Friday, January 22, 2010

I think I have a board patient!!!!!!

I was sick Tuesday so I did not go to clinic at WSU but Wednesday I felt better and was able to go to the VA. I saw two patients, one was a class two and the other was a class 5. The first patient I saw had a lot of metal on him. He had his left ear pierced at least three times and had big spiky hoops in them. He also had his nose pierced and had a ginormous tongue stud, it was HUGE!! I took a pano on him, he could take out the tongue stud but not the others so they showed up really well on the pano. It was really cool because he has had his tongue stud in for like 10 years so he had textbook recession on the lingual of 24 and 25. He looked great everywhere else but right there the bone was gone and so was the gingiva. I tried to talk him out of putting it back in but as soon as we were done he put it back in. So that was an interesting experience at the VA. Well today, I came to WSU for a sealant clinic and for patient screenings. I was really hoping I could find a board patient. I had 3 people scheduled. The first one did not show and I was really mad. Just when I thought my second patient wasn't going to show and 10 minutes before patient #3 was going tobe here she came. I was really mad cause she was so late and I didn't even want to see her. Well I am glad I did. I quickly started exploring and I was getting stuck on a lot of calculus. I had Alyse chart the calculus for me and there was quite a bit. I then go t really excited. I had Professor Alexander come and check and she said there were 18 clicks in the LR quad. I was so excited. I am going to bring her back to take x-rays and do the OD and then have her as my second mockboard and hopefully everything will work out!!!

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