10/30/12

You know how i was talking about how reliable patients are... yeah well keep that in mind when i tell you that my patient did not show this morning... Blaaaaaaaa. So i called to confirm like i faithfully do and his phone was off. I left a couple messages a couple times and i  didn't know what to do. He had come in for a screening and i made the appointment with him to his face and his wife was there and put it in her calender. This is terrible to say....but i felt like he was reliable because he was white and educated. Well i was in a predicament because i didn't want to get another patient and then have him come....that happened last week when i was CA and it was a mess, so i decided to just hope he was coming and got my messages. Well when 8:00 rolled around and still no patient, i decided to call. Well this time he did answer and told me he was sick and could not come in. Fantastic Mr.! I really didn't know what to expect that morning so i had called my aunt  the night before to see if her daughter to possible come in if i needed her to. I have found it helpful to always have a backup patient in mind when ever you see anyone! I brought my son up, who is 3, and then payed WSU $32 to clean his teeth like i do every night before bed. I also saw my cousin, who is also 3, and got my 2 Ia's for the year. The funny thing is that they just decided that they are going to count midtown's quads and i have a bizzilion 1A'a. Life is so funny! and expensive :)

10/23/12

Today was pretty uneventful. I was CA and I stocked some things, cleaned some instruments, helped chart...you know all of the meaningful things you get to do when you are the clinic assistant. I will say that i had a fun time with Karlie ( who was CA with me) and Mr. Soloman and Wade who are both so funny! It was very nice not to try and find a patient and worry about if they show up! Patients are just so reliable....LOL.. not!!

10/16/12

I wanted to reflect on mock boards because someday i may think it is kind of funny how terrible i was. Of course today is not the day :( I was so worried about finding a mock board patient that i really wasn't too stressed about the actually cleaning. I had been seeing a lot of perio and i really thought that i was getting pretty good. I was a student examiner in the morning and i thought that was great to see the way the clinic flowed during the test. I thought that it would help me out a lot. It turns out it didn't help me much :( lol. I was such a space case that day i swear. Right before the test at 12: i though i lost my loupes. I ran to my car...they weren't there... called my mom....weren't at the house.... ran back to the car...still not there. It turns out i left them at my unit in the morning on the floor and there they sat the whole morning. I swear i would loose my head if it was not screwed onto my neck! Needless to say i was a little flustered when i started. Then i couldn't get the tray right that our patients bring up Soloman to check in. I literally went back 3 times to get everything that he needed. I guess i wasn't paying attention in the morning or something. When my patient finally got back i thought 2 hours would be plenty of time. I was rocking it....or not. Time flew so fast and i barely got her checked back in on time. I thought that i had done a pretty good job until i got my dreaded sticky with the million spots i missed. I was very shocked, mainly because i thought i was much better than that....turns out I'm not! Although it sucked and i felt about an inch big i did learn a great deal, especially that if there is any question, it is counted as calculus. For boards we do not root debride...we good old fashion root plane!!

10/09/12

Last night my patient cancelled at 9:00 PM. Its happened a couple times this semester and it makes for a stressful night. I always tell tom...I may need you as a patient if my patient doesn't show up or i cant find one. I haven't had to use him yet. Well i called a list of people that i had written down off the resource list. None of them could come on such a short notice. I finally had one last number in the bottom of my back pack. A lady that i screened last week, (that i thought would qualify of mock boards but didn't) gave me the name of her niece who wanted a cleaning. I called and tried my best to talk to her in Spanish...turns out i am horrible. i had my dad call and she was able to come up!!! and she ended up qualifying for mock boards!!!!!! i was elated i only got an OD and x-rays done, $30.00 which i paid for myself but its worth it. I then saw a class II in the afternoon that was very nice and we now have her on a 3 month recall. Sometimes life works out in the strangest ways!

10/02/12

This afternoon had been one roller coaster. My mock board patient that i saw at midtown was scheduled for 12:30 so i can have the professors here check to see if she qualifies. Well she is a sweetheart and showed up but............she had a cold sore!!! I saw her less than a week ago and she has a cold sore:( i couldn't even look in her mouth. It was so sad. Perry said that cold sores take 2 weeks to go away and mock boards is in exactly 2 weeks :( hopefully everything will work out and i will be able to see her. Because she left i had to find a patient. Wade was so awesome and called someone up for me. He ended up being a IB and i was able to finish him. I was actually kinda proud that i went so fast. I got him done start to finish with x-rays when he came an hour late. He was an awesome patient...it was kinda funny he ended up giving me his number after the appointment. He didn't know i was married with two kids. It was very flattering and made my day after such a disappointment with the potential mock board.

10/02/12

This morning was good. I finished a class III in the morning and again she was numb so i had to default to the professors. I will be very excited when i can finally get some experience on my own. I don't know if i am really doing this the smartest way...i have been cleaning lots of class III patients that i could save till after i can do LA myself. I am torn because i want the experience of cleaning harder classifications and calculus before mock board and i want to get as much done as possible when they are willing to come in....however i cant get the LA. oh well, i guess it will all work out. Well my morning was great and i have her on a recall for 3 months.

09/11/12

This morning i saw a class III patient. She was Spanish speaking and there was little communication without a translator. She was very nice and i was able to do X-rays, an OD, and clean 1 Quad. She wanted to be numb and i was able to see instructor Saddler do an IA block. I wish that i was able to numb, however I rescheduled her for October so i will be able to numb her next time. I had no errors and learned how to sweep the distal of third molars with a nevi and Indiana. I am seeing the patient i saw last week for the afternoon. I would like to finish her.  I also passed off ultrasonic 1 PE.
Goals for clinic:
Clean Afternoon's patient's II and III quads with minimal  to no errors.
Pass off selective polish PE