Happy child day!

Today I worked on nothing but children! The only thing that bothered me was that it took me all morning to get a 9 year old done. It wasn't the cleaning itself that took time, that was only a half hour. It was waiting for the mother to do the HH, taking xrays took a little more time than normal, then we had Dr. Naylor come over and do an ortho eval which she then wanted a pano for as well. It's a good thing Jen was able to take his sister or I wouldn't have been able to get both kids done! This afternoon I saw my 2 nephews. It was Porter's first time having a cleaning so he was a little nervous and didn't want me to "turn his teeth purple". He giggled through the cleaning though so all was well!

Patient panic!

I had my patient cancel and had the whole day of clinic open for today at this time yesterday. I was able to call and fill my afternoon but couldn't get anyone for the morning. I ended up sticking my hubby in for the morning, then get notified during his appt that my afternoon patient had to cancel. AWWWWWW! I went up front and asked Mr. Solomon if anyone needed to get in, he tried a couple of people with no luck. About 10 min later he came back and told me he was able to find someone after all. YEA! Hopefully a day like this NEVER happens again! Fingers crossed!

Two new patients

This morning I saw one of my husband's coworkers. He said he hadn't had a cleaning in probably 5 yrs so I wasn't sure what to expect but wouldn't you know it he only turned out to be a 1B with gingivitis! Dang! Oh well.
Then this afternoon my patient was a returning patient to the clinic. The first question she asked me was how long it would take. I told her I had until 3:30 and she about freaked! She said she thought it would only take 1 hr. yeah right! If she's been here before she should know already how things work around here! Anyway I told her I'd be as fast as I could. It was a good thing she had been seen in April so I didn't have to do BP and no changes to HHx so we could get started right away. I was able to have her out of here in 1 hr 40 min and she was a class II! She gave us a hard time when Dr. Hansen was trying to check her because she was in a hurry. She had Dr. Hansen remove the spots I missed so it was not a good learning experience though I guess it made me work on my time.

First Day Back in Clinic!

Yea beginning of 2nd year I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! I had a family member that has never had a cleaning in his 40 years of life come in today. He's also a smoker so I knew he was going to be a good class! He ended up being only a class II but he qualified for my mock board patient! 1 down 3 to go! He had sooooo much stain on his lower anteriors that he was surprised I was able to get it off which he was very happy I did. Last year I was hating the ultrasonic because every time I used it the patient was very sensitive and I'd have to quit using it. Well today it was my friend! I cranked up the power and away the stain went! Loving it!!