Selective Polishing!

Today was a lot of fun! We did selective polishing on half the mouth then we brushed each others teeth on the other half. It was surprising to learn all the cons of selective polishing. I didnt know that it was just to remove stain! haha Today was a lot better.... maybe because I didnt scale :) Im going to try to practice this weekend on my husband. lucky him!

Scaling.... Scaling.... Scaling

Okay so I need more practice and I need to have more confident in myself! Today we used the disclosing tablets on each other and then scaled from there. Hopefully one day I will be able to see calculus without the tablets :)

Universal scaling

So I felt so confident scaling today on the typondont but once I tried scaling on my pod partner nothing felt right! The instructors said its harder when there is no calculus so hopefully Ill catch on.......... I just need lots of practice! Its fun to finally scale!

Intra oral camera

The intra oral camera seems pretty easy so that will be a fun PE to pass off :) Today we just practiced the intra oral camera and then practiced more on anterior intrumentation. I am slowly getting the hang of it but I still have a long ways to go! It was nice to use the disclosing tablets to help us see the calculus.... the only problem is we have very little of it! haha so Im excited to work on someone that has some good build up :)

Anterior Intrumentation!

Okay today was a lot of fun! I was bummed that we didnt have a ton of time to scale today but it was fun to finally be able to do it! Its still taking me awhile to get the positioning right and today i just found out that my fingers are double jointed so its kinda impossible to get up on my fulcrum without my finger bending! Lovely!

Passed explorer PE!

For some reason I have had I really hard time figuring out which end to use. But today I think I finally figured it out! With a ton of help from Costly! I really havent felt much calculus so Im excited to work on patients that I can actually feel the calculus! Well Im boring so I dont know what else to write...........

Lingual probing..... not good!

Okay so today I was feeling so confident with the probe until started probing the anterior Linguals. Wow! Me and the mirror could not get along and using indirect vision was not working for me. I came out of clinic a little frustrated with that today. I just need a lot more practice :(

Disclosing tablets!

Okay so I think the disclosing tablets are pretty neat! They taste sick but its cool that you can be able to detect plaque so easily! It took me awhile to go all the way through my pod partners mouth and chart the plaque because Im a little slow.... I need to work on becoming faster at being able to identify every tooth without counting them. I passed off two PEs today so that felt good. Overall clinic today went really well and went by super fast!

Dental Screening

Today was pretty fun. It was kinda hard finding the difference between a sealant and a composite on the occlusal surface. Its starting to make more sense what I need to put on the Green form and what needs to go on the treatment form. One of the TAs stuck the explorer on the occlusal of #18 in my mouth and said it could be a cavity!!!! AH!!!!! im gonna stress about that haha