Mock board

Today I did my mock board. I think it went pretty well. I missed two pieces of calculus. I did get the areas that I wanted clean though which made me feel good. I also sharpened my instruments right after because I worked on him so had to remove his tenacious calculus. This afternoon my patient cancelled. I was able to get a patient that came to midtown for and exam. She was a class II. She had a 2 month old baby and was lactating. She had moderate perio that we deduced was do to hormones and had a hard time cleaning her as she bled quite a bit. She was a good experience!

Snow Day

I had 3 patients scheduled for today and ended up only seeing one. Two of them no showed. I am sure it was due to the snow. By noon there was 3 inches and then by 3 there was at least 5. I was able to work on my case study while waiting for clinic to end. At least there was some production.

tenacious calculus

Clinic was good. My exam for a Class III had some interesting spots of tenacious calculus. With it being a hit and miss with the tenacious calculus it makes me wonder if spots were missed and I was able to work on them today. One of the spots was green calculus so I knew immediately when I had that piece off. The others were not as noticable. It took a bit of work, more pressure of course and instructor observation while working the areas. I found it to be quite a valuable experience in the removal of it.

Mock Board

This morning my patient decided to cover a shift for a fellow worker instead 0f coming in this morning. It was my turn to have a "no show" I guess!

Production Day

On my production day I decided to 3 children in the morning. On one of the children I did a couple of sealants. Things flowed really well. In the afternoon I had my first patient cancel so I brought in a daughter of mine and did 4 sealants on her and then I had another patient scheduled that had a history of really high blood pressure and had to dismiss her last semester. She was running high on her blood pressure and had to use the larger cuff which helped to bring her BP down to a managable level. She did turn out to be a Class II and a Class III. I was able to get a full mouth of x-rays on her which helped my meet the requirements for all my PAs!