Last Clinic Day!!!

Today was the last day of clinic. I saw my board patient today. I took PA's on her today. All of the girls who will be taking boards next remember that you need a physician consult to treat a pregnant board patient for WREB which may be a pain in the butt. I was able to get the consult back so I can take xrays today, but I am still waiting on one that has the office heading on it so that it's official for boards. We are SO CLOSE to being done girls!

LA mockboard

Today was LA mockboard. I passed the IA, although my window wasn't completely open for entire injection they said but by the time i was done it was open. I failed the PSA because my 45 degree angle up wasn't quite 45 degrees. They also said that I may have deposited the solution too quickly but that's how i've been doing it this entire time. So all you girls who still have to take it just remember that they are very picky and look at the angles on site of penetration, because by the time my PSA was at the deposition site the angles looked good they said, but i still failed.

eaglesoft assignment

I think I should've picked a different person to do my eaglesoft assignment on because this person had so many restorations that took forever to put into the computer. Other than that it went well. I would almost rather do all of the charting on the computer because I can type so much faster than I can write and I can correct my mistakes.
I found a board patient and was so excited, but since she's pregnant I need to get a doctor's consult to even use her for WREB and then to take anesthesia and x-rays on her. I guess I should just try and find another patient because the doctor still hasn't faxed back the consult to treat. I even emailed WREB and they said it was our responsibility to find a board patient that fits ALL requirements so we'll see how it goes.

Screening Day

Today I am doing three screenings...My first patient was a class 2 but didn't have enough calculus and the kind she had was too light. It's getting frustrating trying to find a board and mock board patient because basically that's all i have left to do. I'm just hoping that eventually I will find one so I can relax slightly.
One of the hardest things has been trying to find a patient to screen and even by going through charts, I have not been so lucky as to find someone who wants to come in still.

Missing Calculus

Today I missed four spots of calculus because my instruments were dull (at least my graceys were). I think I need to sharpen them after every perio patient because today I saw my class 3 patient in both the morning and night and I should've sharpened my instruments in between when he came in I think because I missed spots because they were dull. I think I need to remind myself to sharpen my instruments everyday before my patients get here so I won't have this problem again.

Simulation Day

Today is my patient simulation day. My first patient was my little sister who was super easy. I took a pano on her because she had wisdom teeth in her bitewings from last year. My second patient was a tissue eval who didn't show up. I think that is my biggest stress this semester that if I finally find a patient, they won't show up to their appointment.
This semester has been the hardest for me to find patients and for them to show up on time or at all. I hope I pass the simulation day even though that happened. My afternoon is two little girls that are adorable. They will be easy and then I have a screening planned but I couldn't confirm which makes me doubt that I she will show.

Tough Patient

My patient today was tough. He had some very tenacious calculus and I took over two hours on the two quads all together. I think the biggest thing I learned with him is to ultrasonic until you feel that it's smooth, then handscale, and then ultrasonic again and keep checking the teeth with an explorer. I had to take my gloves off and run my hands under cool water to get my tactile sensitivity back before I did my final check for calculus. I think I did a good job getting it all off in the end though. :)