Goal: Finish pt and place a sealant. Work on better OHI instruction
Accomplished: Finished pt and placed a sealant. I disclosed pt again and her PFI% was the same as last visit. She is young and maybe is not taking instruction to heart, so I went over it again with her especially in areas that were missed. I am self evaluating my instructions the next while to see where I can improve to get better results. One idea is to have them look in the mirror, point out specific purple (disclosed areas) that they missed. Have them practice brushing in those areas infront of the mirror.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
2/22/12
Goal: Finish pt and pass of intra oral camera pe. Still working on posterior teeth feeling comfortable with barnhart.
Accomplished: Finished PE, and pt's quads today. I was more efficient in post teeth especially distal of 2, 16, 31, 18.
Her calculus was difficult to remove around lingual bar. That was good practice and I used the ultra sonic to help in that area.
Accomplished: Finished PE, and pt's quads today. I was more efficient in post teeth especially distal of 2, 16, 31, 18.
Her calculus was difficult to remove around lingual bar. That was good practice and I used the ultra sonic to help in that area.
Monday, February 13, 2012
2/13/12
Goal: Is to finish 3 quads and pass of a sealant pe. I am also working on my instrumentation for all distals of 2, 15, 17, 31.
Reality: I finished scaling all three quads today and did my pe. I missed a couple of spots with stain. They were hard to see with the mirror. It is good practice to help train my eye to see even small less noticeable areas. I am starting to feel more comfortable with the barnhart on distal services. He didn't have a lot of calculus so it is hard to judge. I do feel better with fulcruming closer so that I have more strength in those areas. I also placed a sealant today. I was more nervous than I thought. Can I say that I dislike the HV suction a lot! I made the mistake of having him close on it. Not good. Won't forget that lesson.
I am happy to have finished another pt and did a sealant too. Things are improving, and I feel more confident.
Reality: I finished scaling all three quads today and did my pe. I missed a couple of spots with stain. They were hard to see with the mirror. It is good practice to help train my eye to see even small less noticeable areas. I am starting to feel more comfortable with the barnhart on distal services. He didn't have a lot of calculus so it is hard to judge. I do feel better with fulcruming closer so that I have more strength in those areas. I also placed a sealant today. I was more nervous than I thought. Can I say that I dislike the HV suction a lot! I made the mistake of having him close on it. Not good. Won't forget that lesson.
I am happy to have finished another pt and did a sealant too. Things are improving, and I feel more confident.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
2/8/12
Goal: Use ultra sonic and pass off pe, and sharpening pe
Reality:
I did like the ultra sonic more then I thought I would. It went well, other than the pt feels like they are drowning, I learned to pause everyother tooth to let them close and spit out extra water. I got as far as finishing 2 quads!! yah. It was a good day and I finished both pe's. I want to continue working on scaling post. that is where I need the most practice.
Reality:
I did like the ultra sonic more then I thought I would. It went well, other than the pt feels like they are drowning, I learned to pause everyother tooth to let them close and spit out extra water. I got as far as finishing 2 quads!! yah. It was a good day and I finished both pe's. I want to continue working on scaling post. that is where I need the most practice.
Monday, February 6, 2012
2/6/12
Goal: To improve instrumenting on the posterior teeth
Reality: I had a new pt today with realy healthy teeth. I spent more time instrumenting on post teeth. I tryed the seating position the instru Wold showed me and that worked much better. I feel like that I am getting better. I did miss a spot distal of 2, he had a lot of groves and ridges there, so note to self...be more careful around those areas.
Today was good. I felt less nervous, and more confident. I did have 2 retakes on xrays, it is more difficult with verticle bwx to get all the anatomy. practice, practice, practice.
Reality: I had a new pt today with realy healthy teeth. I spent more time instrumenting on post teeth. I tryed the seating position the instru Wold showed me and that worked much better. I feel like that I am getting better. I did miss a spot distal of 2, he had a lot of groves and ridges there, so note to self...be more careful around those areas.
Today was good. I felt less nervous, and more confident. I did have 2 retakes on xrays, it is more difficult with verticle bwx to get all the anatomy. practice, practice, practice.
2/1/12
Goal: To scale as many quads as possible.
Reality: I did get one quad done. I monitored my use of time and am trying to find areas to improve without rushing too much. I also found that I need to do a better job with ginival observations, and charting that before the od check. I missed some marginal gingivitis.
Reality: I did get one quad done. I monitored my use of time and am trying to find areas to improve without rushing too much. I also found that I need to do a better job with ginival observations, and charting that before the od check. I missed some marginal gingivitis.
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