2-12-09

Today was my clinic simulation day. It was extremely buisy, but productive. In the morning I did a Pano on my sister and saw a 1a. Then I did an OD and x-rays on a pt I was hoping would qualify for boards. It was close, but not enough.

In the afternoon I did 2 quads of a class 2, I did a sealant on my little sister, and I saw a 1b and passed off my nitrous. My first patient was 20 min late, which matters when you have 3 patients scheduled. It all worked out though. The sealant was a little crazy. My light didn't work, but I didn't realize it didn't work until I went to cure the sealant. I had to run over and get a new light. At least it was my sister. She stayed open and it still worked out. I was glad I didn't have to start over.

Mockboard

Wow, this mockboard went so much better than the one last semester. Last semester my patient was an hour late. This time she called me the night before to let me know she would be there 15 min early because she knew it was my test. She was amazing! I hope I can find a patient that reliable for boards. The whole thing went so smoothly. I didn't miss any calculus, Yeah! It was a good feeling to pass. Now I just need to find a patient for the real thing.

2-3-09

My VA day yesterday was great. In the morning my patient was half hour late, so I was able to go to dental and do some injections. My morning patient ended up having really high blood pressure, so he was just going to have a dental exam and then leave, but the dentist said to go ahead and do the cleaning. He was a class 5. The apt went really well.

In the afternoon I did a set of BWX and a Pano. I really need Panos, so that was very helpful. I was also able to do more injections. He turned out to be 3 quads of a 3 and 1 quad of a 4 YEAH! I only finished 2 quads, but he is coming back for the other 2. He was a very nice man. He was anxious to start using the proxybrush and double checked that it was in his bag when he left. It's nice to have patients that listent to OHI and that I know are going to follow through.

1-29-09

My morning patient was a class 5. She had a periodontal abcess around #31. The rest of her mouth was pretty clean, but there were deep pockets with big chunks of calculus on that one tooth. I numbed the LR quad so I could clean it out good and then placed arestin.

My afternoon patient was very difficult. she was a class 2. She didn't speak any English and had a mental disability. She layed on her right side and wouldn't turn her head to the left at all, so cleaning the linguals on the left side of her mouth was really hard, especially the UR posterior lingual surfaces. After the apt. Prof. Alexander suggested sitting her up next time and stand up to scale. That would be easier than the weird position I had to sit in. It was a good experience for me to have a patient that was difficult to scale not because of the calculus, but because of the circumstance.

1-22-09

My morning patient no showed again. I went with Camille to the union building and found a patient. He was just a 1b, but better than nothing. The apt went really well.

In the afternoon I had a new patient who didn't speak any English. He also turned out to be a 1b, so it wasn't a very productive day. Oh well though, I'm done with 1b's now.