Perio assessment

Today was a little confusing for me. It was hard to tell what was normal tissue and what was gingivitis. Probing is getting a little easier but Im still finding it hard to get a reading in the col area. I am so glad to get all the tests over with that we had last week! Im way glad we had a review in Hygiene, that helped me out a lot!

Probe

Probing was pretty fun! I have a hard time getting a good reading in the col area though. I would get a one on a molar and then have the TA do it and she would get a three :( So that is going to take some practice! Its still a little tough to try to determine how much pressure to put on the probe when Im doing the walking stroke. I think Im gonna have to make my husband be my ginny pig and take some bleeding for the team! ha!

Explorer!

I was a bit nervous to use the explorer I wont lie! It was confusing at first to know the right angle to use but by the end I somewhat got the hang of it. Luckily Katee is super patient with me and is always willing to help! I'm excited to be able to to feel calculus underneath there. I passed off the Health History PE today and the instructor told me I went a little overboard on what I wrote in the HHxRx. She told me that I could cut down everything I wrote in half and be fine.....which I was way excited about! :)

Fulcrums

Okay well I have been using the wrong finger placements and have not used a fulcrum for the two years I was an assistant so the whole fulcrum thing is taking awhile to get used to! I was trying to fulcrum on the left maxillary and my pinkie was like having a spaz attack and wouldnt let my index finger lay on the occlusals of the teeth haha. But I will get it done one day! :)

Clinic

Okay well I like taking vitals and the extra oral but I dont know about the intraoral. I think I have the extra oral down...pretty much but the intra oral is a completely different story! Hopefully I can memorize all the structures before I pass off the PE!

UDHA

Well the UDHA conference was very different than what I expected it to be. I was very surprised to see that the majority of people there were students. Not too mention it was a bit long :) But I really did have a lot of fun with all the girls! I love our class! We went on the tour to the perio office and I thought it was pretty neat with the camera thing and everything..... plus we were able to get a lot of pamplets for our OHI kits there. Hope everything is going well for everyone!

Stress!

Okay well I think everything is really sinking in now. There is so much to do. I am stressing about the Anatomy quiz next Tuesday for some reason. I know the teeth and the teeth numbers but once you turn them around and take them out of the models Im a bit confused. Im really going to have to study for that this weekend. I just need to calm down! ha ha

Feeling better.....

Right now I somewhat feel like I know a little about what is going on, Im getting my schedule down and everything we need for each class. I really like ethics because it gives us an opportunity to reflect our different ideas and opinions and to have some fun :) It is so nice to be with 28 girls that are so helpful and willing to help you out and answer questions and most of all just to be around! Hope everyone enjoys their weekend!

Clinic and Radiology

Ya know Ive decided I really enjoy the days we have clinic! Mostly because the days go by so much faster because we are doing stuff instead of sitting in class. Yesterday I was getting kind of frustrated with everything. I felt like I was getting so much information and not retaining a thing. After today and talking with girls they really made me feel better about things. Today was my long day so I just want to go home and crash! haha Radiology was really good today as well. At work I have always had a hard time with BWX because I always seem to overlap the teeth. Today I learned some techniques that helped out a ton to avoid that.