3/26/08

Today I was a little frusterated because I was expecting to clean a 1B and it ended up to be a 2. I missed a lot of spots and had to go back and rescale. I learned not to expect anything when I am scaling, I just need to scale and make sure it's good.

Denture patient

Today went very well. It was a good experience to see a denture patient and it wasn't hard to clean the denture. The teeth that he did have were a little difficult to clean because he had some overhangs and hard grooves in the teeth, but I did a good job at cleaning them anyway.

Class 2 test

My patient had braces and it was harder to work around/with. I was a little nervous for the scale check, but I did alright. I spent a little more time cleaning and checking than normal. I felt like I did okay.

3/5/08

I have had a good patient day, but I am very frusterated with the front office. A week ago my patient was a child and she was getting her teeth cleaned with her brother so I walked her out, but I told the office staff that the mom will pay for her with her brother when her brother comes out. Well, it ended up she only paid for the brother and the front office didn't put two and two together even though I told them. Anyways, I got a note in my box saying I was in charge of the bill. So I called the mom and hopefully she will come in and pay for the bill. I thought that I was good to go when I explained the situation to the front office, but I guess when I have a patient that is scheduled with another family member I will have to make sure the front office does their job.

2/20/08

Today was a little frusterating. My patient has had a lot of work done on her mouth. She has 3 quads of a class 2 and it seems like it will be hard. She has braces. I haven't started scaling. ( She talks a lot.) It will be interesting to see what happens next time she comes in and how well I do will the cleaning.

2/25/08

I was a little nervous about the HHX and filling out medications for an older patient, but it wasn't too bad. I feel like I did okay. I feel like I need to be faster at looking up meds and then don't forget to get the page #. I feel like today went well, I finished the patient today.

2/27/08

I felt like today went very well. My patient was 14 and had very good OH. It was nice because I used her as an exam and I didn't miss any areas, which helped with my self-esteem. I still need to work on time.

3/3/08

I was a little dissapointed today because I thought my patient was going to be a class 2. The patient had the bone loss for a class 2, but not the calculus. The patient only had 1 quad of a class 2 and the rest we classified as a class 5. I will start and finish scaling next time.