9-29-08

Today my goal in clinic was to understand the periodontal assessment and the bleeding free index. I planned on accomplishing this by reading the info before hand and listening to the instructors. Then I planned on praciticing on my pod partner. I practiced on Tandem. We probed the upper left quadrant. I was within the same readings as my instructor. Then we examined the gingiva of all the quadrants and wrote all the info on the blue and green sheets and wrote a periodontal assessment statement. I felt like I gained a better understanding of how to complete the assessment becuase I was actually having to write it down and have it checked. I also feel like I have gotten better at probing but I still need more work and more work on my indirect vision. Next time we will be learning OHI and I will pracitice and pass off my Intra oral PE and my tx plan PE.