Last clinic day!

In the morning I was supposed to see a class 5 patient, but she no-showed. I saw a class 5 in the afternoon. It went really well and was a great ending to clinic. It was nice to be done with everything already, so I didn't have to worry about requirements and PE's or anything. I was able to just enjoy my last day. I can't believe it's over. Well, almost over; we've still got boards.

4-9-09

In the morning I saw my board patient for a quad. It went well. It was good to see her one more time before my board exam. In the afternoon I did one quad of a class 4. I am now done with requirements. YEAH!! It's such a relief to be done and to not have to worry about anything anymore. The apt went really well. She was such a nice lady, and was very excited to have her mouth clean. She was talking about how she has been working hard to keep it clean now. She has already drastically changed her habits. It was good to see how much her homecare has already improved.

4/2/09-Mockboard

Our last mockboard went so well. I had my real board pt, so I was kind of worried about how it would go. I didn't miss any spots! It makes me feel tons better about the real thing. I did miss one probe depth, but that was all. Yeah!!

Today was an easy day. I had a class 5 in the morning with no calculus, and then another class 5 in the afternoon with just a little calculus. I got done with both of them pretty fast, so I wish I would have had another patient scheduled. It was hard enough to get 2 patients today though. I don't know what it was about today, but no one wanted to come in. I got my schedule for the rest of the semester pretty much filled trying to fill todays afternoon apt. It was a good day. Both of my patients were even on time, which never happens.

I'm sick of no shows

I talked to my patients last night and they said they were coming. My morning patient no showed and I was supposed to see her husband this afternoon. I had already screened my morning patient and she was a class 2. She didn't qualify for boards, but she was close, so I was hopeful about her husband. When I called to find out if she was still coming she said she couldn't and that her husband wasn't coming this afternoon. So I'm in a very bad mood right now. I was able to find someone to come in this afternoon, but I'm pretty sure he'll be a class 5. I also found someone who could come this morning, but late so I'd only have time for a screening. She called back though and said she wouldn't be able to make it. So I had an extremely unproductive morning and I am so frustrated!! I'm doing okay on classifications, but I need to find a board patient and I'm never going to find one if my patients never come!

2-26-09

My morning patient cancelled the night before. I was able to fill the spot though. The patient I found said she had never had her teeth cleaned. I was excited, it sounded like good potential for a board patient. She ended up being a 1b, she had hardly any calculus. I think she wasn't being completely truthful about never having had her teeth cleaned. Oh well.

I had another no show in the afternoon and was unable to find someone to come in. I HATE wasting time. It bugged me so bad to not have a patient. I did sharpen all my instruments though, so at least I got something done this afternoon, just nothing productive.

2-17-09

I found a class 4 patient. Yeah! I did 2 quads and scheduled him back for the other 2. It was very exciting. Especially after a morning with yet again another class 5. He is scheduled for April. Now I just need to find 4 more quads. It's a relief to have at least 2 quads done. Class 4's are impossible to find!