Boards are over, now for: the Last VA Day EVER!!!!

Well, I've passed all my Board Exams (YAY!!!) and now the school year is winding down for me, I've only got two more clinic days after this one and yes, this is a very nice day for me, it is the last time I have to wake up way too freakin early to drive all the way to Salt Lake and clean teeth for free. While, I must admit that this is a great service we provide and I do love being able to actually give the treatment needed without thinking of the financial aspect of things, I'm excited to actually start being paid for the work I do.

This morning, my 8:00AM pt. had to go to the ER due to high BP (200/108!) so I ended up seeing a patient at 9:00AM instead. This patient was a pretty straight forward class V with severe toothbrush abrasion and recession, but there was one little detail that no chart note could have adequately prepared me for: HIM. He had suffered a head injury and had some motor dysfunction because of it, he also had a profoundly decreased social inhibitory response accompanied by short-term memory loss. Therefore, I spent an hour and a half trying to get my instruments into his mouth while dodging all of his compliments and inappropriate statements such as: "No offense, but you have very nice, soft skin." and "It's too bad you're spoken for." and the very worst: "I think I'm going to tickle ya, what would you do then?" He made me very uncomfortable and to make things better, he couldn't remember what he had previously said so he was repeating the same conversations over and over again and made it very difficult to get the cleaning done. I got to hear over and over again about my nice hair, my gentle touch, my inadequate height, and the mole on the right side of my neck. AWKWARD!!! Oh well, this is the career I chose, take the good moments with the bad and I still love my future job!