4-12-11

No show. Called about 15 people to come in. Finally got a pt to come in but that was 30 mins ago. I hope that I can get him done. I am looking forward to having an office manager to help me get pt in. I need to start handing out my resume and card.

04/07/11

Last Day at the Va!! I enjoy working at the VA because I do not need to sell the treatment to the pt. The Pt gets the treatment that they need for the most part. I was grateful for the chance to give back to the men and women who has served America. I have met some really nice poeple and some not so nice, with a wide range of oral health needs. I believe that by coming to the VA I have gain new skills and knownledge.

4-5-11

My Goal today is to work faster. I need to get use to getting a pt done under an hour. Scaling under 45 mins. I did ok on my first pt. Class V. I got him in and out in 1 hour and thirty mins., but I only scaled for 40 mins. ya! I would really be happy if he actually had any calculus :) I was not able to be much OHI because he spoke Spanish. I really need to get more pamphlets in Spanish.

3-29-11

Today I will be finishing up with all my requierments, which is a great feeling. I keep reminding my self that the ultrasonic works better if I slow down. I tend to speed up and jump around. I think it is because of the sound. It is so high pitch. I think I am getting better at writing in the charts and giving the pt OHI. I think I am also getting better with my time, but it is hard to tell.
I need to look for anterior lingual fissure and make sure I clean them with mini. graces. Mini are amazing on furcations as well.

3-22-11

Ya! I finally got an other kid in to do. She needed sealants as well. That is a big relief off my shoulders. The only thing that went wrong was the kid was coming in at 12:30 and I already had an other pt coming in. I try to call the other pt a few times but her phone was disconnected. Lucky she is a way cool pt and was fine waiting an hour.
I feel so much better now that I am done with boards. I feel like I can take time with my pts and do a really good OHI. I was doing it before but not covering everything.

2-8-11

Today I used my gracys more then ever. I still have a hard time using them on the back molar (3rd molars) To be honest I hate cleaning 3rd molars with a passion. They are so far back in the mouth that I feel like I have to gag my pt to get to it. I think every one in the world needs to get them ext. I have learned that I need to explorer at every angle b/c if I did not feel any from one angle then I may still feel it from an other. I need to work on dropping everything. by the time I am done there is so many 2x2 and cotton rolls on the floor.

3-1-11

Today is LA Mock boards. My Pt was wonderful and I want to say "THANK YOU" I had to keep poking her because I got a + aspiration the first time and then the bar code was in my waythe second time. The third time I was so focus on the bar code that I did not have a 45 degree angle on the occ. IA went better then the PSA. I am glad things went the way they did because then I will know what to do about it and how to act. I did ok on the written test and now I know what I need to test more.