Last Day Of Clinic!!

For my last day of clinic I needed to accomplish my last 2 things: 1 quad of class II or V and my posterior universal instrument PE. I was set up with a patient that was a class V the only thing I worried about was she needed a new health history and she being 74 I didn't know what that would include! To my horror she had had heart surgery just in January where they placed 2 stints which means physician's consult! I was clinging onto hope because she said the doctor told her she did not need to be premedicated but we still had to do the consult. Luck was with me when we called and they said no premed was necessary!
We proceded to the OD which I need to stop and thank Sarah for helping me both with the physician's consult and charting for me! She also wanted xrays taken since it had been a year. I was sweating it thinking there was no way I would get all of her cleaning done that day after all of this! Luckily she did not have much in the way of calculus and even though I was the very last person with a patient in my chair I finished her! Whew!! My last 2 requirements fulfilled! Bring it on 2nd year!

McKenzie

Today my 2 goals were to do the blood glucose PE and do sealants on McKenzie to finish up that requirement. The blood glucose went ok except I wasn't fast enough and had to get another strip out before blood started running down her finger! Sealants were a little challenging cuz I did them on #14 & 15, a more difficult spot in the mouth. I kept gagging her but was able to finish them. Sarah also came over and did a sealant on #13. Goals completed! I only had a half hour left by the time those were done so I just scaled a little around her lower anteriors to help with the gingivitis down there. ONE MORE DAY OF CLINIC!

Class II Exam part 2

So after the first appointment with my class 2 patient I was feeling awful. She came back in on April 7 to finish the cleaning and I decided I was just going to take my time and try to do things right the first time which means exploring before, during, and after I scale. The first quad was pretty good I only missed 2 spots in it. When I did the other quad my hand was getting tired and I guess I didn't go subgingivally enough to feel the calculus because I missed everything in that quad! So I went back through to get it and like I said in part 1 her calculus was tenacious and it took me another 45 min to get it to where I felt like I could have Prof Costley do another scale check. I still missed a few spots but the tip of my thumb was numb so Prof Costley worked on those spots. The only thing that made me feel better was when Prof Costley said she was having a tough time getting the calculus off too! Bad patient to do my exam on but at least it's done!

Finishing Sam and more

My goals for April 5 were to finish Sam who was a 1B, pass of a PE, and get sealants done on my daughters. It took me a lot longer than I thought to finish Sam and I could not believe I missed so many spots on a 1B! Here it is the end of the semester, I shouldn't be doing that! I was able to get 3 sealants placed on one of my daughters but not both. I also was able to pass off my anterior instrument PE.

Class II Exam part 1

I needed to find a patient to do my true class II exam on and luck was with me when Prof. Costley drew my name for 1 of 3 patients that the Sr's had screened. The only problem was she was Spanish speaking. Thanks to Karina who helped me get her scheduled for April 1. I was going to try to speak a few phrases in Spanish that I had my Dad help me with but when I told them to my patient she just looked at me with a confused look. Oh well. My goals for the day were to do the OD, one PE, and get at least half of her mouth done. Check, check, and check. I was able to get my ultrasonic PE done though I definitely need more practice with it! My patient didn't have what I considered to be much calculus but it was so tenacious that I kept missing areas when it came to my scale checks. I felt like such a failure by the end of the day.