Patient Tracking 

 

 

Keeping record of patient care is an important part of clinical dental hygiene, keeping careful records help document any changes and important information. We do this with NCR forms filled out at every clinic session. 

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  • This is one of my first complete appointments on a fellow student in the Winter 2022 semester 2/4/2022. I was able to scale the full mouth within the time given. The patient was ASA I with no medications or precautions, E/O I/O WNL, Angles Class I all around.
  • The patient was a 2 light WLAC calculus code and presented with gingivitis.
  • For this case I used hand scaling, gave the patient oral hygiene instructions, flossed and polished
  • This case was challenging as it was one of the first times getting through a complete appointment but I was able to keep my ergonomics on point 
  • NCR from Spring 2022 Semester demonstrating student patient experience. In order to complete this process evaluation we have to complete a full appointment on a fellow student. 
  • This appointment did take me longer and as an area I needed to improve was time management of the patient. Even though the patient was a light 2, it was closer to a 3 light medium and in order not to miss any subgingival calculus I did take longer to scale the entire mouth. 
  • I also proceeded to do exploring, polishing and fluoride process evaluations on this patient in which I scored 4 out of 4 on. I placed fluoride due to the chief complaint of lower anterior sensitivity. 
  • As part of our Spring 2022 Semester we were required to do a Risk Assessment Project where we had to complete treatment and re evaluate a patient along with periodontal and dental assessments,  caries risk assessments, nutritional counseling. 
  • This NCR is when I scaled the mandibular arch of my RAP patient which was a light medium and a periodontitis stage II patient. 
  • It was imperative that I used my time wisely and even used my piezo ultrasonic scaler in order to remove some of the heavier deposits. When the patient came back for the maxillary I noticed her tissues on the mandibular arch had less inflammation and appeared with less edema and no marginal redness. I was pleased that I was able to reverse the effects of periodontal disease and allow for healing to begin. It was an eye opening experience with direct observation of how important our career is for oral health.

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