Mockboards...are over!!!

I've always scheduled myself in the afternoon for mockboards. I'm always happy about this till the afternoon comes!
The morning went well. When I examined the patient before the appointment I felt almost everything the instructor had which is a big improvement from last time! I was happy about that. We took the mock anesthisia test which I felt was helpful as well in directing my focus on studies. I think we were all grateful for it.
I was happy that this time my patient showed up on time. This was especially appreciated since I had to take PA's on her. I must say those were some of the toughest PA's I've taken. She ended up holding the snap-a-ray. To get an anterior film I had to almost take it like an occlusal film, but it worked out..thank heavens!! I feel though that I learned alot from just taking the difficult PA's.
I got her in at 1 exactly and then waited.
The cleaning itself was a good learning experience just like the PA's. She had tough calculus and her jaw got tired really fast so I had to stop often to give her a rest and strategize when to have her open and when to not. She had the craziest CEJs and I was sure I would miss so many areas because I couldn't tell if it was calculus or tooth. As I was ultrasonicing my tip would get caught on the CEJ and actually started shaking because it couldn't move. It was crazy. I eventually got her finished with not much time to spare and finished up. It was a huge relief to finish up and be done with mockboard #2!!!!
 Also, just a shout-out to the amazing girls in my clinic. They were all so helpful and cleaned up for me while i walked her out. We have such an AMAZING class!!!!

Tuesday Clinic

So, I had Heather's brother call my patient thinking he was spanish speaking. Come to find out he's not (haha) but her bro was amazing at getting the patient in. I got a call at 7:15 telling me my patient would be there at 8! So he came in and was the nicest guy, so willing to help and even qualified for mockboards! I was pretty excited about that, especially since we're all running low on mockboard patients! So I had a good morning. My afternoon patient was really nice. We couldn't communicate very well but she was nice. I got x-rays and 4 quads of a II so not too bad of an appointment. She had a 3 yr old with her that did not want to sit quietly and wait for her mother. I tried to keep her with coloring pages from mr. soloman...those didn't last for very long. She finally ended up taking a nap on her mom's leg at the end of the chair. It was actually really cute. She slept till the very end!
It turned out to be a pretty good day.

Oh the VA!

Today was a busy day. It started out with me being late and missing the exit to meet Karlie. I hate it when exits have 2 names! After doubling back we made the treck to SLC.
I saw two pt's in the morning. The first one was a really nice man with sleep apnea. He must have been exhausted because he promptly feel asleep in my chair and snored for the rest of the appointment:) He was a class V and I finished him just in time to see the next pt. My new pt had an upper denture a lower anterior bridge with implants and then natural teeth. The appointment should've taken a half hour but I feel like I am so slow! Well, the x-rays were giving me complications but besides that I don't know what my problem was. I need to work on my speed! I did get to talk about dental aids and learn more about the Perio-aid which I feel is a weird tool and I never remember to recommend.
My afternoon patient was the nicest guy all day. He was pretty familiar with the students and every time Prof Bossenberger would walk in he'd say, "Well Stephanie, how's...." it was pretty funny. Per his request we started him on nitrous but he was still really sensitive so I was able to use Oraqix as well and pass of both of those PE's!! I love oraqix though. its amazing! Besides being such a nice guy he was so interested in how he was doing with his home care and what areas he needed to work on and what tools would be better used. It was awesome! Its so nice to have patients that are so concerned! All in all a good day!
Oh, I probably shouldn't post the funniest part of the day but if you're looking for a good story ask Karlie Nichols about taking blood pressure. Its a good one! and even better to have been there in person!

I'm weird!

So Karlie's blog actually made me think of this.
I was sitting in church today looking at my cousin's little girl. She's getting her primary molars in. I sat there thinking about how those grooves need to be sealed and how could you do a sealant on a 1 1/2 year old. Once I determined it couldn't be done unless they were asleep, I started thinking about hygiene instructions for a 1 1/2 yr old. Needless to say, i missed part of the lesson!

Last day of my last fall semester ever

Well, today was a good day!
We got to sleep in for one, that was very nice! It reminded me of when we only had afternoon clinic last year. We came down for screenings which went pretty well. Why do they always take longer than anticipated?  I met some nice peeps and even found a Mockboard pt for Karlie or me. We better find another one. But she was so nice. I threw out a few Spanish phrases...well the only ones I know and she told me I spoke spanish well! I don't really know exactly what I'm saying but it works. So we took the necessary x-rays (and maybe 2 on the wrong side:(  ) And I discovered that Tori is AMAZING at x-rays! I could not get the snap-a-ray in to get #17 and she just slid it right in there. Seriously amazing!!!
After screenings we went to the Christmas party which was a lot of fun. We got to buy clothes and toys for a little boy. I think he'll like them. We all did. And then Leigh and I snarfed on Little Caesars. Oh that was good pizza! mmmmm!
Then I ended the night by going to the institute Christmas show and saw Karlie dance. They did a great job! It was a good day!

Breeze of a day

Well! This has been my most exciting clinic to date.  I didn't get to see calculus fly, but I have definitly seen other things fly. It is so windy up here that I'm waiting to hear of the school closing down. Although Tori just got her patient numb so...not great for her. Looking out the clinic windows I've seen metal roofing come off and alomost hit someone, a truck bed lid fly off and may have hit Tanya's car and people getting blown around. The cops have had there hands full pulling people to safety, recording damage to cars and shutting down the parking lots. And still we continue with clinic. We'll see what happens throughout the rest of the day.

TA-ing

So I have had the opportunity to be a TA in the Anatomy class this semester. It has been so fun for many reasons!
1. Its been nice to get to know the juniors. They have a fun class!
2.I get to work with Karlie and Tanya. They are very smart and hillarious and we've had some good times and very funny moments....
3. Perry's awesome. He explains things so well. And we got to see him walk like and dentinoblast again. Probably my most memorable lecture! and we captured it on film this time!
4. Its been a good review! Its amazing that we learned last year. Had I remembered it all LA wouldn't have been so hard!
5. I learned that its hard to be a teacher, its hard to write quizzes and its even harder to grade them!
Hopefully we were helpful to the juniors!
Looking back its been a great semester!