First Day of Clinic

Tomorrow is our first day of clinic seeing patients. I am having my sister Kami come in so I can finish her treatment. I was a little stressed out because I couldn't get a hold of her today and her appointment is tomorrow. I think she is a little bit mad at me so I was worried that she wouldn't show up. But she finally called me back and we are on for tomorrow. I have mixed feelings about tomorrow. I am excited to start seeing patients and also nervous. I am not nervous about actually working on them, but mainly about the grading. I want to do everything well and I think I tend to overscale due to my over assertive striving to make sure the professor does not come over and get a click of calculus. Another aspect I worry about is the fact that, although some may say dentistry is not subjective, hygiene is somewhat subjective. One professor will call something gingivitis whereas another professor won't. One professor will get different probing depths, or interpret radiographs, or bone loss differently than another.  This not only makes it so have to learn the material but also how and what each different instructor looks for and how they interpret it. This is the aspect of clinic that I am not looking forward to.  I worry about getting my patients filled, my requirements exceeded and doing a good job. We will see how it goes tomorrow.... Wish me luck.