10-16-08

SO today was a pretty good day in clinic. I saw a patient that I saw last semester. She is a class 5, and was a pretty easy patient. I took4 BWX, which did not turn out as well as I had hoped, but she has a really shallow pallate so it was hard for her to bite all the way down. I am almost finished with my requirements which makes me really happy! I have 8 quads of a IA to do, which I already have scheduled, and 8 quads of a class 3 left. I keep getting class 5 patients. That is all I have seen this week so far. Next week is mockboard, and I am a little nervous. Everything seems so complicated! I just hope my patient ends up qualifying. Well I am glad that it is fall break this weekend, it will be nice to get a little break from school/ work.

I found my mockboard patient!

So today did not start out as I had planned. in the morning i saw the easiest 1B i have seen so far. She had hardly any buildup, and took me only one hour to complete. She was a new patient so I was hoping she would be something more than that. However this afternoon I saw a Spanish speaking lady named Nancy. I was worried she was going to be another 1B since it had only been 9 months since her last cleaning. When I started to probe, I realized that she might be able to qualify for a mockboard patient. I had prof alexander come over and do and OD, and I was excited when she had enough clicks of calculus to qualify. I was so happy, and am so less stressed now. I did not realize that we had to have PA's of the areas that we were going to be scaling, so I will need her to come back for that. So today has been a really good day!