Last First Clinic Day EVER!!!

Today was my first day back in clinic and it was pretty successful. I had a 1A patient this morning and everything went good with her. I had to retake one of my x-rays and I was kind of bothered by this. I had a cone-cut and it was really disappointing. This afternoon I had my returning Class 3 patient from last fall. I basically did a gross debridement on the right quads last time because there was SO MUCH calculus. She's 37 and NEVER had a cleaning. I did amazing/horrible all at the same time. I would do one thing and Dr. Hanson would be so excited about it, and then on the next thing I would totally suck it up. It was ridiculous!! I'm not sure what happened. But I'm really glad I got to work on my ultrasonic skills and see the calculus coming off from all my hard work. All in all it was a good day......but I'm sure I'll be sore the rest of the week :(

BOARDS!!....Seriously??

I guess the time has come to start studying for boards. I feel like there's SSOOOO much to cover!!! I can't remember what I learned last week in class, let alone all the way back to Microbiology and Pathophysiology!! I think I'll be going to quite a few study groups and really kicking my butt in gear. I've really gotten out of the studying habit this semester so I hope I can pull it together over Christmas break.

2 More Tests

I have to take my Hygiene Final today after Clinic and then I'll just have my anesthesia exam left. I hope that goes okay! I really need to work on the calculations and start memorizing the whole book. It's gonna be a fun few months coming up.

Last Day of Clinic

Today was my last day of clinic and I was able to do 2 Class II patients and a full mouth of x-rays (which gives me 19 PA's total now) I was a little disappointed because my Class III exam patient never came back so we'll see what happens with that. But I have TONS of extra quads this semester so hopefully that will help. My mom was my afternoon patient today and it was a good experience for me. I was able to do 3 PE's.....CRA, accessory fulcrums and the Diagnodent. The Diagnodent wasn't working great but we think it's something to do with the device.

HoRRiBLe LuCk!!

I have had some horrible luck with Class 3 requirements at Weber. I've been able to get some quads at the VA but when I'm at school the patients never come back after the OD appt. My first Class 3 patient here hadn't ever had a cleaning and she was 37. I basically did a gross debridement the first appointment because there was so much deposit EVERYWHERE!! I planned on bringing her back to finish this semester, and I even re-arranged my schedule to fit her in, but she isn't going to come back until January. ARGH!! And then my next patient who was a Class 3 was 2 hours late to her first appointment so I was only able to do the radiographs and OD. She was scheduled to come back today, and even confirmed her appointment last night, but she didn't show up, and when Mr. Solomon called she was at work. WTH?? So I'm really hoping she is able to come on December 2nd or else I won't finish my Class 3 exam requirements, and that is really stressing me out!!!!!!!

Kids and Nitrous

I had two 1A's this morning and they went really smooth. One of the girls needed sealants on all of the first molars so I was able to pass off my sealant PE. I feel like I have really improved since last year with this skill. I was able to keep the teeth dry and it made it so much easier and faster for both myself and my patient. I was also able to do my nitrous PE with my afternoon patient and it worked out great. The only problem is working around the mask and hoses.

Poked

This post is really delayed, but we finally started doing injections. We started with 4 maxillary injections, the next week we did 3 mandibular injections and then the 3rd week we did all 7!! It was so much fun.....to give the shots. I was very numb the first week and I chewed part of my lip up from eating lunch.

Professor Alexander showing us how it's supposed to be done

Getting ready to poke Brooke

Giving the injection

Prof. Alexander assisting me so I got the right spot