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!