CA

I love being CA, you don't have to worry about your patient not showing up, which I love. Things went great today, I just checked everyone in, and then I helped out in the clinic. These days are always the easiest and the most relaxing. However I will say that it was a little boring today. I miss being with my pod, and I do like to see patients.

So, I got called last night and my patient cancelled, BIG SURPRISE!!, luckily I had a backup, I had a really good looking spanish guy in. He is a class II, so yeah, only 4 more quads to find of a class II and I will be good!

This new blogger is a pain! So I haven't blogged for a long time. I should blog about the 21st. I called and confirmed my patient, and guess what, NO SHOW!!! I am really getting upset about this all! But luckily Stephanie brought her nephew and she let me clean his teeth and I even got a 1A and completed him and an exam. Thanks Julie! So it wasn't a complete loss.

ULTRA SAUNIKKK!

I am so excited that we learned ultrasonic today! Yeah!!!! I love no stress days like today! No patients, no paperwork, and early out! (aka finishing on time!) I love the ultrasonic, I am definately going to use it on most of my patients!

I love being CA!

Today was a fantastic day! I slept well last night, no nightmares! And I didn't have to worry about my patient not showing this morning! I loved it. I loved being CA, I like taking money! I just wish some of it got back to me! The real question though is, do we really use $350 worth of materials? If not, then where does the rest go to? Because the university pays for electricity and we don't rent the clinic, so hmmm, this is a question for my thesis I think!

I finished!

Yeah! I finally finished! I had my brother in and he was a good patient, a 1B with practically no calculus! Things went great. I asked him where I can improve, and basically he just said to go faster. So I will be working on that, I have been for the whole semester, but I will continue to try and get faster.

I feel the same way!

Well I had a 3 year old little girl in today, and she was a cutie. The only thing was, she wouldn't allow me to look in her mouth. With begging from myself as well as her dad, we finally coaxed her to sit on daddy's lap and open her mouth. Little girl had 4 cavities and a few spots of questionable areas. I did get to polish, floss and do fluoride. But when the instructor tried to do a check, she refused to open. Well, that's how it goes sometimes!
I also worked on my grandpa, he came and let me do an intra and extra oral exam, he has candidiasis and a full denture. So I completed my PE for a removable prostesis and also got to see just how old my Grandpa really is!

Getting Behind

Ok, I need to blog about Wednesday. It was a beutiful day, I was feeling quite confident that everything would turn out great. I confirmed my patients appointment the night before and everything was grand. I even set a goal with Tiffany that I would at least complete one quadrant. But around 12:30 things fell apart. My patient was a no show, I waited until 1:00 and finally went a walkin on campus. I approached probably close to 30 people, but no one wanted to be my patient. That sucks! In desperation, I called my husband, bawling I begged him to come in and be my patient. Lo and Behold, he really does love me, he cancelled his lunch appointment and came straightway! What a guy! Thankfully I completed 4 PE's and 4 BWX as well. It turned out to be a good day!