Another almost patient-less morning, but the day was saved by sweet little Faythe who was a class V off of the resource list. She was really easy to clean because all of her teeth had crowns or veneers. She was so sweet and complimentary of me the entire time, because she came into the appointment quite worried that a student would not know how to clean around all of her dental work. She left very pleased and that made me happy. I had my class IV come in this afternoon. She is another on of the sweetest patients I have seen. I got 2 more quads done on her today. I felt pretty discouraged though because of my calculus errors. I think I still need to make sure that my lateral pressure is adequate enough and that I am ultrasonicing deep enough in the pocket. Marilyn was a lot of help to me today and stayed with me until I got every single error, so it was a great experience and I felt like I learned a lot, but couldn't help leaving clinic feeling a bit in over my head...for many reasons....like boards...which is all I can think about for the next two weeks!
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Last Mockboard!
Well I passed, but barely! I had to use my 2nd submission which took of 4 points and then I missed three calculus errors....but I felt like a learned a lot and am getting better and better every day. My errors are from missing the last twist interproximally and I need to do the same thing when I explore. I did the left IA on her, which is so much easier than the right, I have no idea why I was so set on the right side for the LA board. We will see what I end up doing. I still need a board patient which is stressful, but it has worked out for me every single time that I find one right at the last minute, so I have faith that this will be the case yet again. And that is that!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Loooong day
This morning I did the OD for a patient that I knew was going to be a class IV and gave him to Jodie who still hadnt seen one yet. He has more calculus than I have ever seen, she should have fun with this one! And my afternoon patient did not show up or answer any of my phone calls so they are off my list! So I helped stock the pods, helped Kelsey suction and that is about it. This is the dumbest post ever, but seriously nothing happened today. Love you girls!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
LA Mockboard
I was so nervous for this day. Thank goodness Kelly was my patient cause I instantly felt better when he was in the chair and it was time to just get it over with! So let me just share my dumb mistakes with you guys and some things I learned, in hopes that we can all do better next time!
So the first thing I did wrong was started aspirating before they said "proceed". I waited for both examiners to say "I see" but that is not enough...basically do not do anything until you are told to proceed.
Also I must have been so nervous cause I did the dumbest thing ever as I was breaking down my syringe. I usually always get rid of the needle first, it just makes more sense to me that way. But the night before mockboards I was reading in Malamed and its says to dispose of the carpule first. So I went completely out of my routine and got rid of my carps and both of my rubber plungers were stuck and it was just a disaster trying to get them off of the harpoon using my cotton pliers. So after I was already all flustered I still had to get rid of the needle. Instead of twisting off the cap/needle I simply pulled off the cap(without the needle) and tapped it into the sharps. I looked down at that naked needle still on my tray and about had a heart attack! Luckily Marilyn was there to coach me a bit on how to handle this. I made the needles as safe as I could but putting it through a cotton roll and then twisting the needle off with my cotton pliers. So lets just say I failed that part.
The other things were not failing points necessarily but I was told to watch these things...My IA was not quite deep enough and my second angle on the PSA was a little "flat", not going towards the other eye at an angle. So I really need to work on those angles, cause I still do not understand all 3 of them entirely. All in all, today was a really good learning experience and I do feel a little more confident about the real deal!
So the first thing I did wrong was started aspirating before they said "proceed". I waited for both examiners to say "I see" but that is not enough...basically do not do anything until you are told to proceed.
Also I must have been so nervous cause I did the dumbest thing ever as I was breaking down my syringe. I usually always get rid of the needle first, it just makes more sense to me that way. But the night before mockboards I was reading in Malamed and its says to dispose of the carpule first. So I went completely out of my routine and got rid of my carps and both of my rubber plungers were stuck and it was just a disaster trying to get them off of the harpoon using my cotton pliers. So after I was already all flustered I still had to get rid of the needle. Instead of twisting off the cap/needle I simply pulled off the cap(without the needle) and tapped it into the sharps. I looked down at that naked needle still on my tray and about had a heart attack! Luckily Marilyn was there to coach me a bit on how to handle this. I made the needles as safe as I could but putting it through a cotton roll and then twisting the needle off with my cotton pliers. So lets just say I failed that part.
The other things were not failing points necessarily but I was told to watch these things...My IA was not quite deep enough and my second angle on the PSA was a little "flat", not going towards the other eye at an angle. So I really need to work on those angles, cause I still do not understand all 3 of them entirely. All in all, today was a really good learning experience and I do feel a little more confident about the real deal!
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