My Probe Is My Enemy!!

Well we probed today for the first time. I'm not very good at it. I have a very hard time not pushing too hard, but I have an even harder time trying to see what I'm doing on the molars. My goal for next week is to figure out how to maintain good posture and see what I'm doing. I was so tense while I was working that I was sore and tired by the end. I'm hungry and I need a nap.
Love, Joni

Intra Oral Check

Today I passed off 2 PE's for extra and intra oral exams. I achieved my goal!! Yeah! My next goal is to pass off exploring and instrument grasp, that should be easy. I don't want to be probed on Wed, but that's how it goes!

I only like it when it rains

Well today was a very productive day in clinic. We learned how to use the explorer subginigivally to detect calculus. I'm going to take my instruments home to work on Dave this weekend. He is a lucky hubby!! I'm also going to practice the extra-oral and review the intra-oral so that I can pass them both off on Monday. This hygiene thing takes more skill than I could have ever imagined.

I'm tired.

Well, today we learned how to do intra-oral exams. I like having the exams done on me, but I don't like doing the exams. I feel like I will never pass off the PE's because there is a lot to remember. I'm really going to work on the exams at home on Dave until I have them both memorized.
Joni

Vitals passed off

I passed of 2 PE's today. One for vitals and one for HHX. I need to really work hard on the fulcrum rest because I can't figure out how to fulcrum on the 2nd molars and keep my instrument parallel to the long axis of the tooth. My goal for the next clinic session is to get that skill down.

JONI

Positioning

My goal for today in clinic was to figure out operator and pt postitioning to pass off the PE. Fortunately, Gina was able to practice on me first and she taught me how to remember what position I should be in. I feel very confident in my pt positioning skills. I will pass off the PE in just a few minutes. I need to work on doing my 9 o'clock splits because as of now I like the modified 9 position better with my legs in the 8 o'clock position.

3 PE's down

Today in clinic we were able to pass off three PE's. Sweet relief! I finally feel ok about the medical history. Our TA's taught us how to properly feel out the medical history and look up drugs. I need to go home and redo my case study. I achieved my goal of figuring out what is going on with the medical history so I am happy and relieved.