Today was another productive day at clinic. I had a class 3 from last semester finally come back in and I was able to finish her. I scaled 3 quads and gave 4 more injections. When I was doing one of the injections I was looking through my loops and not being very careful. I accindentally stabbed below her lip and she started bleeding. I felt really bad but I kept my cool and acted liek nothing happened. Then in the afternoon my class 2 came in and I scaled 4 quads. I was able to count those as an exam so I won't have to worry about it later.

Last Semester

Today was the first day of clinic in my very last semester of dental hygiene school!! It started out great. My class 3/4 last semester came in and I scaled 2 quads of a 4 and I had no mistakes! I was really proud of myself. I am really worried about not having a mockboard patient and a real board patient, but Iafter this morning I was feeling pretty good about muyself. This afternoon I had a class 5 patient because my class 2 that was suppose to come in had to cancel at the last minute and luckily Alyse had an extra patient for me to work on. I was able to count him as an exam. So today I was alble to get a lot done. I got 2 quads of a 4 exam, 4 quads of a 5 exam, I passed off 3 PE's and did 2 eaglesoft patients. I was pretty happy with the results of the first day!!!

Finally Finished!!!

I am finally finished with my class 3 minimum requirements!! I am so excited, I realize that next semester is going to be heck because I only have my minimum done but oh well, I did all that I could possibly do. My morning patient today said she was going to be late but I wasn't sure how late so I was trying to be optimistic and the optomism worked because she was only 25 minutes late. She was already ODed but it was last semester in April. So I had to go through and probe each quad before I scaled it. It wasn't too bad though. So I got 2 quads scaled so that actually puts me over my minimum requirements by one quad. I have her rescheduled for the first clinic day back in January. My afternoon patient was only a class 2 but he let me take a full mouth series of x-rays!! I was so happy. My last day of clinic and I finally took a full mouth! I haven't taken a full mouth yet so I am in dier need of PAs so today I made a huge dent in those. I was hoping to find a mockboard or a board patient but that's okay I still got a lot done. I was very proud of myself because it took my 45 minutes to take the x-rays and I didn't have to take any retakes, YAHOO!!!! Well, finally done with clinic this semester!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

This week is Thanksgiving and I am loving the break. I never complain about a 5 day weekend. It's going to be hard to come back for only one week.

Not any further along

Today we had another lab day in the morning. We practiced emergency situations, wheelchair transfers, desensitization, and using the Velscope cancer detector/finder. It was alright but these lab days always feel like a waste of my precious clinic time. In the afternoon I had another new patient and suprise she was a class 5. Nothing new, although I did get my caries analysis PE passed off. She was a really sweet lady and put up with chewing on wax and spitting in a cup for 5 minutes. It was a pretty uneventful day and guess what, I still need class 3's! I was lucky enough to get 3 quads of a class 3 on tuesday at the VA so I only need one more quad so hopefully I can get it soon.

Drama

Last night there was major drama. I had a class 3 scheduled for the afternoon which I really really needed and my bro-in-law called to confrim the appointment and he said he was not going to be able to make it to the appointment tomorrow or next week. I had a nervous breakdown right there. He also said my morning patient couldn't come either, wich wasn't that big of a deal because I only had one quad left to complete on her and she's a class 2, and I have 2 kids scheduled to come in. Anyway so I was able to find a patient for the afternoon and then more drama. Kelsie called me and said the kids I had scheduled can't come in until the afternoon because they have school and her mom and dad are both coming in at 12:30. Well I broke down again. Luckily the patient I just scheduled for 12:30 was able to come in at 8 so everything seems as though it was going to work out except for my class 3 patient that I desparatley need. Anyway, so my patient did come in the morning but she ended up being a class 2 and she didn't have enough money to pay for the entire cleaning and xrays so we just cleaned 3 quads and took some bitewings. My afternoon patients did come as well, they were 2 little kids, Luis and Lizette Rodriguez. They were very cute and I felt really bad for them. They had tons of cavities and bombed out teeth. I could tell that they were not getting any help at home with their OH. So I taught them how to brush and how important it is and asked them to ask their mom and dad for help. And after I was done with them Kelsie let me finish her patient who was a class 3 and so I got one quad there. So I finally have 4 quads of a 3 done now I only need 4 more! I really wish I could get my two other class 3's in then I would have it made. But I had Mr. Salomon call and one of them is now in Mexico and "will call when he gets back" and the other one will not return phone calls. I am really worried but hopefully everything will work out.

Another not so good day

Today did not go as planned at all. My first patient showed up and she was only a 1B, but I did get the diagnodent PE done so that was something. Then in the afternoon, one of my class 3 patients was suppose to come back and I was going to clean 3 quads, well she didn't show. Luckily Alyse had 2 patients and she shared with me. this patient was a class 2 and needed 3 more quads scaled. Well, I really didn't need class 2but I was able to do 4 injections and pass off 2 more PE's so it turned out okay.