Sierra Girl!

Today I got to see my second little 1A patient and it was so much fun! She was the six year old daughter of my dad's law partner that I got to hang out with all last weekend and boy did we have fun. She was infatuated with the low volume evacuator (or as she called it, "the sucker"). I got her all finished 45 minutes early but of course as she had no permanent teeth it was easy, clean, smooth sailing the whole time. I probably could have finished her faster if she didn't have such a wiggly little tongue but she was adorable. She just doesn't like cherry or mint so I ended up polishing her teeth with kids' bubble gum flavored Crest toothpaste which she liked. Disclosing was a treat for her too and at the end I gave her a pink glove balloon and she pranced on out with her mom showing off her new prizes. Oh I do love those 1A patients so far.

Sarah, my cute little 1A

Sarah was the toughest, coolest, and cutest little nine year old I've seen so far. She was patient, easy to clean and she even let me try to wiggle out her loose tooth. I think I was more scared of it hurting her than she was nervous about the pain so I didn't get it out :( Anyway, I got her done and walked out just barely after time was up because she got there twenty minutes late and then we had to wait while her dad went to get a parking pass so he could fill out new HHX forms. While we waited I took her back and took her vitals and then we couldn't proceed with tx until her dad returned. I also had some problems creating a treatment plan because somehow Staci's computer managed to open up my patient's chart instead of hers so that was a lot of fun for me. Despite it all, I got her finished and now I have officially completed my first four quads of a 1A patient. Also, on Wednesday I've got another little 1A patient coming in: my six-year-old friend Sierra... We'll see what she allows me to do for her.

My Professor/Boss: Act II

Well, I got him done! My first class 2 patient just walked out the door with a bright, goopy-yet-calculus-free smile!!! It was a lot of work but I finished him up pretty quickly with only a few errors. I learned that I need to be braver with going deep into the pocket and using even more lateral pressure in those deep pockets. I was able to pass off three different PE's!!! (Anterior #2, Posterior #2, and Ultrasonic #2) Yay for class 2 patients! Once again the experience with the cavitron was very good and I think I'm getting the hang of it a little more now. We'll see how those grades turn out... Also, I can't tell you how awesome it is that we only needed one patient this week, but I'm sure you already know the feeling :) I'm looking forward to the presentations in Periodontology tomorrow and I'm so thrilled that Jess and Ashley reminded me that we don't have Dental Med tomorrow Yay!!! Have a good one...

In Honor of Mr King

Might I just say how much I appreciate having Monday off in clinic... Thanks to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, instead of stressing over finding a patient and trying to scale and OHI and all of that, I will be enjoying myself up on the mountain with the snow and the slopes and my new skiis!!! I'll see you all on Tuesday have a good day off!!!

Class 2!!!

So here it is, my first official class 2!!! I wish I was better at classifying because I would have declared this patient an exam. Of course I was pretty nervous when Costley found a bunch of missed spots on scale check, yet somehow it turned out alright mostly fours and a three!!! I was really hoping to get at least one quad done and that's exactly what I did even though I thought that would be pushing it since I've never had to fill out an entire health history during the appointment and my patient's was a little more complex than those I've filled out in the past. However my patient was very compliant and fun and he let me complete one whole quad of a class 2!!! I plan on finishing him next clinic time (wednesay because monday is a holiday...)

2nd pt of 2nd semester

My patient this time was great! I was going to use Caleb as an exam today but of course we ran into a bit of a problem. He's my friend that came in for real patient day last semester and he's so much fun to work on so it was the perfect patient for something to go incredibly wrong... I don't know how but somehow his chart completely disappeared! (Thanks so much to Mr. Salomon, Professor Costley, McKenna and Kara for helping me look you guys are awesome and to Instructor Caldwell for being so understanding and making that rather uncomfortable situation a lot better than it could have been.) I got to finish scaling all his teeth and polish and fluoride and it was so great! I didn't even miss any spots in scaling and i was able to pass off my explorer and selective polish PE's!!! Go team! Also, Thanks Instructor Caldwell for finding my chart in Professor Hansen's office just before pod wrap. Next time I would like for my chart not to get lost but overall I would say today was successful and it felt so good and almost comfortable!!!