busy morning

I am trying to focus on the possitve, since, so far, i feel pretty unproductive. I am grateful for the little 7year old boy was such a joy. Our goal was to get 2bwx and clean his teeth. He only has 2 permanent anterior teeth and 2 of his 6year molars. We also had his molars 19 and 30 evaluated for sealants and he needed them. So after the cleaning we were able to get that done. I had my second pt out in the foyer waiting-so i was a bit hurried-but they turned out great. My second pt came at 9:30am and I didn't get to him til 10am.. i was worried about time. Good thing he didn't need xrays. He is really cool for a 15yr old and we laughed some.. that was good. He had obviously more plaque and calculus on the right side and i found out that he is right handed.. he has flossed a few times since our last apt. He's learning. My afternoon pt didn't show up and she didn't answer her phone the 3-4 times that i called her.. I even tried calling her husband. i am surprised because they were so wonderful last year and so reliable. I hope all is ok.. especially because her husband is my pt next tuesday!!! so I got a walk-in pt who all she wanted was xrays.. for many reasons, it took me quite a bit longer than normal. oh well, they turned out great and i even challenged myself and did conventional films.. i'm happy about that.

first pt as a 2nd year

I am so grateful that I brought in my little brother (a 1b) to be my first pt. I feel SO SLOW!! I am super frustrated, because my pt in the afternoon just canceled AGAIN!! I don't know what i am going to do.. i guess i better start calling people.. ARG!! that is the worst part of this-you never know if your pt is really going to show.. well.. I hope it all works out.

first week back

I am writting this a week late, but I still feel that i am adjusting to being back in school. I a surprised at how much i have forgotten. I am also surprised at how much i have remembered. I really am not thrilled about being back so soon. I want more time to play, but such is life. It is really good to see everybody though.

exam, sealant and pe

IT really felt good to get so much done. I am glad that my cute little pt ended up needing sealants. I grabbed the dr right away and he was able to come and check as soon as we sat down. Her parents are in Hawaii right now so we were only able to get one sealant cleared but she was my class 1a exam pt-no mistakes-and i did my intra oral camera pe. that was hard! I couldn't steer it very well. i'll need more practice. I also got my retainer cleaned by a fellow student..nice..

class 5

Goal: clean a class 5, and pass of my area specific PE.
Accomplished: Class 5s are a lot harder than i expected. They only count for us as a class 1b but they really put you to work. I had to be instructed and reminded about how to use the area specific instruments. 15/16 is for meisial 13/14 is distal and the 1/2 is anteriors. I caught on pretty well, but it is still a bit freightening to go so far subgingivally! my pt was great, really nice and excited about my new learning. I am grateful for my good pts.

future inlaw

Goal: get my future brother in-law in the chair and clean his 1b mouth!
Accomplished: that's what we got. Of course, during the appt he had to give me a hard time and i didn't pass up the opportunity to do the same. It was a fun appt and because i didn't need to do x-rays we were done about 45 min early. I didn't do super perfect on him, some days are better than others. but i feel that i am learning a lot.

another od on a class 3

goal: well i met this pt in the weber midtown dental clinic and saw that he has COPIOUS amounts of calculus. So my goal is to make sure that he qualifies to be my class 3pt and get some xrays to prove it.
Achieved: He had to leave within one hour so all we got done was the fmx and 4bwx and I was SO SO grateful! He has calculus deposits showing in all the xrays and they all went pretty well. I also had my instructor come and do a PRE od to check to see if he would qualify for a class three and she said yes.. that means that at the next appt we have to do the complete od and tx. i'll have to be fast and good!