My very first clinic without a patient! :(

Well today I had scheduled my "friend" in the morning and he was going to come in. He has been bugging me for a while that he wants his teeth cleaned so I scheduled him for today. Well he ended up not coming and I ended up without a patient. He acted like he forgot but I know he did it on purpose I had just talked to him about the appointment and it take more than one day to forget you have an appointment you have been bugging to get. Anyways I am not ever counting on him or even scheduling him for that matter. He can go get his teeth cleaned somewhere else and with someone who is willing to have him no show. This afternoon I had a friend of my sister come in. She came in and she was just a 1b but its better than having no one. The cleaning went well although it seems like I was shaking the whole time because I was so nervous. I don't really know her and she being the friend of my sister it made me more nervous. I don't think I am very smart I just pretend to be. Well that was it for clinic today. :)

Today I was especially nervous for clinic. I am short 2 quads of a 3 because I failed to declare my class 3 patients as exam so I really was hoping that my new patient today would be a class 3. Then when I saw her in the waiting room and I talked to her I atomatically knew that she would be I 3. I was so excited. So I only got to scale 1 quad today but she is coming in again so I can finish her up. She actually is half a 3 and half a 4 but right now I am really wanting to finish up the 3. Then this afternoon I had scheduled the women who was suppose to be my mockboard that failed me at mockboards. She also failed me today. I knew it. She doesn't care and that's why I did not want to schedule her in the first place. Luckily this was a student from weber state that came in and wanted her teeth clean. She let me clean her teeth she was just a 1b but at least I had someone to clean. Well nothing could have ruined my good spirit I had today not even that dumb lady that failed me. :)

Today clinic was good. I had a class 3 patient that i had before and she is the one that suffered from lock jaw but since we put her on muscle relaxers she did great today and her jaw did not even lock. My afternoon patient cancelled on me so I had to call my dad as an emergency so i could clean his teeth. Well all went well. I am excited I think we had like 4 more clinic times this semester!:)

My first official injection on a patient.

This morning I thought my patient was not going to show up so I called another and she was on her way when my patient showed up. I started the OD on her and it was really hard to see anything she bled a ton. Then I was ready to start her cleaning and she needed to be numb so I gave her the injections. She was my very first official patient I gave it too. I gave her and IA an infiltration and a mental. I didn't do that good of a job but for it being the first time on an official patient I guess it was not that bad. Then in the afternoon I had to little girls. That was a breeze. Today overall was a really good day.

Mockboard Day

Well today was a mockboard day and it did not start out very well. Last night I called my patient and she decided that she did not want to come so she cancelled on me. I was so mad! So I told my dad that he would have to come be my patient even though he would not qualify. Well my dad came and luckily he had 10 clicks in 2 quads that they let him qualify for the board. Normally 10 clicks is not acceptable but since it mockboard and our first one they let it slide by. When I was cleaning my dad I thought he was way to easy and I kepted feeling and scaling and things would not come off and then I would get all confused with his fillings that I ended up missing 5 spots out of the 10 I had. So I didn't do so good but I guess its ok for the first one. All I can say is that this was much easier than surgery and chemo.

Today clinic was good i had a class 3. Her jaw kepted locking so i had to stop really often but other than that it was a good day.

Today I thought was a pretty relaxing day here in clinic. I had a class 2/3 but her calculus was not a tenacious as my previous class 3 that it felt really easy. Then in the afternoon I had a class 5 and that was a piece of cake. After having hard patients constantly it feels like I didn't do much. I really enjoyed today. To bad we can't have more relaxing days like this.

Today clinic was good. I was a little nervous that my morning patient was not going to come since she was 45 minutes late. She ended up coming and she was a class 3. I like class 3 but they are a lot of work. My afternoon patient is a class 3 also and I only worked on one quad but it took me like and hour and 20 minutes there were like only 4 spots that i missed which was not to bad but she was really hard to clean. I like that I keep getting hard patients so I can get experience but they are so hard. You wouldn't think calculus could get so hard but it does. Well that was it for today.

Today clinic wase great! I hadd a class 2/3 in the morning and a class 3 in the afternoon. Dr Hanson really helped me out with the ultrasonic and hand instrumentation. It was really cool to see how easy the instruments adapt when you have the right angle on it. Well that was about it for today.

Second Time in Clinic

Today I finished up my brother and he was a 1B. Then my afternoon patient I was worried about if she was going to show up. I tired calling her so many times last night and no answer. Finally I called her during lunch and she answered and confirmed that she was coming. I told her to come 10 minutes before so she could feel out her health history but she wasn't coming I was going anxious because she didn't seem like she really want to come I thought she was going to stand me up! She finally came and she was a class 3! Boy did she give me a work out and I didn't even finish 1 quad. I scheduled her for next. That was it for today.

First Day Back

Today was my very first day back in clinic after a whole year off. I was really nervous to start but once I got a hang of things it was great. My brother was my first patient and then my sister. Having started off with family made things a lot easier so I can prepare for next week when I have someone who I am not related to. I worked a lot more and trying to improve my technique and be gentle but at the same time be able to do a good job. Well that was about it for today. I hope next clinic goes as smooth as this one did!:)