10/31/07

Today is Halloween and we had lots of fun selective polishing, flossing and varnishing. THe skills we are learning lately are really fun and not as hard to master. I passed off my anterior scalling PE with 3's-4's and it felt easy. Next time we are learning about sealants for which I am really excited about!

10/29/07

Today was fun, we had a big Halloween party! We practiced ant/post scaling and passed off angulation and adaptation PE. I still need to finish my dental screening PE that I faiuled last week. I'm glad today is a big improvement from last clinic!

10/24/07

I am so tired today, I just feel like I cannot catch up on sleep or ever be prepared enough for class or clinic. New things keep popping up and I never feel ahead. I passed off my instrument identification pe today and we practiced posterior instrumentation on the typodonts. I guess it was an ok day, but i need a serious vacation or something.

10/22/07

Today freaking sucked. I have to redo my dental charting PE. I am so pissed that I didn't really go over it this weekend. The intra oral camera was pretty fun, but scaling is still hard and I feel discouraged. Hopefully it will fell easy soon.

10/18/07

Today we finally learned to scale. We only worked on anterior teeth but it was both challenging and exciting. Julie was scared that I would scrape her teeth off, but i don't think I did. It is fun to learn this and practice it. I have white out all over from the typodont. I passed off my probing PE with 3s and 4s.

10/15/07

Today we learned all the different scalers and how to categorize them. It was pretty interesting but I don't know if I'll be able to remember which one is which. I passed off my explorer PE today, I feel I did ok but I was kind of nervous for some reason. I feel really hungry today and so I was kinda shaky. Hopefully wednesday will be better.

10/10/07

Today we learned about disclosing and OHI. I wasn't really thrilled with my PFI, it was only 40%. I really need to be better about flossing and the distal surfaces of my upper right side. I bought a new oral b electric toothbrush but I guess its not as great as I thought, or I'm using it wrong. I guess this is good incentive to keep your teeth clean to avoid embarrasment by your classmates and teachers. I passed off my eagle soft and instrument grasp PE, with mostly all 4's. It was a good day other than my pink mouth!

10/8/07

Today we learned about dental charting, i.e. fillings, missing teeth, occlusion etc. It was pretty fun and we integrated BFI and probing along with extra and intra oral exams. I didn''t pass off any pe's but for next time I need to pass off instrument grasp. I need to work on not leaning over and using my dental mirror more especially for indirect vision and retraction. Today was good.

10/3/07

Today we did more probing and learned the BFI and PFI. I passed off my extra and intra oral PE's and I got all 4's! It was a good day today and i finnally feel like I have a routine.

10/1/07

Today we learned how to probe. It was harder than I thought trying to read the measurements on a freaking tiny little instrument, especially if looked at from a mirror. I hope it starts to feel better next time. I need to pass off my extra and intra oral exam pe's the next time.