My VA day went well today. I had the class 3 in the morning. I was able to finish him, but it was only 3 quads because he was missing teeth. I missed two spots, both on the line angle of premolars. I was also able to do my ultrasonic PE.

My afternoon patient was a very easy class 5. I didn't miss anything on him.

1-15-09

My morning patient was a really good experience for me. She had alzheimers and couldn't really communicate. She would sometimes nod or shake her head when I talked to her, but usually she didn't respond at all. Taking x-rays was really difficult. As I left the room she would turn her head to watch me. I told her it was important for her to not move her head until I came back in the room. I didn't have to retake any x-rays, but I did have to go back into the room to reposition it several times per x-ray. It took a lot of time, so I was unable to finish her cleaning. I did two quads and rescheduled her for the other two.

My afternoon patient no-showed. I've had two clinic days and three no-shows. I'm hoping this will not be my luck throughout the semester. Maybe I'm just getting all of my no-shows out of the way early. Mindy's patient had her kids with her; so I was able to clean her 5 year old's teeth. He was a funny kid. When I told him I was going to paint his teeth with fluoride to make his teeth strong he was really excited. He asked me if I could paint them blue with flames. I told him I only had white and he said his teeth were already white, but at least they would be strong.

First Clinic Day

The first day back to clinic was not a good experience. I had two new patient scheduled and was hoping for good classifications. My morning patient no showed; I tried calling him, but he didn't answer. I tried calling people, but no one could come. Luckily someone walked in and said she had a couple of hours before her next class and was wondering if she could be seen. She was just a 1B, but I guess that's better than nothing.

My afternoon just got worse. That patient no showed also. I called her and she said she couldn't come. she was planning on coming, but now she had to watch her daughter. I don't understand why people can't call if they need to cancel! I spent the whole time trying to find another patient, but was out of luck. Not a great way to start the semester.