horrible luck with x-rays!!

At the VA today the x-ray unit was not working, so I had to move my first patient to another room to take BWX's. Then the doctor came in to do an exam and decided the left BWX wasn't acceptable, so I had to find another open room to re-take the dang x-ray!! Then to top it all off my second pt. needed a pano and BWX'S. So I took my pt to the pano room and I take the pano just fine, but the stinking sensor to take the BWX's wasn't working, so I had to move him to ANOTHER room!!! THEN... in the middle of taking the BWX's, that sensor stopped working!! My poor patient was getting so frustrated! Today was NOT my day to take x-ays! seriously....

Easy class 5

My patient this morning was so sweet! She hasn't had her teeth cleaned for 3 years, but there really wasn't any calculus. I was able to take a pano on her, which I was so excited about! 3 down 5 to go! We started the appointment out slow because she had a long HHX and she needed to be premedicated. So happy we only have to see patients this morning, now we get to do a special needs lab this afternoon. Should be fun!

VA CA

Let me just tell you, being CA at the VA is so boring!! I was falling asleep while I was charting for Kathy! oops :) It was so annoying that NOTHING was stocked in any of the ops! So for the whole morning I was stocking everything in every op. Darn those SLCC girls! Only one more CA day next semester. YAY!

VA CRAZIES!!

Let me just say today was the weirdest day EVER! My first patient in the morning was a way easy 1B, who hadn't had his teeth cleaned in 10 years! I was shocked how well he took care of his teeth. Then I saw a second patient who was CRAZY!! When I tried to bring him back he acted very childish and kept trying to run away from me. When I finally got him in my chair he became very friendly and started hitting on me, saying I just was so cute and looked like a little doll! AHH. So I start the cleaning and I'm just scaling away because he's a class 3 and he pulls out this Kermit the frog that was on his key chain and slowly starts moving it towards my face. (I have no words) Then out of no where he starts freaking out and says he needs to get his medicine or he's going to "tear" the office apart. So I try to set him up so he can get his medicine and he says, "No its ok we're almost done." (Please make up your mind) So... I grab the doctor and have him do an exam. Halfway through the exam my patient jumps out of the chair and just starts yelling saying swear word after swear word!! (I'm definitly scared now) I walk the patient up to the front and try to get him scheduled to come back with the prosthedontist and he starts yelling and swearing at the poor front desk lady. All I can do is say good luck and I left....

Mockboard from H***

I think I can honestly say this was the most stressful day of the semester!! Once I got started on the cleaning I was fine, I think I was just nervous while waiting for the instructors to make sure my patient qualified. And I got LUCKY, my patient just barely qualified, even with adding 3 teeth from another quadrant!! So I was taking my time on the cleaning and making sure I felt confident that I got all the calculus off when I noticed everyone was checking their patients out. I kept thinking to myself I still have an hour, my checkout time ends at 11:50. But then it clicked and I realized SOMEONE put the wrong checkout time on my sheet, instead of uppting 10:50, they put 11:50! Oh and don't worry, I figured this out at 10:45 and I hadn't even probed!! I seriously almost had a huge breakdown!!! But everything worked out fine, I still passed with an 85 and that's all that matters :)

DARN COLDSORE!!

I love it when my class 3 pt comes in and has a huge coldsore on her lower lip. I felt so bad because she thought I gave it to her when I cleaned half her mouth last time. I tried to explain to her that she probably had the virus laying dormant and has never presented with signs until now, but of course she speaks spanish and she most likely didn't understand me. Luckily Kailene had 2 patients come in, so I was able to do the OD on her other patient. I guess it wasn't a total waste of a day.

Crazy, Crazy Day!!

This morning I saw a way easy class 5. She had so many bridges and crowns, that I really didn't have to scale any calculus. She did have the smallest mandibular linguals though. I had the hardest time adapting my instruments because her teeth were so tinny!! I ended up finishing my patient an hour early, so I saw Kailene's extra patient. I only had about 40 minutes, so I only did the OD and of course she's ANOTHER class 5! No more class 5's please :)
My afternoon patient hasn't had her teeth cleaned for about 15 years!! Her teeth actually looked pretty good considering it's been so long. She ended up being a class 3, which I'm so excited about!! She was seriously the best patient! She let me take an FMX, which was my first one all semester. I was hoping I could scale 2 quads, but apparently I was thinking too big. I was only able to get one quad done.