FINALLY DONE!!!!

Today in clinic I finally got my requirements done! I was so worried that my patient was not going to show up because I tried calling him the day before several times and his phone number would not work. I was not able to get ahold of him to remind him so I was worried sick. This morning I was so relieved when the CA called over the intercom and said my patient was there. I shouted for joy. I then was able to start scaling away. I got a scale check on the first quad and I did miss a few spots. After those were finished I moved on to the lower quads. It was a great experience because I have never seen so much calculus. There was a ton! It extended subgingivally and it turned dark green/black under the gingiva. It was really cool to be able to just pop it all right off. I did miss several spots on tne lower anteriors but I know for a fact that I got a TON off. I was really proud of myself. It was a long appointment partly because my patient was kind of mean and ornery and was not into small talk at all. He was there for business only no talking. He also started coughing evertime I tried to use the ultrasonic sclaer so I had to stop using that and only use my hand scalers. That made me realize how valuable the ultrasonic is to me. It helps tremendously! Well, anyway I was able to get him done and not a moment too soon. I think my patient was about to leave whether I was finished or not because he said "I can't take much more of laying like this". Like I said, he was an not a very pleasant person. Well I am finally done and that is all that matters. I have been waiting for summer break for a long time, I am finally free for a few months!

Almost there

Today I just had a class 1B come in just so I could get my quad numbers up. My patient was a 21 year old and didn't have much calculus.I still used the entire appointment to finish him. I am not very fast still. I think I overscale, I spend too much time on easy patients. I need to start being more confident in myself and start getting a little faster with each patient. I was super excited to get done and have three more quads to add to my numbers. Now I only have my class 3 patient to finish on wednesday then I will finally be finished with my clinic requirements! HOORAY!!

Closer and Closer Everyday

Today I had a patient that was two quads of a class 3. I was so excited when I found out he showed up for the appointment. I have had no luck with class 3's, I have had 2 patient's that were class 3's cancell on me two times each!!! I was worried that I would never get my class 3 completed. After today, I am one step closer, I now have two quads done. My patient today was so good, he just sat there the entire time, listening to his i-pod and he didn't complain one bit. He was awesome. Now all I have left to complete for my requirements is two more quads of a 3, and I have that patient scheduled for the last day of clinic(YIKES!!!!) I hope he shows up, if not I will be screwed!! Anyway, I am not out of the woods yet, I still have two PE's to pass off and several projects and and tests left in the semester. I hope I make it, if I do it will be a miracle!

Eight Quads done today!

I had me niece and nephew come in today and it was really fun. I really enjoyed talking to them about taking care of their teeth. I was able to take bitewings on my niece Baylee, who is 6. I had the hardest time getting the bitewing tabs to stick to the x-ray packet. I tried and tried and tried several bitewing tabs but they would not stay stuck long enough to have her bite down! I finally got creative and stuck two edge-eeze on there and that held it down good. So, if you ever have this same problem with size 1 film, just cover it with edge-eeze and it works like a charm. After Baylee, I saw my nephew Mavrik. He is 4 years old and is super cute. He was so good to sit in the chair with his mouth open for a long time. I was suprised because he actually had some calculus buid-up on his lower anteriors and his sister didn't and she is almost three years older than he is. That jsut goes to show that some people really build up calculus and onther not so much. Overall it was a great, fun experience and I had a good time, not to mention I got eight quads done today!!!