10/30 clinic

Today I met my goal from last time. I feel like I am getting better at using my wrist when scaling. I learned some really good tips today from Instructor Carter when scaling the anteriors. She talked to me about my finger positions when doing the facial of the mandibular anteriors. I also figured out how to use extra oral fulcrums when I am actually scaling. Sometimes I still feel like I have less control with the extra oral fulcrums. My goal for next time is to work on my anterior scaling.

10/25

Today I met my goal because I learned how to use the barnhart. I didn't learn how to use the McCall because we didn't get a McCall in our instrument issue. I finally figured out how to tell if I am using the right end. I like scaling in the posterior better than the anterior. Maybe it is because I know how to tell which end is right now. My goal for next time is to get better at using my wrist when scaling.

10/23 clinic

Today I met my goal from last time which was to learn how to use the intra-oral camera and work on adaption with scaling. It was really hard to use the intra-oral camera because everything was backwards, but it was fun to use. I finally feel like my adaption is getting better. I am still having problems with probing the distal of the molars. My goal for next time is to learn how to use the Barnhart and the McCall and maybe work on my probing.

10/18 clinic

Today I didn't meet my goal because we didn't cover the intra-oral camera. I guess that we are learning it on Monday. Today we went through a whole pt with the intra and extra-oral exams, dent , perio, and OHI. I thought that it was good experience and it is becoming easier to remeber everything. I learned that I need to be more aggressive and go deeper when I am probinng. I wish that we had time to practice scaling, but we ran out of time. My goal for nextr time is to learn how to use the intra-oral camera and maybe get to work on my adaption when scaling.

10/16 clinic

Today I learned how to scale the anteriors. This was my goal from last time. I think that I still have a hard time with adaption especially on the canines. I felt bad that I poked my pt's gums but it was good experiene because it is different than practicing on a typodont. When I was exploring and scaling I thought that I could feel calculus, but I am not sure. It is hard to tell. My goal for next time is to learn how to use the inra-oral camera.

10/11 clinic

Today I met my goal from last time because I went through a health history, OD and OHI on a patient. I didn't get to go through any of it with a new patient but I did get to figure out how to write about someones progress with the OHI. Today we did the disclosing agent and my PFI was higher which is good. I learned some really good tips about exploring too. My goal for next time is to learn how to scale the anteriors.

10/9 clinic

Today I met my goal from last time which was to learn how to calculate the PFI. We used the diclosing solution today and that was pretty fun. I found out where I need to work on my brushing and that I need to work on flossing my anterior teeth. I have a hard time because I have a ortho bar cemented onto each tooth on the top and bottom. I had a hard time figuring out what to write when I did the goal with my patient. I am sure that it will get easier every time I do it. My goal for next time is to get through the health history, OD and OHI on a patient.

10/4 CLINIC

Today I met my goal from Tuesday which was to learn how to chart dental findings. I thought that it was a lot of information to remember and a couple parts of charting were confusing. One thing that was confusing was writing the mobility class on the crown of the tooth because some of the class ones looked like a suspicious area. My goal for next time is to learn how to calculate a PFI.

10/2 clinic

I met my goal from last time because I passed off my extraoral PE. We did probing today. We also learned how to figure out the BFI. We also talked about the periodontal statement. We learned that people are rarely generally healthy. My goal for next time is learn how to chart dental findings on a patient