Mockboard #2

Today was our second mockboard and I was probably more nervous for this one because my patient is the same patient I'm using for the real board. I wanted to do well so that I would feel confident going into the real board. Everything was going along great and then I realized I only had like 15 minutes left to do head & neck and probing and all of that I started to panic. I can't believe how fast the time past. For the real board I need to be sure I watch my time better. I walked my patient to the desk right at the check-out time so I was fine but I don't want to cut it that close on the real board. I felt really nervous about my score and I was please to know that I only missed thress spots one of which wasn't a test site and that was good becuase it was actually just tooth anatomy but on the real board if they determined it was calculus they would still count it as an error because I don't get to check the spot and have discussion like with mockboards. I also missed to probing spots but, my instructor said he's not worried about that if I just take my time and double check them. I passed and I feel really good now about the real board. Still nervous cause it's kind of a big deal but I think I can do it!

Patients supplying you replacements...Awesome!

This morning I was suppose to see a patient that someone else couldn't see and his friend I've had him scheduled for like 2 weeks. He said they both get regular cleanings and it has been about six months since their last cleanings. I was figuring they were both 1B's and I could get them done in one appointment. However, Shalyce's patient didn't show so I told her she could see one of them if both of them showed up. They were late so I called and my first patient said that he wasn't able to get off work but his friend was still coming and he was sending someone in his place and he hoped that was ok....A Hello of course that's ok. How great is that? Usually your patients don't show, don't answer their phone and you are left calling eveyone you can think of to come in on short notice. Both patients ended up being a Class II so it was good Shalyce needed a patient. Also, my patient was a good mockboard so Hailey was able to take x-rays and have him come for her mockboard. I was able to clean 1 quad and do some injections it was a good morning. Then in the afternoon my patient that was suppose to be my first semester mockboard that cancelled on me the night before came back in. Shalyce's patient cancelled on her again and so she was able to she my patients daughter. He ended up being a class three so I declared him as an exam and was able to clean 2 quads and do more injections it was awesome.

1st MOCKBOARD

I am glad that I called to confirm my patient because she thought her appointment was at 10am not 8am. I absolutely love that usually without fail if you ask your patient to arrive 10 minutes early they arrive ten minutes late. However, at least she arrived. It was so hard to give injections on her becuase her mouth was so tiny and she didn't open very wide. But, I finally did them and she said she was numb and I just went to work. It was difficult to get her to put her head in the correct position for me so my posture was terrible and at the end of the day my back and neck were killing me but I managed. This mockboard went way better then the last one. I missed one spot of calculus and I had one area of tissue trauma but other then that I did awesome. I am so glad we do these mockboards so I will feel prepared for the real boards.