clinic 8

Well, if anyone was paying close attention to the last 6 blogs one will realize they are all dated today. So my new goal for clinic....Blog ON the day I'm there! 
goal 2) not have crazy hectic days!!
Today went well right up until the last 30 mins of clinic.  I saw 2 patients, passed of my sealant PE (sorry about #2 Adrienne!) got a quad done, found a cavity lurking under calculus and thought I would take some easy PA's. Ha! well all was good till the PA part. How hard is it really to take 2 PA's. With schick. Hard!  When I'm an idiot and screw up the computer - hard! needless to say, I deserved the marks on Taleval under x-rays. Luckily in the end I got 2 good shots and saved correctly into the computer. Once that was done I was just a few mins after walk out and thought I would print a quick walkout statement. I think the walkout statements on eaglesoft dislike me. After Demmings and Mr. Solomon helped I finally got a walkout printed and my pt on his way shorlty before pod wrap. A good end to the day:)
Oh and then I was a CA.
That actually went really well.

clinic 7

Well, I've had this appointment scheduled since last semester and I was pretty excited about it. I was ready and prepared and was going to fly through the OD and straight into a quad. Ha!  The OD went fine. He's been keeping better care of his teeth and although I shouldn't really be sad about this he is no longer a class II. (doesn't that go against everything we do! I feel that because of requirements I hope people aren't taking care of their teeth. I will get over it) I was able to take some x-rays on schick. They actually turned out much better than I thought they would but I still dislike schick. In my perfect world I would only use scan-x. But once again due to requirements....i used it. I finished the OD and pray the next time I will be able to do all 4 quads in one appointment. I know there will come a day when i will. Someday.
Goal: OD and scale 1 quad. hmmm...

clinic 6

I am officially the slowest scaler in the world!
My patient came in and on time. Things went well but I took forever. I'm not quite sure why it took so long. I didn't miss any spots but I suspect I waste time on areas that are clean.  So...that was frustrating.
Goal: scale 4 quads
only got 2 done:(
work on being thorough and efficient! and speeding up!

clinic 5

Can I just say it was very nice to have a good long weekend! Well, I had my mom come in today. I figured she would be patient with whatever I did and decided to take some old school conventional films.  I was right about the patient part!  This was my first experience with the day-light loader. If you haven't experienced that yet, you're missing out! (Not really) Also it was my first experience using the double packets. Its awfully fun opening those in a small box with an orange viewing rectangle.  I'm just happy to report I got all the films back and didn't send any together or throw some away!
The rest of the appointment went well. I was able to pass off a PE and turned in my chart on time!
Goal: OD possible quad scale.
Didn't quite reach it but I was pleased with what I got done.

Clinic 4

Well, I am very proud of myself today!  I finished an entire patient! Granted it was a 1B, she was barely a teenager and took very good care of her teeth...but still I finished!!! Probably never to happen again. I was planning on having a child for a patient but we had a slight switch and I got the older kid. It worked out though. The weirdest thing was probing her. It seemed completely irrelevant but...
Sometimes I feel like I spend alot of time scaling supragingival calculus and that never gets checked. oh well!
Goals: finish a 1A and possible sealants.
Actuality: Completed 1B patient, tx for sealants

Clinic 3

Today was my first day scaling after the wonderful Christmas break.  Too bad for my patient really. After 15 mins of trying to remember how I was supposed to scale, trying not to hyperventilate and freak out or look worried, I slowly got the hang of it. Luckily my patient is my brother and too nice to complain. The next big task will be getting him back in to finish:)
Goals: remember all that I forgot and apply
I'm not sure how I did.