screening and class 5

So today I pushed myself with time.  I saw a screening and a class 5. It was good for my time management.  I found a class 3 during my screening! I am happy about that!  I also finished a class 5 during the rest of clinic which was really hard because I only had like 45 minutes left to scale him.  It was a good experience though.  I really felt like today was a good day even though i missed a lot of spots on my class 5. But I saw a patient from last semester and he looked so much better, so that is always fun to see improvement!

class 4 patient

Today was a very educational day.  I was able to see a class 4 patient.  It was a great experience for me to get tough calculus off. I also did really well because I only missed 2 spots which for me is a huge step up from last year. I can feel myself getting better and better each clinic session. I was able to finish 1 quad today and I rescheduled him to come back.  It was a challenge because he couldnt lay flat so i basically had to clean his teeth sitting up.  It was quite the experience.  I am excited for next week because i am CA which will give me break from seeing patients.  NOw my goal is to find a mock board patient

Patient no show

So today was a fun day....NOT.  My patient did not show up this morning and I had just talked to them last night.  I was so frustrated because it is a wasted clinic session and I need all I can get in order to get all my requirements.  Luckily my mom was nice enough to come in and be my back up patient.  I started crying and had a back down.  I told myself I would not cry this year but sometimes you just need it. This afternoon I have a class 4 patient and so i hope i have a better afternoon.  We shall see though.... At least I am doing well with time management though because my mom got here around 8:45 and i was still able to finish her which is an improvement from last year. I know that everything will work out but it is hard to constantly feel that when you have days like today. I am just hoping that I am getting all of the crazy stuff out of the way early...

Class 5 Patient

This afternoon I was able to see a class 5 patient.  It was a pretty easy day for me except my patient had a full mouth of crowns which made it hard for me distinguish between the margin and calculus.  I was able to do 2 bwx and 2 pas. My goal for today was to finish my patient in a timely manner and get my chart in before checkout and I was able to succeed with that!  My patient was really nice and also rescheduled for next semester.  My goal for next week is to get through all the ODs and at least scale a quad because next week will be a hard week.  I am seeing a lot harder patients.

Back to School!

Today was the first day back in clinic where we are seeing patients.  I had quite the experience today, my patients wife went into labor and so that an obstacle I had to work around.  I was able to do an OD check and that was all I had time for before he had to jump out of my chair and get to his wife to get her to the hospital.  I tried to call other patients to come in but everyone that I called said that it was the worst day for them and they couldn't.  So I felt like I had a wasted morning.  Especially because he was really easy and I would have had him done really quick. The positive I got out of the morning was that I had to do an OD quickly, so that helped with my speed.  For the afternoon I have a class 5 patient and so I hope i can finish that patient all in one appointment. My goal for this afternoon is to finish quickly with effective work.