great day for 2s

This morning on my way to clinic my husband called to tell me that my spanish speaking class 2 called to cancel!! pooh! so i started calling my resource list to find that one was a wrong number, another was a pt who got sick of waiting so he went and got his teeth cleaned elsewhere.. bummer.. I looked at a woman in the foyer and talked to her about getting her teeth cleaned.. she almost cried because she was so excited.. I almost cried because i was so excited.. she was great. I told her that i would cover her xrays if she would cover the cleaning (she mentioned that money was an issue). She is a class 2 and seems very reliable.. i hope so.
my afternoon went even better. My super awesome family from Pakistan sent their son who ASKED for a FMX and then after the OD we found that he will qualify for mock boards... yay!! and the best part is that he is SUPER RELIABLE!! his family is GREAT..
I feel so lucky and blessed.. OH and I was brave and did the fmx on phosfor plates and no retakes!

better on class 3

today i had a sweet class 3 pt whose teeth cleaned up so nicely. I was so excited to see her and i hope that she will do better on her home care because her mouth really hurts her. LA went super smoothly and i was able to see what it is like to get 2 positive aspirations. I learned a good lesson, go more Medially and take the angel over to the premolars on the I A.

my class 1b came in and I thought i was going to do such a great job, guess what, not so. I jabbed one of her papilla pretty good and then missed 4 spots of calculus. I was a little shocked. and not sure what went wrong. my instructor said to avoid papilla damage i should basically stand on my head to get direct vision if indirect isn't working. I should pay more attention to the calculus in a 1b as well.

and we're back..

this is the first day at clinic. I have developed a love hate relationship with clinic. when it is good, i love it, when patients come, i love it... when it is bad, i hate it, when patients abandon their appointments, i hate it.. the stress and anxiety is awful!! today, so far, i love it. My pts have shown up, on time and ready to get xrays and cleanings. I am grateful for responsible people. I am excited for this semester to go fast.. there is a lot to do. but i am excited to keep moving.

this stinks!

this morning my pt was a six year old boy. He was a bit grumpy and wouldn't really talk to me. I went to get a professor's signature and when i came back my operatory stunk! I didn't know who let one but it was bad. I took this little pt to get some xrays done and when i came back from processing the radiology room REALLY STUNK!!! This little guy was letting them loose!! Unfortunately we needed to do retakes and so i was stuck in there with him.. I invited Jessica to come in and smell and it made her gag!! haha.. My afternoon wasn't so stinky. My pt was early and ready for tx. She was willing to have Blood Glucose taken on her. And the LA went smoothly. I was grateful for such a trooper of a pt. She wasn't a jumpy person at all and that got her out early. Love it!!

mock board miracle

Last week was mock boards. At 3pm the day before, I was crying to my husband because i still didn't bave a pt. By about 5pm, a fellow classmate called to say that someone was coming in at 8am to be my pt. I was relaxed and happy. I got to clinic the next morning a tad late and felt super unorganized. By 8:15am, that pt still hadn't shown up. I was panicking inside. Prof Alexander said to start calling people to be my pt in the afternoon. As i went to the locker room, i could feel tears starting. Luckily, Camille came up and told me to find a pt in the foyer of Midtown. I was doubtful but I went out and told the three men there my story. The 26yr old said that he could stay as long as i took a pano on him. I gladly agreed and we got started... I sat him in the chair and realized with only being in the mouth for about 20sec that this kid was going to have plenty of calculus for me to remove and might even qualify for Boards!!!! I rushed him to be checked and he QUALIFIED!! everyone was amazed.. The calculus seemed to come off with such ease-we were chatting and laughing together and pretty soon i was finished and had 30 more min to go. I probed and then sent him on to be checked again.. oops.. i didn't do any of the paper work!! I only missed 3places of cal. and with having no xrays and no probe depths i felt good about that. I got my score back.. 72/100 wow.. that was exciting to know even when i didn't do the paper work. that was a great experience and i felt that this pt was a miracle.. ps.. the pano turned out great too.

Extra VA day

Prof Hanson was feeling sorry for me and, with some luck, got me in for an additional day at the VA. I was sosososo grateful to have someone else on my side. I was able to get so much accomplished too!! The morning consisted of 2quads of a 2 and 2quads of a 3.. and I got to do Local Anesthetic on both the UR and UL.. then the afternoon was pleasant Mr. Hogge with 3 quads of 3 with 11 injections!!! what a day.. I was so happy and grateful for prof hanson and besides that, she was an absolute delight to talk to at lunch. She made the whole experience positive, open for learning and organized.

my professor is worried

I just had my semi semester interview with my professor and she is worried about me. I haven't seen very many pts with perio and we are running out of time. I am super excited about my two pts today. both of them have perio to some extent and i am grateful. My after noon pt was 2/3 and I got to use local anesthetic on her ur quad. It made me super nervous but with my prof's help i got through. I think i was a little shaky. She was super numb though.. so that felt good..