1st day back- at VA and Tal-Eval

Well survived the first clinic day back this semester. Tal-eval shouldn't be so bad. At least we hope! Won't know till we start getting our grades :) My patients were fantastic and already 8 quads of a V. Thinking I might be overloaded with those this semester. Oh well! Should be fast right!
Boards and registering is driving me nuts. Gives me so much anxiety!

things that make you go hmmmmm

things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. got in trouble for doing the courteous thing... oh well.
Productive day, 1A, 1B, 4 sealants, 2 patients with 2 more quads of class II
Learning from my mistakes.. turn toe a little more, and get line angles of 1st molars...
Glad to keep learning... every tip helps!

What day is it again?

Oh yeah Its Tuesday... clinic day. I am so so so so so tired all of the sudden. Morning patient...Class V, hurray!!! Afternoon patient was 2 quads of class III, 2 quads of class II.
Both great patients. Morning patient had staining from all her tea drinking...next appointment I will use the air powder polisher!! dreaded thing. But her anatomy demands a little more then prophy paste/cup, I even used the prophy brush.
Afternoon patient had 2- 3 unit bridges, 1 4 unit bridge, 8 crowns, ton of recession... and decay on an abutement. The cement was irritating the tissues at the margins of the crowns on the all ceramic crowns. OH it makes me appreciate restorationless patients... :)
Going to love patient interaction in the office- someday. People are so kind and neat.

1/2 day clinic sweet relief :)

Nice to only have a half day of patients to work on. :O) Since my class III canceled for this morning. I did have a great replacement patient that I saw last february.. LOVE her.. What a sweet patient. I felt bad.. first time I really saw the effects of stress. Patient had really great pocket readings last time.. no bleeding.. but today wow! 4's and 5's in even the premolars... not as much build up in her mouth but her gums were very unhappy. It was a good experience to really talk to the patient about such circumstances and how to compensate for stress in life.
thank you KIMMMERSSSSSS!!! gave me a quad of her patient<> for mock boards and I took her xrays.. I love my friends in the program. Tiauna was cleaned up my room...Linda came and cleaned it again... HOW efficient they are :) Nice to have help!!

P.M

a little disappointing...
OH well.. it all works out right!
So the patient I was overwhelmed with last tues doing her OD in less then an hour-- class III localized IV, well she was my afternoon today... wobbly anterior lower centrals.... well she didn't show.. Mr. Salomon called her 15 to 1... talked for 10 mins.. guess she was confused and hung up... well she showed up after I had a pt from the lobby in the chair. What to do. Not the right thing to dismiss my patient..whom I just started..didn't feel right. He was only a 1B who had never had his teeth cleaned in his whole entire life.. he was 20 with practically no calculus.
Anyway my original patient went with another student... missed out on a really interesting patient...good experience... and a pano. Something good always comes to those who share, right? Hope so. I can't think about the work that goes into an OD --lack of being able to clean them. Oh and the fact that I am down a few clinic sessions from lack of VA scheduling me a patient one day and me being sick..
Just hope I get all that I am supposed to.. just don't have many quads.

A.M.

late pt. difficult 6 yr old. never seen a dentist/hygienist. Biggest tongue I have seen on a little person.. wouldn't open.. OH for the LOVE. And they were late. Put me behind.
HHX wasn't given to my second pt although it clearly said NEW PATIENT NEEDS HHX and Chart... hmm.. So pt came early like I asked to fill form out. So I was running late he sat out there for 40 mins... 25 past his appointment time and then when I brought him back he needed to still fill out form! SERIOUSLY... so after doing the OD.. I only had 15 mins.. Prof didn't want me to start. Bummed. I could have gotten a quad done. OH well.
Lets see how the afternoon goes... :)

Better day...

Total confusion with Patients... My morning and afternoon cancelled. Had my neighbor and husband coming in the afternoon to fill that..but my neighbor came up by 830 when my pt cancelled at 745 in the morning.... Then my hubby had to take my son in to Dr. ...both ears have bad ear infections. So he wasn't going to be able to come...
Ended up seeing 1B, new pt OD classIII, class II, and a Ia. Good day... :() )