I finished another class 5 today. My pt was the wife of my monday pt and she was so great. Things went well, I didn't miss any calculus again so Kudos to me! I was pretty excited about that!

Well, I had a cancellation late Friday, so I had to get another patient in. I scheduled my patient late saturday, and I didn't call or send an e-mail to Gail, so she gave my patient away on Monday morning. I was fuming! I just cannot handle not having patients, because I need them so badly due to how many I have had that didn't show. Well, things worked out, Val was really kind and gave my pt back to me and she got someone else in. Sometimes I just hate the way things work here.

Today was great! I finished my 1B patient, and to top it off, I didn't miss any calculus! How exciting! It was a great day. We had a good time in our pod with all of the Christensen family. I think everyone had a good experience, and we all completed what we needed to!

I've graduated!

Well it seems that I have graduated from patients not showing up, to cancelling at the last minute. Actually cancelling 30 minutes into their appointment is killing me. I just want to scream and kill someone. But being the good member of society that I am, I think I will try to refrain from killing someone, I don't want to be put in jail when I am this close to getting out!

I think things will be getting better soon!

So I finished scaling on my husband today, and was a bit slow, but I am getting better. I really used my explorer to feel for irregularities and find areas that need work. I need more practice but I am getting the hang of it. I also did a quick probing job on a new patient that is a class 5, she will be fun to finish, she had a great attitude and was very nice. So, I am feeling a little more confident this week, but not completely ready to go out there and scale to my hearts content!

New Patient

I had a new patient today, she hasn't seen the dentist in a long time! But she is only a class 1B, so hopefully I can get her done in one more appointment. She couldn't stay all day today, so I only got through OD. We will get her done soon though and on her way!

Finishing 1B's

Ok, so I have been really negative, but I need to say that I WILL FINISH MY REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS SEMESTER. I will! I have to start thinking positively. It is possible to finish. I am a great student and I can finish! I will finish Danielle in one week, and I will get an entire full mouth on my mother, and I will complete my reqirements! I will! I think I can, I think I can I think I can.

Class 2

So I sort of finished my Class 2 today. I am really slow! And I really didn't do very well. I missed 10 spots with calculus! Ouch! And Instructor Carter had to finish him off because I was so late. I don't know if I'll ever be any good at this! It was fun to use the ultrasonic scaler and really see the calculus fly! I loved that part. I really need to be faster, but I also need to be more thorough. I just wish I was up to par right now!

1B or not 1B, that is the question

Well I finished off another patient today, she was supposed to be a 1B, but she had a ton of calculus, and I had the hardest time getting it off. Thanks to Jeff I had a pretty good experience. I really appreciated him sitting down with me and working me through the hard stuff. I really learned a lot having him show me exactly what to feel for and how to remove a ring of subgingival calculus. Anyway, I hope I can learn from this experience and actually get some good stuff off next time.

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!

Finally I have finished!

I have finally made it through an appointment! Yeah! So I got here, and my patient didn't show up, luckily someone else was here that didn't have an appointment, so I got a patient luckily! He was a 1A and was a great patient. I even finished a sealant on him! Yeah! He also had some decay, when his mom found out, she started chewing him out poor little guy! Anyway, thinsgs were great!

I like to scale

I just need to learn how to use the ultrasonic scaler and I'll be all set! My patient today was great, I got a pano and 4 bwx on her, I tried to scale her calculus on the lower anteriors lingually, but I tell you what, that stuff didn't want to come off. I am rescheduling her for after I know the ultrasonic so that I can get her in and out of here with minimal tissue damage!
Thanks for the help Amiee!

I guess I should blog about monday

I had nightmares sunday night thinking that my patient wouldn't show up, I just couldn't sleep! Then I came in the morning, and my patient was the first to show up, She was a great patient, she endured all my poking and prodding, she bled at every probe depth, she had decay on all her buccal surfaces and the had moderate periodontal disease! Wow! Class 3 here I come!
So I refered her to Candice! Good luck girl!