Emotional Roller Coaster

I am an emotional wreck! The smallest things throw me into a tears and this morning didn't help! A few weeks ago I found my board patient. Well, this morning she came into tell me that she can't be my board patient anymore. She is going to Disneyland.... The water works started shortly there after.
My morning patient was this super sweet lady. She wanted nitrous and I was able to get a few quads of a class three...so the morning wasn't a total bust. I'm grateful I was able to get through her treatment.
Not to worry, the morning ended well. It just so happens that Julie's last patient qualified for boards. Prof Alexander came up to me and told me he was mine! The water works started again, but this time for happy reasons! I must be living right!! He is the nicest guy and he is super flexible with this schedule. Hopefully I can hold onto him!

Final Mockboards!

Eee!! Can you believe today is the last mockboard? Never again will I have to stress about my patient showing up, or whether they will qualify....oh wait! I still have to take my REAL board! Good feeling gone....
Ha ha There is still reason to celebrate though! Three mockboards down brings us one step closer to graduating. In the past couple of days I have realized something, time still goes by. Each day passes from one to the next. All I can do is keep moving forward, doing the best that I can. Everything will work out. If I have to jump through a few more hoops to graduate and get my license, so be it! Each day will pass, then each week, and pretty soon it will be the end of April and all of this will be behind me!
I haven't worked this hard to give up on the home stretch. Its the final inning and bases are loaded, time to bring on the strikes!! (Its a sports metaphore...)

Class IV

My class IV patient is such a trooper! He came in this morning and we did both quads on the left side. This afternoon he is coming in to complete the right side. A few weeks ago we did the lower right and we're finishing the upper right this afternoon. Its pretty nice being able to complete a patient in one day. This way his whole mouth is in the same state and we can give him a fresh start.
Today, I fell in love with my curved inserts. I hadn't really used them until today. Instructor Wold helped me to use them on the straight facials and linguals and it was so nifty! I also loved how they wrapped around the distals of the molars. He has his 3rd molars and it was so easy to clean back there with the inserts. I love finding out new things!
Wish me luck this afternoon!

LA Mockboard

Mercy! I wish I would have been first on the list this morning. The worst part of the LA mockboard was the waiting.And the waiting...I was one of the last ones to give my injections. Once I was able to sit down with my patient I feel like things went well. If anything, today was a good learning experience. It was good for all of us to go through this and to share our experiences so that we could make sure NOT to do that!
I passed! Woot! Woot! But they did tell me to watch the final degree on my PSA injection. That blasted 45!! It will be the death of me! The IA went well too. I felt like today was a good learning experience. Now I know what to work on!!!

Busy Day!

This morning I saw my friend Jordan for a cleaning and then Mike came in for a full mouth series. Bless his heart...he is my little guinea pig!  Things went well this morning, but I feel like I've been running a marathon! I'm so tired. At lunch I was ready to call it a day.
My afternoon patient ended up being my class IV! YAY! Last year I saw this patient and Instructor Hafen classified him as a Class III so that I could get my requirements. She mentioned that he should be a IV, but that she would give it to me. This time, when he came in, I was able to get a class IV requirement. Thank heavens! I was only able to get one quad done today, but he is scheduled to come back.
Miracles to happen!!!!

One of those days...

Do you ever have those days when you call a new patient and your hoping that they will be a difficult classification? Then lo and behold they sit down in your chair and they're a 1B....Great. Such is my life! It seems like every new patient that I have come in is either a 1B or a class V. I have class II's and V's coming out of my ears! My patient had never been to the dentist before, so my hopes were high! Alas, my wishes were in vain. I am in desperate need of class III/IV patients and injections. I'm hoping that the dental hygiene gods will send some harder classifications my way. Keep me in your thoughts!!

Mockboard Day

Oh goodness...its mockboard day....I don't know why I get so nervous for these days. We have wonderful teachers that prepare us and I'm so grateful that I have this mockboard experience to prepare me for the real deal. Still, its super nerve racking!
I felt much better once I got in and got started. As soon as I sat down to scale I felt more confident. Its all the waiting in the beginning that gets to me! I feel like things went pretty well this morning. Now I'm just sitting here waiting to her my results. Cross your fingers for me!!
I just have to remember that this is a learning experience. If I miss something I have to remember that his is put together so that I can learn. Way to think positive Karlie! ha ha