Disappointment

My class 3 that I had scheduled did not show today for his appointment. If I can't get him to come in I don't know what I am going to do. I am afraid I will fail clinic. I got to clean a kid by chance though so that was good.

PE's

Passed off two PE's today and finished up Brittanie so I am happy. I only have 4 more PE's to go. So as long as I can get my class 3 in I think I will pass clinic. My class 3 is suppose to come in on Wednesday so I am praying he will show up and he will be a class 3.

Class 1A exam

I did my class 1A exam today. I think it went well. At least I finished him up. I am starting to get really worried about completing my requirements. I keep screwing up on my charting. I feel like I have so many things swirling inside my head that I can't do anything right. I am going to bring my instruments home this weekend I feel I really need practice. It seems like everyone else is improving and I am getting worse. I hope I pass and can get better.

Denture Patient

I did my denture patient on Monday. It was probably the worst day I have had so far in clinic. It was my father in-law. He has 4 of his own teeth left and he is so proud of them, while I was giving him his pano one of the crowns broke off. The rest of the appointment went horribly. He was upset my mother in-law that has Alzhiemers would not stay out of my pod so it took me the whole appointment just to do Dean. I was planning on finishing up Brittanie but all I got finished were her x-rays. I am really starting to lose confidence in myself.

The patient today that I thought might be a class 3 was a class 2 so I was bummed. He wasn't a very nice person he didn't want to be seen but his girlfriend set up his appointment and he wasn't very happy about it. I finished him up because he refused x-rays so at least he is not coming back. I guess this was good for me though because a lot of people hate going to the dentist. I really need to get harder skin and not let people get to me so much.

clinic

I can't believe junior year is almost over. This year has gone by so quickly. There have been times I thought I wasn't going to make it through another week but somehow I seem to continue on. I feel like I have really improved my skills during this semester. I feel like I am gaining more confidence in myself. I know I can do this and know that I chose the right pathway for my career. I love cleaning teeth, I love educating my patients on correct Oral Hygiene. I wish my hygienist would have taught me a lot of the things I am teaching my patients years ago. I believe I would have had less caries and less recession. I hope I can really make a difference in a lot of peoples lives. I chose this career because I truly want to help people and I know I can with dental hygiene.

Class II Exam

I finished my class II exam today, I did 3 quads and finished. I missed a few spots but today is the first time I really felt like I knew what I was doing with my explorer. I could really feel what I was trying to remove. I also passed off 4 PE's so that was nice to get done. I also just felt much better hand scaling today. I watched the video on line on instrumenting and I really tried to adapt they way prof. Hanson was demonstrating and I feel I did better.

Sealants

Did four sealants on my son today. I really need to practice this procedure. I enjoy it but I feel like my hands are full of so many instruments and I am all thumbs. I also finished another 1B today so that makes 30 quads for me. I sure hope I can get to 65 quads in the next month and a half.