Mock Board II

Today was our second mockboard. My patient faked me out last night letting me believe he wasn't going to be able to make it but then after a minute he said he was joking! I was not amused! But he's the nicest guy and likes to joke around. He was here on time and very cooperative. Even though he doesn't like needles he let me numb him up because he doesn't like pain even more. I felt bad though cuz he still felt it alot even after being numb. I submitted UL quad plus 4 teeth on LL. I did miss 4 spots, dang it!

Jan. 20

This morning I had the rare opportunity so far of working on a patient with a partial denture. Just haven't done many of those. She ended up being a class II but still had enough teeth in each quadrant to get 4 quads done and didn't miss any spots!
This afternoon I saw a patient from the fall that was a class V. Nothing on her teeth whatsoever! I did place arestin in 1 localized spot that has been a 5mm pocket for several years. So since I was able to finish early Kelsey let me do a couple of sealants on one of her patients and take BWX on another. Thanks Kelsey!

PE day

So I had trouble finding a patient this morning. My class IV was supposed to come in but cancelled again so Marilyn gave me a teenager from a family that was coming in but it ended up that they didn't bring in two of their teens because of school. Ashley saved me though! She was seeing a child whose mom wanted to be seen as well. Thanks Ashley! She turned out to be a class V and I was able to do my Arestin PE on her.
My afternoon patient was finishing up a class III from last semester. I missed 6 areas on her but she had some tough stuff to clean off! My hands were cramping by the end. I was able to give her 3 injections, do the LA PE, and ultrasonic PE. Good afternoon!

Back to WSU clinic

Thurs. Jan. 6.... First day back to WSU clinic. I found a patient off the list yesterday for this morning who turned out to be a class II and didn't miss any areas. I was able to do BWX on her as well. For this afternoon I was supposed to have my class IV patient but he decided to cancel yesterday. Instead I found another patient off the list who was only a 1B and dang it I missed 4 areas on her! They were even areas I had really tried to get so I don't know what my problem was?!?!?!?! Not the best of first days!

Christmas break is over

Tues. Jan. 4....back to the VA
First day back to the VA and I ended up seeing 2 patients in the morning! I know laugh now but that's the first time I've been able to see and complete 2 patients in the morning. They were both class V's and had hardly anything on their teeth so that was what helped. I also was able to get 2 sets of BWX and 1 pano done that day. The afternoon patient I saw was a class II, he didn't have much in the way of calculus except on lower anteriors so I thought he'd be a V but Prof. Bossenberger said to call him a light II. Boom 12 quads done in one day! Off to a good start!