Another hard patient

So I had another patient that has not been to the dentist in like seven years. Which I feel great about helping these patients that have not been in forever, because their teeth will feel so much better once they are done. The thing that sucks is that I have to get my 65 quads. done, and instead of getting the patient all done in one day. It takes me a couple times. Where are all the easy 1B patients? Oh! I know, everyone else is seeing them. Oh well. I am learning alot. So, it is good I just hope I get all my quads.

My little 1A patient

So my cousins little girl Jaycee came in last wednesday. She is the cutest thing. She is only five and it was such a breeze to clean her teeth. I hope my kids are at least half as cute as that little bugger. I got her done so fast that I got a bunch of PE's passed off too. One thing that I wish we had are some toys for the kids to play with. Those coloring books only keep them entertained for three seconds, and they need something while they are waiting for their parents to come back.

Class 2

So I had a class two patient today and I have already seen him once. I had not scaled at all, but I was sure we could get it all scaled today. Oh no I only got two quads. scaled and it was rough. I went over the area with an explorer and everything and thought all the sufaces felt so smooth but I missed like nine spots. Ya nine. They were way interproximal more than I thought we could even go. I did so well on my last class two I thought I was doing great. Guess thats what I get for thinking. Oh well, it was a good learning experience.

My mom saves the day!

So, my patient got stranded in Wyoming (long story) and she called me at ten o' clock the night before and said she could not come to her appointment. I needed a patient proto. I called all the people I knew but no one could come in. Even my husband couldn't come because he conviently gets a cold sore everytime I need him. Finally, I called my mom and she took off work to come in. It was so awesome of her. I don't know what I would have done without her. Thanks mom. So the day turned out great. I even got three quads. done and two P.E.'s passed off. All and all it worked out. Now I just hope my patient shows up for the next appointment I scheduled her for.

What a day!

So to start off I arrive at clinic early so I could get everything done before my patient showed up. First thing I looked in my folder and what did I find but a blue slip. I did not know there was a place on the green sheet to write BFI. I always have just written it on my notes. Well there was and I got a blue slip because I did not put it there. Then I had everything ready by eight and my patient was not there. By 8:10 I started to worry, so I called him. He was still in bed, but he said no worries I will be there in just a minute. At 8:40 he finally arrived. If that was not enough, I took his blood pressure and it was way high. So I waited five minutes and tried again. Still it was really really high. I talked to the instructors and they said they would check it. They waited another few minutes and checked it and still it was skyrocketing. They told me I might not be able to work on him. AHHHHHH! After careful consideration they decided that I could call his doctor since he had recently been in and get verbal consent. His doctor gave me consent and after an hour and a half of shanananagans (or however you spell it) I was able to clean his teeth. It was so nerve racking I barely got an OD check. Then I forgot my instruments in the autoclave. I hope that because I had such a bad day that I am entitled a couple good ones. Probably not but that would be nice.

My second shower for the day!

So we are back from christmas break. It was not long enough. I am full of stress. I do not mind the test, it is the finding all of our own patients thing that is killing me. I hope it all works out. We used ultrasonics today for the first time. I sprayed myself in the face. Ya, I am that good. The water was going everywhere. I feel bad for our poor patients. They are going to feel like they are drowning. We also learned our graceys. I will be interesting to see them in action in someones mouth. Well here we go again for another semester. One down three to go.