UDA

I had a lot of fun at UDA because I was able to spend the day with my mom. I enjoyed going to the classes and talking to the different vendors. I bought some loupes while I was there, which I'm really excited about!! I can't wait to try them out.

Easy 1B

I'm completely done with my 1B's but I still needed to schedule a patient. I was disapointed because my patient didn't want x-rays and I only have 4 sets of BWX's. It's going to be close... But it was another easy day, I got done with my patient an hour early, which was really nice because I was able to take my time on charting.

Great day

Today Riley's grandpa came in and he was such a good patient for me! I was able to do my blood glucose and denture PE on him and he as a class 2 on his lowers. His dentures were so easy to clean because they didn't have any calculus on them. I need to get faster because it still took me like an hour just to scale his lowers.

1B exam

I had a scheduling confusion, but after we worked it out today went really good. My patient was 7 months pregnant, so it was a great experience to work on someone who's pregnant. She takes really good care of her teeth, so she was a really easy patient. I did my exam on her and I didn't miss anything and I got done like an hour early!! YAY :) Finally something goes right this week!

Class 2 appt. 2

Today was a really relaxing day, I was able to take my time and just focus on what I was doing. I was able to have my patient do my caries control intervention assignment. That will be such a relief to have that done and out of the way. I learned what "meth" mouth possible looks like today. Jeff thinks my patient has meth mouth, which would be so sad if it is true.

What a mix up!!

So I started the day off doing TA today. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but next time I need to make sure I'm 15 minutes early not 10 minutes. I was drilled like 5 times for being 5 minutes late. Then clinic came around and the family I had set up didn't bring their kid and failed to let me know until they walked into the door. I feel so bad because Emily had to look for a patient. But my patient actually ended up going pretty good. I was able to finish him and I did my 1B exam. YAY!!
I just need to stop stressing out. I feel like I'm a frantic mess when I'm in clinic because I'm always rushed on time. I can't wait until I feel like I know what the heck I'm doing....

Crazy day!!

Today I saw a 1A patient and a 1B patient and I finished both of them!! YAY! I even did two sealants on the 1A, so I was able to pass off my sealant PE and meet one of my sealant requirements. I also declared my 1A patient as an exam. I was able to accomplish a lot today!!

Another flakey patient

Today my patient called and left me a message 20 minutes before their appointment and canceled on me. It actually ended up being a pretty good day because I found a patient to come in and he ended up being a class 2. He is a really hard patient to work on because he has a lot of ramped decay and a ton of calculus. I was able to get one quadrant done of scaling and I only missed one area, which I was really happy with. I was able to declare him as my exam patient so one less thing to worry about.

My Cousin

Today I saw my cousin, which was fun because I was able to catch up on things. She was a really easy 1B patient, so it was such a relief to be able to take my time and still be able to finish her in one appointment. I am SOOO mad because I decided I wanted her to be my exam patient at the OD check, but I didn't know you actually had to tell the instructor, "I'm doing and exam." I made sure I circled exam after the OD, so I'm so frustrated.

Patient cancelled a few hours before appt.

Such a frustrating day. I called my patient to remind them of their appt. and they called the Dental Clinic at 4 and canceled on me! Luckily my patient I had scheduled for the following week was able to come in. Why can't patients be more responsible?? They want me to call them back and reschedule them, but I'm a little hesitant because I don't want the same thing to happen again. So the patient that did come in was a hard 1B, it was really good practice, but I seriously missed so many spots because he had so much subgingival calculus.