PE's and Class III

I feel like I got a lot accomplished at clinic this week!  I was able to see my Class III back for the 2nd appointment to complete her treatment.  I started getting nervous when it was 1:00 and still no sign of her... luckily she still came!  I finished her and didn't miss any spots and then I got to do a sealant and pass off the diagnodent and air powder polisher PE's on Candice's cute brother.  He was a trooper to let us do so much on him.  I liked using the diagnodent and really helped when it came time to do sealants because 2 of the teeth we wanted to seal had high numbers on the diagnodent which meant decay, so we didn't end up sealing them.  Overall, it was a good productive day!

I wILL sUrViVE.

Or will I?!?!

Mock Boards are now over, so glad.. until the next one that is.  Let's just say I did NOT do so well.  In fact, I failed.  Not just failed by a little, but failed by A LOT a bit.
It sucked.
I was not stressed until I walked into clinic Thursday morning. You could honestly feel the tension in that place, it was crazy.  We had 2 hours to complete 1 quadrant (which is only approx. 8 teeth) which is totally do able. I thought...
I started by actually being able to give anesthetic!
Yes! I gave a shot!  It was amazing! And it went so well!
Then,
I started cleaning with the ultrasonic and just took my time with every tooth.  I focused first on the Lower anteriors which was a huge mistake.  This is usually a great plan on your normal mouths, but with periodontal diseased patients its not the best idea because calculus has more places to attach to on the back teeth.  LESSON 1 LEARNED
Then I went around with hand instruments including my mini gracey's.  Lesson 2 learned.  I should have used my normal gracey's that are stronger and more rigid to remove the kind of calculus that I was dealing with.
I was feeling good and even finished 30 minutes before my 2 hours was up so I could mark recession and probe depths.  I was confident.  I explored, flossed, and used my air to make sure I didn't leave anything behind.
After my patient was checked by one of the examiners she came back with a list of spots I missed, it was not a good sight.  I didn't even have time to remove all the spots... Yikes I know! I realized my exploring technique is not the best and that I need to come up on my fulcrum in order to dectect the calculus.  Lesson # 3.
 My patient told me if she had to give me a grade it would've been an A, that was the highlight of my day.  lets just say good thing it was a "Mock" Board and not the real board.  I have a lot to work on!

Struggling

Sometimes I honestly feel like quitting, I am not a quitter but some days it sounds nice!  I have been struggling the past few weeks.  I feel like I am spread so thin!  It is midterm, so of course we have 3 tests that are all right in a row.  I took the first midterm, take the 2nd one tomorrow and the 3rd one I have to take by Tuesday... Can I do this?!?!
I love and I hate school at the same time.  I think its been so good to push me and make me better, buts its so hard when there is so much going on!  Today in clinic I made a huge mistake and didn't get an OD check from my instructor and it was just horrible.  I felt so dumb/humiliated.  I know one thing though...

I WILL NEVER DO IT AGAIN.

LESSON LEARNED.

I am burned out at the moment.  We have mockboards next Thursday which I am sick just thinking about, I will be glad to get that over with!

On a positive  note...


This cute baby was born on Monday at 1:50 p.m. and is so precious!

Congrats to my darling sis!

 

We also got to partay last weekend and went to see THRILLER, It was so fun and a much needed girls night....

 

 

 

Tomorrow is our last and final Local Anesthesia lab.  We get to have 7 injections and get to give 7, better giving then receiving trust me.  After tomorrow we get to start giving them to our patients.  I cannot wait!

 

 

Until next time...

Flu bug=patients cancelling

Thursday morning I got a call from my sweet patient saying she was sick with the flu and couldn't make it to her appointment (which was in 1 hour).  I was STRESSING!  I decided I wasn't going to call anyone till at least after 8am.  I was so lucky because the first person I called said that he would come right up!  Guess who it was?!?! GRANDPA Mike from last semester!  We even got our picture together and I am so sad that I can't post it on here because my battery in my camera was dead, so I took it with my phone, but problem is....I have a phone from the stone ages! Take my word though it was cute! hahaha I love that guy!  We became facebook friends so now we can keep in touch! 

After seeing patients in the morning we had lab in the afternoon.  I learned all sorts of stuff about Blood Glucose/Diabetes, ultrasonics, saliva tests, and gracey's!  Gracey's are my new favorite things, they are amazing!  I got to use a periodontal file at the VA on Wednesday that was pretty cool too.  I also got to experience placing arestin on 2 different patients, it was so fun and so much easier than I thought it would be.  Last week was a great learning week and if I can find a mockboard patient this week will be even better!