Clinic

Clinic went fairly well today I think. In the morning I saw a pt who I was able to see last semester, and he is really nice. He was 1quad class3 and 3 quads class2. The hardest part about that pt is trying to get on the root surfaces to instrument. He was a very good experience because I was able to do anesthesia and place arrestin. I was very happy to get more quads done also.

My next pt in the afternoon was a class 5 who is an excelent pt. She works really hard to keep her teeth clean. She asked about power toothbrushes and what is the best one to get. I was glad that I know at least a little about this subject and recommended the sonicare toothbrush. I think she is going to very much like it.

Overall today was a very good day and I felt somewhat productive which is a good feeling to have!!!

MOCK BOARD DAY!!!

So today we had mock boards and it was a very stressful day for almost everyone. I hardly slept last night, so I figured I might as well just come early and get it started so I can get it over with. I did a lot better than i thought I would. I think I was greatly blessed with a good pt who was compliant and easier to work with. I talked to Prof. Bossenberger about my pt afterward and she said for the board it would be better to have a pt who didn't bleed so much, because it made his teeth look like they didn't show as much improvement. I struggled cleaning him because he bled a lot and it made it very difficult to clean and work around. I can totally understand what she meant, presentation can have a huge impact on your outcome. It will be important to find a pt who is closer to this ideal for the real boards.

Gottsta go,
chels

clinic

This morning we had lab and learned about the saliva test, and the blood glucose testing, which was very fun to do by the way. We also had the opportunity to use the peizoelectric and the sonic. I hated the sonic because it made a loud high pitch screetching noise, and the water squirt everywhere and had no control. I did like the light on the peioz. but it wasn't very fun trying to adapt the tip to the appropriate surface. We also went over all of our external and modified fulcrums which seemed to come somewhat naturally, thank heavens.

This afternoon, I screened pts for the mockboard. I was so incredibly lucky to get someone who is going to work. I hope that at least my experience will be somewhat good. I really want to do a good job on this, or maybe it is good to fail, so that i learn a lot more.

Gottsta go,
chic

Clinic

So today I ended up seeing 4 pts. crazy, crazy day. So the first patient didn't come, he was a 1A, and mom said he had the chicken pox, which is good that she didn't bring him. I then decided to try and bring someone else in who I only got x-rays done on because she came so late and I had a person who was coming in for a screening at 10:00. I then found out that my screening pt was a class 2 with one quad of class 3, or the other way around, can't remember. So he is not going to work out.

Next I saw a returning pt who was 2 quads of a class 3 and I got to do an injection on her, which was awesome. I did the PSA and MSA, which was very very fun.

Last at the last minute a child needed to be worked into someones schedule, so I took him and got him done, so mom wouldn't have to bring him back, because big brother was getting done that day. It was nice to at least accomplish something, but I still don't have a mock board pt and I have no idea where I am going to find one.

I feel helpless,
Chels