Scale Victory!!

Today was a great experience. My patient, Michael, was Awesome!! He made the whole afternoon just wonderful. It was the first time meeting him so I was a little nervous at first. Once I took his vitals and got signed off for his health history, things just started flowing! It was great! I was able to get 4 BWX and 2PA on him which really helped my requirements. I was only able to get 2 quads scaled but I had no errors!! It was such a relief. I was nervous because I had Prof. Costley as my instructor and she's pretty picky but I did a great job and I didn't have to re-scale anything. Today was just an all around great day! I'm really happy it's over though!

1B Exam!!

Today was a BLAST!! I had my good friend Brett come in and he was so much fun to work on. I was able to complete his treatment from start to finish which was really encouraging! I declared him as my exam and I think it went really well. We just laughed and had a way fun time! I hope I never forget about him trying to use the sink and spraying himself with the "eye wash station". It was Hilarious! He didn't really have much buildup which was superb as well! I was pretty nervous at first but it couldn't have gone any better! We are going out for lunch now which is a plus! =)

What a Blessing...

Last night my patient called and cancelled last minute! I was freaking out!! I was supposed to see a 1A classification and I was ready to get her done and pass off more requirements. So by 5 in the afternoon I was patient less.... pretty dang stressful. Luckily I went and checked my email and I had a patient waiting for me to call him. So I called him and thankfully he could come in. As soon as he was sitting in my chair and I was able to look in his mouth... instantly I freaked out. He hadn't been seen in over 14 years!! AHH!! I didn't really know where to start. But I just jumped in with both feet and started. I only was able to complete the OD, no scaling. It was kinda a bummer but he had so much buildup everywhere that it was hard to prob. But I did it. The other Huge blessing of the day is that he is classified as a 2. He was my first class 2 and I am SO excited!! I'm a little nervous but I'm thankful for the harder classification. I'm excited but nervous to start scaling. We'll see how it goes!

My first 1A patient!!

Today I had the wonderful opprotunity of working on my cute little niece Ashley. I was able to scale all 4 quads so her treatment is complete! She is the first patient I was able to complete in one appointment. She was the best helper and we had lots of fun together. She is doing a pretty good job with brushing but I did help her recognize where she is missing the "sugar bugs". It was a great day and I was happy to finish her treatment. Oh, and she was my one and only 1A exam that I'm required to do. Which means I actually get graded on how well or not so well I do. Hopefully I will pass with flying colors!

X-Ray Success!!

Today was a great day!! I worked on my first patient who wasn't my mom! She has been in before as a patient but never with me. It was a first for both of us. All of the paperwork went very well and she was so pleasant to talk with. I was able to take 4 digital BWX and she did great! I only had to take 1 re-take so I was super happy! I was able to get 2 quads sclaled and had only 2 spots to go back over with my scaler. She'll be coming back in a few weeks to get all finished up and I'm really excited! She was so great and I was happy that things went so well. Today was a really encouraging day for me and I feel like I can really do this and work on patients. I'm super Excited!!

Scale= Pass!! PANO= Fail!!

Today was a Wonderful learning experience for me. It was our first Real day of working on patients in the clinic. Luckily my patient was my mom! She's the best!! I was really excited because I was going to be able to finish her up from last time. She was also going to fulfill a requirement for a PANO x-ray. I have to take 2 of these this semester and I was Super Excited to get one done on the first day!! However.... it didn't go as easily as I thought. I set everything up, got the x-ray from the office, and I was set for the x-ray. After it got processed... it came out Blank! Completley blank! Instantly I began to sweat and freak out. How imbarassing.. this was my mom and I couldn't do it right. So, I went and got Emily, our TA, and she helped me get it all ready again for a re-take. Once again.. the film came out blank. We both couldn't believe it. SO... Emily takes me to go talk with Mr. Salomon who ends up blamming my for using duplicating film instead of Pano film. I was quite bugged by this and so were my instructors because the dup film was in the place of the pano film. So why exactly was this my fault?! He embarrased me infront of the instructors and Instructor Hafen didn't like that too much. She totally stuck up for me and it was Fabulous! So after taking an hour on a Pano, I finally got to scaling. I scaled both upper quads and it took me about 40 minutes. I was a little nervous for scale check but... I Passed with flying colors!! I only missed 1 corner on one tooth!! I was so relieved! I Love instructor Hafen and Emily!! They are the best!! Today once again was a great learning experience. I was super nervous at the beginning but all went pretty well. I love the Hygiene Program and I wouldn't trade it for anything!!