{Will I ever get to scale???}

Well, today did go much smoother than Monday.  First off, I got to see my cute little sister!  Yay for that!  She was fun and kept me entertained the whole time!  Like when I was doing her extraoral exam, she kept laughing because her neck is ticklish.  Haha!  Anyway...my goal for today was to time myself with probing, so I have a baseline on knowing how to speed up, to be more thourough with my dental charting/intraoral exam, and to get one quad. scaled.  Well, I did time myself, and I was lucky enough to have Karen, the TA, chart for me!  Wow, what a difference it makes when somebody is charting for you!  It took me 15 minutes, which I know isn't great, but it's better than when I first started out.  When I was passing off my probing PE last semester, it took me 9 minutes to probe one quad with the instructor charting for me!  Haha!  I guess I have come a long way!  But unfortunately, I didn't get to scale.  I was more thorough on her intra/dental charting, so that is good.  There was only one or two spots that I didn't record redness.  I did 4 BWX and 1 PA using ScanX with one retake.  Because I had to wait for approval on my retake, that put me behind.  I did her OD and OHI, then sent her on her way.  She is coming back on February 8th.  My goal for then is to scale all 4 quads.  I would just like to speed up and actually be able to remove some calculus!!!  I definitely like Wednesday clinic WAY more because there is a lot of extra help!