Hooray for 1A's

Today I saw a nine year old little boy. He was super awesome. He had mixed dentition so that made things a little more interesting. The OD went really quickly and I decided to take 2 BWX conventionally. I didn't have any retakes. Then we disclosed and he really didn't have much plaque. but, he had really sensitive gums from gingivitis. I passed off two of my PE's the anterior and universal instrumentation. Then I polished and flossed and did fluoride. It was way nice to have an easy patient and an appointment that went well.

Rain days and Mondays always get me down

It's raining today and it's a monday so I should have know it was going to be a rough day. So today I had a new patient come in. Everything was going fine. Until I came to a medication on his health history that I couldn't find. My instructors couldn't find and he wasn't sure of the spelling or what it does exactly. Then we got that straightened out and I asked if he wanted to take x-rays today since it had been about a year and a half. He then told me that he wouldn't have time because he just remembered that he had class at nine. At this point I was freaking out. He decided to try and get x-rays done but, when I went to take them he started jerking all around and I couldn't take them on him. He got mad and pulled the xray out and threw off the lead apron and slammed his glasses down and said they were to hard to take on him. I calmed him down and walked him out. Then I was scrambling to get at patient to come in. Luckly Kara saved my life and took time out from studying to be my patient and I was able to pass off my intraoral camera, sealant and diagnodent PE I also passed off my peer calculus PE. I owe Kara so big. After everything that happened today I'm just glad clinic is over.

Finished Class III

Today my first class III came back. I rescaled the lower anteriors then I scaled the upper and lower left quads. They were not nearly as difficult as the right side. After hand scaling I used the ultrasonic on the left side. Then I rescaled the right side however I was not as careful and actully most my errors were from the right side. Then I polished and passed off my PE and then I used varnish flouride. Today was a good day and it feels nice to have my class III finished.

Class II

So my sister came in today. I was really nervous and a little upset about her coming in becasue I wanted to take a full mouth and she was being a brat about the cost so my mom paid for it. I took the FMX and it went really good. I didn't have any retakes and it took me under a half hour to take them. Then I was probing and found some deep pockets. Plus my whole family builds plaque like crazy so even though she had a cleaning in July she had calculus everywhere so they classified her as a Class II and I'm going to use her as an exam. She has to come back for scaling but I felt like the appointment when well.

Another Class III

So today Shalyce had a couple that wanted to come in. The husband was a recall 1B so we figured that the wife would be easy too. Shalyce saw the husband and I saw the wife. I took 4 BWX on her and while I was taking them she told me that she hadn't had her teeth cleaned in about 3 years. When I was developing them I could see the radiographic calculus. Then I started to probe and I just knew she was going to be a Class III and she was. I only got through the OD check and OHI but the appointment went well. Since I already have a class III I will probably switch a 1B with shalyce.

No Stress...Yes!

Today my goal was to try to complete an appointment from start to finish. I came really close. I had a 1B but he had all his wisdom teeth. I can't wait til I have a patient without them:) I took 4 digital x-rays and cleaned the UR an LR. He was my exam and the appointment went really smoothly I have to bring him back to complete the other side. I walked him out on time and completed my chart on time. It was a good day with low stress for once. That's nice.