Today was a good day!

I finished Ruth today. I was hoping she was going to be a class II, but bless her heart, she didn't have a single piece of calculus. ClassV it is!! Everything went smoothly except for the fact that I was totally disorganized. Atleast I finished my pt in one appointment, yeah for me! Next time I am going to be completely organized and not forget to have my pt sign for x-rays and to print a tx plan.

Thanks Mindy!!

I cleaned my BFFs teeth today. It was so fun for me, scary for her I'm sure. I finished my first pt in one appt. It was exciting except that I went way over on time. Like 20 mins. Hopefully I can speed up as I go. My goal for next time is to go quicker and finish on time.

1-24-07

WoW!! Being a CA is the worst! I thought it would be nice not to have a pt so that I could relax for once, but no. I was busy the entire time and I even got out of clinic late. It was a really bad day for me. Oh well. Better luck next time, which is in April, Boo!!

1-22-07

What a slow day!! I swear I couldn't move fast to save my life. It took forever to chart everything and probing took even longer. I must have been talking too much and not focusing enough. My goal for next pt is to finish in one appointment. It will be a class IB so it shouldn't be a problem. Next time I won't talk so much and I'll really pace myself.

Dave is Done!!

I finished Dave today. I managed to do 3 quads in 38 minutes. It's nice to finally finish a pt. I feel really good about everything now. I'm excited to clean Becky's teeth. Scaling went really good because I remember to use an exploratory stroke until I came across some calculus, then I engaged the stroke. I passed off 7 PE's today!! Instructor Vining ok'd passing off that many so I'm very happy. I passed off explorer, anterior and universal instrumentation, intraoral camera, diagnodent (phhew!), sealants, and selective polishing. I even managed to finish early. Today was a really good day for me. My goal for next time is to be more observant and more organized. P.S. Celeste and I put our master plan into action today to find new pt's. So far so good, but we haven't tried calling anyone yet. Wah ha ha ha ha!!!!! (Evil laugh compliments of Celeste)

My what clean teeth you have!

I'm writing this a couple of days late, but it's the thought that counts. I cleaned one quad of Dave's teeth on Wednesday and I managed to take a FMX, but not without some tears from Dave. He hated the sound of the scraping and the films were too painful for him to handle, but that's understandable. I didn't do very good as far as charting goes. I always forget to look for and chart recession. I also forgot to chart decalcification. There are so many little details that it's hard for me to remember everything. I got a blue slip because I forgot to transfer Dave's dental restorations from the erasable sheet to the green sheet. Of course I remembered that little detail as I was going to sleep that night. I always remember stuff like that when it's too late. In the future I need to remember not to scale every surface of every tooth. Exploring needs to be my new favorite thing.

Back to school...

Back to school...Back to school... To prove to Dave that I'm not a fool!! It was hard to wake up so early, but I made it. Everything went good. I feel like the skill is still there. I can't wait to work on Dave on Wednesday. I'm excited.
Love, Joni