Last mockboard

Well, mockboard #3 over. It didn't go well.

Good news: I passed. (barely).

Bad news: She was a jerk. ANDDDDD.... *drumroll please* she had to leave early. that means every single one of my mockboards had to leave early. I have had super bad luck. She was a very unpleasant woman. She wouldn't let me get her numb. She wouldn't let me use the ultrasonic. She barely let me touch her because "I was hurting her." Oh yeah, she also had pus pouring our of the buccal of tooth #30. Bleh. Her phone kept ringing. She kept answering it. She kept asking me if i was almost done yet. Then, she finally said (35-40 mins into the appt) "I'm done. This hurts." To which i yet again told her, "if you'd let me get you numb...." I convinced her to let the instructor check her before she left so I wouldn't get a zero but she wasn't happy about it.

THEN... as I'm walking her out she turns to me and says, "so you want me to come back in a week?".... *jaw drops....* WHATTTTTTTT? needless to say, I told her my schedule is full for the time being but I'll put her on the resource list. yikes.

I missed 3 spots of calculus and missed a recession spot. But I passed so all is well.

Now, time to find a board patient!

Long day at the VA

Oh man... I feel like the days I spend at the VA just keep getting longer and longer and longer... I saw three class 5 patients at the VA today. One of them had a TON of stain. I hate stain. I'd rather work on a whole mouth full of calculus that one tooth with lots of stain on it.

I was also able to give injections for some of the doctors. I was really glad because I am SOOOO behind on my injections. Hopefully I'll be able to get them all in. Eeeeep.

I still need a board patient. Send good vibes my way!

LA mockboard day

LA mockboard is over! woo hoo! my peer pal was a fabulous patient. I hope her schedule allows her to be my board patient too. It went great! Except I failed.... why you ask? I touched the edges of that stinking prop card. GRRRR. my technique was fine though. I swear, if i fail my LA anesthesia board because of the prop card issue i'll have a come apart. It was a great experience to do the LA mockboard. It made me feel so much more confident in my injection technique abilities.

My afternoon patient was a really nice guy. He is Leigh's patient that she graciously let me see because my afternoon patient cancelled on me. He was a class 3 and super nice. Worst perio breath ever, but super nice guy.

All in all, it was a good day. I'm just peeved about the prop cards (a.k.a the spawn of satan)

Crazy week

Wow, this past week was insanely busy. Thursday clinic all day, Friday sealant clinics, and Saturday give-kids-a-smile day. Lots of hours put in. I have got to tell you, I do not particularly enjoy working on children. (You pretty much all know this by now anyway.) I have learned that I definitely don't want to do dental hygiene in a pediatric dentist office. I can handle working on a child every now and then, but all day would send me over the edge. However, it was great to see how many kids we helped out on Friday and Saturday. It really warmed my heart (during the time period when children weren't screaming.... haha just kidding... kind of.)

I take my national board soon. Gotta buckle down and study!

A learning day

Today has been pretty good. I learned a lot on my patient this morning. Professor Alexander taught me how to use a chin cup accessory fulcrum while scaling the buccal of the upper left. FABULOUS. She also taught me how to tweak my gracey in even more than i was before to get deposit off around crowns. I feel awesome about it.

However, my afternoon didn't pan out. I was supposed to see two kids but they no showed. Boo! I did a screening instead, but she wasn't mockboard material. Oh well!

Oh mockboards, how i loathe you

Mockboard day has been crazy. Being a student examiner was easy, breezy. Taking the mock LA written exam wasn't bad. Scheduling the actual LA written was a cinch. Lunch was yummy.

Then....

My mockboard patient was twenty minutes late. Stress. I took the 2 PAs I needed on her, sat her down and BAM! " I have to leave at 2:00."..... WHAAAAAT? So I take her blood pressure, don't even look in her mouth, hand her over. After all of the checks it was 1:15 before I could start working on her. Double stress. I sped through her, and got her out by 2:00. Yikes. I missed 2 spots of calculus and 2 years off of my life. Hahaha.

It didn't work out at all the way I'd planned but what can ya do? At least it was just a MOCK board. I'm glad it's over! Thanks to the instructors for being speedy and understanding!

Finally found a mockboard!

Just in the nick of time I found a mockboard! My afternoon patient qualified. I'm glad she did because I had to put up with the child that she brought that was destroying everything in sight. Children... ugh. Blast. I told her she can't bring the kid. Hahaha. The kid opened up a tube of toothpaste and squirted it everywhere and then painted it everywhere with the fluoride brush. oh my word. But i have my mockboard! I'm so excited!