments everywhere and I'm hoping that it pays off. I'm so tired after doing that and feel bad for my patient that had to have her mouth open for two full hours to complete 1 quad. I will be so anxious when I have to scale on my real board patient. I hope that I can find one pretty soon here! Wish me luck!!! I need it!!!:)

1/18/11

Today was a very interesting and busy day!!! I always feel so busy when I do x-rays especially when its a full mouth. I need to learn on becoming more proficient and time efficient on x-rays. My patient had difficulty closing all of the way and my positioning was off on alot of them. I need to make sure I'm taking the time I need to get the correct angles. I had a problem with not getting back on the molars all of the way:( that always happens to me. Also, on bitewings she could not bite down all the way so I had to use a cotton roll which resulted in an open bite. My dad was my patient this afternoon. He always pulls through when I have a cancellation.:) Gotta love family! I feel a lot more confident and time efficient with my class 5 patients. I had Lisa come in to practice anesthetic on her. Some things I want to remember are to keep the angles on my PSA. On the right PSA I was not at 45 degrees to the floor. The IA's worked out pretty well. Remember to stay over the premolars when giving an inferior alveolar.

1/11/11

Today was a pretty easy morning I got another class 5 suprise suprise:) He had a tooth pulled up front so it threw me off for a second. Afterwards, when I looked at the bone I could tell where it had been. He really enjoyed weber state and the time that we spent! I'm very stressed right now, I'm waiting for my national board application to be accepted so I can get a time at Pearson View. I'm hoping that I can sign up for WREB today. Pretty pricey test!!! I hope my mockboard patient shows up this afternoon for x-rays. She said she doesn't have enough money so I told her I would be willing to help her out! It seems that everyone is getting class 3 and class 4 patients and I'm just getting class 5 and 1B. I know that I need to improve my instrumenting skills on harder classifications so I hope I can find some soon!!! I think I'm going to have ulcers.:) Wish me luck

1/4/11

We are back in school for the last semester at WSU ever! Yeah!!! Today we didn't start with patient cleanings until 9:00 a.m. So I took it pretty easy this morning. I had my sister come in that is really healthy. It was nice having her in just so that the morning could go smoothly with trying to remember everything. This afternoon is going to be a little harder. I have a class three coming in and I would like to finish all three quads. She wants to get numb so I'm going to use Mepivicaine without epi on the LR so by the time we get ready to do the other quads it will wear off. I really want to perfect my skills so that I'm ready when boards get here! I'm going to work my hardest so that I can finish out the year great:)