CA day

Today I was CA with Jessica. It was a good day. I knew what I was doing this time, so that was good. I now have all my 1A's scheduled. I just need Perio! I'm really stressing about it. I don't have any, not one quad!

2-27-08

Wednesday was a crazy day. My patient called the day before to say that he could only stay for 45 min; then he was ten min late, so I only had 35 min. I had already done his OD, so I was able to finish him; I felt very rushed though. I also had another patient come in at 9:00. I did a pano and sealants. I was able to pass off my air-powder and my sealant PE's. I felt like I got a lot done, but I didn't feel very organized.

another 1B, of course

I had a new patient today. I was hoping for a perio patient; I'm done with my 1bs, but I don't have anything else yet. It did go well though. I got BWX and I was able to finish without missing any spots. I was also able to pass off a PE. I'm ready for a perio patient; I just wish I could find one!

CA

I was CA for the 1st time today. It was fun. It was kind of nice to have a more relaxing day; except that the end of the semester is coming quick and I'm nowhere near the end of my requirements. At least I now have one more PE done!

Lab day

It was so relaxing this morning not having to stress about my patient showing up. Going over ins info was boring of course, ins stuff is always boring. I feel bad for the instructor that had to talk about it for six hours. Talking about ultrasonics was helpful. We also went okver removable prostheses and diagnodent. Those seemed pretty easy.

I don't have any patients next week because Mon. is presidents day and Wed. I am CA.

2-11-08

Another 1b! I did my 1b exam today. It went great! I didn't miss any spots. I did take over 25 min. to scale, but not too much longer; I'm glad I decided to do my exam today. I felt like I was actually starting to get faster, finally. I really really really want to find a perio pt! I've been trying, but I haven't had any luck.

2-6-08

My pt today was 70 yrs old, he brushes his teeth 2 times per week and never flosses, but of course he was just a 1b. That's my luck! I'm really getting nervous about requirements. We only have 11 clinic days left and I haven't found any perio patients yet. I thought for sure my patient today would be, but he didn't have bone loss. It did go well though. He's going to be going on a mission for 1 1/2 yrs, so he wanted a full mouth. He also had some 5 mm pockets. I've never had a pocket over 3 mm, it was cool.