Last Day of VA

My last day at the VA was a really weird day. It was the day before Thanksgiving, so no one wanted to come in. Most of our 8:00 patients cancelled or no showed. I got a patient, but he was a very easy 1B. His probe depths were perfect, he hardly even had any 3's. He had a plaque score of 0. He only took about 10 min. I couldn't pass off any PE's; there was nothing I could pass off with such an easy patient. All of the 9:30 patients cancelled. We were all done by 9:30 so we had a very long lunch. The afternoon was just as bad. Only 2 patients came. I didn't have one in the afternoon. It was an interesting way to end the semester, but we have fun. I love my VA group. It was a good semester.

11-25-08 Last day of clinic

I had a class 5 pt in the morning. He was so nice. He brought me donuts. He didn't have very much calculus, and what he did have came off pretty easily. I also did 4 BWX. Everything went really well. He had to leave early, but since he was such an easy patient it didn't really matter. He was done anyway. He had the worst attrition I've ever seen. He said he grinds his teeth at night. I recommended a night guard. Hopefully he gets one; he hardly has teeth left.

My afternoon patient cancelled. I was able to pass off my desensitization PE on Julie, so at least it wasn't a complete waste. Julie passed off her caries risk assessment on me. My saliva flow was better than when we did it in lab, but it was still pretty low.