Real patient day

I had my first real patient day, so naturally it was a day of much learning! All I have seen in this clinic so far are 1b's. Well, today I got a little more than a 1b. I got a 2. Not that this is a big difference except when it comes to probing. I guess I was hitting calculus instead of bone because most of the readings I got were not quite as deep as the instructors. I guess that is why it was a good experience. I learned that there is such thing as something deeper than a 4, which thing I have never come across until today. I think things ran really smoothly. I was a little worried when it came to taking x-rays, since radiology seems to be my biggest frustration on Monday's, but things just went really smoothly. I am blessed for this! I feel like I know what I am doing for the first time. I felt kind of professional, although that is something I definitely need to work on. I think a goal I have for myself is being able to probe faster. I feel so slow and often times if I do more than one tooth I forget the number. I think it will be my new goal to work on remember numbers and probing a bit faster. All in all I think the day was a success. Now I can finally get some sleep rather than stay up all night going through every procedure in my head, haha. That will be nice!