Last Mockboard

I really self doubted myself. I felt I was just burnishing the calculus. I did better than I thought though.

Hard Day

Today I was able to see my two older sons since they are on spring brake from
SLCC. I tried got a pano on each one of them so that meets my qualifications for panos. I really had to run through them. I am glad that I know that they are pretty clean so doing each one of them as a new patient made it possible.

This afternoon I had a class IV and was able to get 2 quads done on her. I did LA, which I needed as well. She was very nervous about today but towards the end of the second quad, she was falling asleep. That made me feel good that she was comfortable and at ease. It was a good learning experience in that she has tons of malocclusal problems.

3-3-09

I was able to get my last class II exam done. I got 3 PEs done. I was hoping to get 4 PEs done but 3 is good. I would like to get all my PEs done this month. I still need to find a mock board patient as well as a board patient. That makes me a little nervous right now. There still is time.

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!