VA: 10 quads III?! Can it be?! PSYCHE! only 4... :(

So in the morning at the VA, my first patient was a 63 year old man with 3 quads of class III that I was so excited to clean!!! ...Until he decided after 1 quad he was done being treated so he left at 9:30!

Diane from the front desk brought me back another patient at 10:30, another 63 year old man, with 4 quads of a class III! However, because of how late he showed up and all the waiting I had to do with the other students ready for scale checks, I only got 2 quads done... so I got the 3 quads in the morning I guess! (possible III quads so far: 7, actual quads cleaned: 3)



In the afternoon, I miraculously had another patient walk in who was yet another 63 year old man with 3-4 quads of a class III! (he was missing some teeth). I was stoked! He was easy to clean but needed anesthesia for each quad, and the doctor came in for a check right when i had finished with the first quad and don't worry, he only took an hour and a half to do his exam!!! I don't know what was up, this was not a new patient and he only treatment planned two fillings! What the?! Anyway, of course Professor McConaughy came for a scale check again and again while the doctor was there doing his exam. Finally when the doctor left, I had to go track her down where she was doing charts already and when I asked her for a check she said she had to go to Charlotte first (even though I had been waiting for well over an hour!) By the time she came to see me, it was time to just walk him out so there you go: a 1-quad afternoon :(



Possible class III quads: 10-11, Actual class III quads cleaned: a measley 4 :(





Sad day...