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.

Day 2 with Dad

Today went so much better! I was able to scale the full mouth, polish and fluoride. YAY! That is a huge accomplishment for me. I learned I definitely need to have a routine for scaling, I felt like I was all over the place and I could've saved some time if I had a routine. So I'm going to work on that.

Finished my Mom

My Mom came in Monday so I could finish scaling the UR and LR. It went so good! I was able to finish and I passed two PE's off and I was still able to get done early. It definitely helps that she had like no calculus.

First Patient of Spring Semester......

Wow where do I begin.... I feel like nothing went right today. I started with a FMX and ended up having to do 4 retakes!!! That took forever! Then I had problems printing the Tx plan. So all I was able to finish was the OD. I'm really sad I didn't get to scaling. I feel like it shouldn't take 3 hours to take x-rays and perio chart. VERY BUMBED!!