I learned a great thing today - USE YOUR AIR TO FIND CALCULUS
I had a patient that had great home care but had a lot of build up on her lower anteriors.
It was pretty tenacious but not chunky so it almost looked like the tooth.
When I blew it with the air, I could see the chalky whiteness and it was awesome.
It helped me a lot to find it and clean it off.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
darn!
Here is what I learned today...
No matter how much you trust a patient, you need to call them to confirm that they are coming the night before. I forgot to call my patient last night and she didn't show up this morning.
I feel bad because she is a really nice lady.
Here is what I've been going over in my head as I study for boards:
Slight periodontitis - 1-2 mm of bone loss
Moderate periodontitis - 2-4 mm of bone loss
Severe Periodontitis - 5 and above mm of bone loss
Regardless of probe depths.
No matter how much you trust a patient, you need to call them to confirm that they are coming the night before. I forgot to call my patient last night and she didn't show up this morning.
I feel bad because she is a really nice lady.
Here is what I've been going over in my head as I study for boards:
Slight periodontitis - 1-2 mm of bone loss
Moderate periodontitis - 2-4 mm of bone loss
Severe Periodontitis - 5 and above mm of bone loss
Regardless of probe depths.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Mockboard of Heaven!
So I found a ligit mockboard pt. today.
Super happy about that.
I learned that when you're taking x-rays you can't always trust the rin kit.
My x-rays turned out great and that was happy. I had to get the distal of a 3rd molar!
We had a lab today and I thought it was super beneficial!
I worked really hard on the lower right quad of my typodont cuz that's the quad I will be doing on my mockboard. I need to remember to use Dr. Hanson's tips on how to get the distals of those back molars. Extraoral fulcrums, lead with the toe and twist!
I'm excited to utilize what I learned today.
Super happy about that.
I learned that when you're taking x-rays you can't always trust the rin kit.
My x-rays turned out great and that was happy. I had to get the distal of a 3rd molar!
We had a lab today and I thought it was super beneficial!
I worked really hard on the lower right quad of my typodont cuz that's the quad I will be doing on my mockboard. I need to remember to use Dr. Hanson's tips on how to get the distals of those back molars. Extraoral fulcrums, lead with the toe and twist!
I'm excited to utilize what I learned today.
Mockboard of Heaven!
So I found a ligit mockboard pt. today.
Super happy about that.
I learned that when you're taking x-rays you can't always trust the rin kit.
My x-rays turned out great and that was happy. I had to get the distal of a 3rd molar!
We had a lab today and I thought it was super beneficial!
I worked really hard on the lower right quad of my typodont cuz that's the quad I will be doing on my mockboard. I need to remember to use Dr. Hanson's tips on how to get the distals of those back molars.
I'm excited to utilize what I learned today.
Super happy about that.
I learned that when you're taking x-rays you can't always trust the rin kit.
My x-rays turned out great and that was happy. I had to get the distal of a 3rd molar!
We had a lab today and I thought it was super beneficial!
I worked really hard on the lower right quad of my typodont cuz that's the quad I will be doing on my mockboard. I need to remember to use Dr. Hanson's tips on how to get the distals of those back molars.
I'm excited to utilize what I learned today.
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