exam patient

Today was an easier patient day. I used this patient as a class 1B exam because she really didn't have alot of calculus to start with which made it lots easier. My patient was so funny, she laughed about everything. I had fun today. I wish she needed sealants is the only thing I wish I wouldn't done differently because I'm still in need of all three of those sealant requirements, but other than that it was just a funner day.

Sealants

I'm in need of sealants and I had a patient that got a hold of me last night and wanted to come in and get their last sealant taken care of but then he didn't show up this morning. My patient that was normally scheduled was an hour late which would have been okay if I would've been able to do the sealants. I'm okay he was a class 3 and so I probably would've needed two appointments anyways. I think it's getting towards the end of the semester and we are all super stressed out, but we'll make it through this last month.

PA's

Today I finally got a FMX and I'm so excited. I still need more, but this will make it so much easier to meet the x-ray requirements. My xrays took so long but it turned out good because I might have someone come in for the next appointment with the patient before she comes in to get some xrays so I might finally get those requirements done. There' still so much to do before the end of the semester, but hopefully I';ll be able to get it done.

CA

On Monday St PAtrick's Day I was a CA. It was alot easier this time because my last clinic day I was a CA as well. I restocked everything and helped out up front. The money was sorta confusing because though because they had to do something special for the morning clinic to keep $50 in the drawer. It was a good experience and I got to help alot of girls chart and keep them caught up.

1A

Today was the first time in a few weeks I have had a patient in the chair because the few times before that I have been a CA and then we had spring break in between so I was sort of bobble headed and unorganized. I think that I did okay but I chose this patient as my 1A exam and I missed four spots on the buccal side of the mandibular anterior teeth because they weren't really by the gum line and I scaled those teeth but I didn't really check them with the explorer so make sure your guys always check the ENTIRE tooth so you don't make my mistake. The other thing is the x-rays were harder for me because I hadn't had a lot of practice taking them on kids and I had a hard time getting the first primary molars in the picture.

Class 3

My class 3 patient was so much harder than I thought it would be. I spent so much time on her and still missed so many deposits. Then after the scale check it took me forever to get the deposits off and I was almost discouraged until my instructor explained that class 3 patients usually have very tenacious calculus and especially where it was my first class 3 patient I really didn't do that bad. I still need 2 more quads of a class 3 so we'll see if it's any different the next time.