VA

Another 3 patient day again I keep telling myself that they are just preparing me for private practice which is so true, I have to say the that Professor M is so sweet all she does the whole time we are at the VA is give nice comments and tell us how ready we really are for the real world I sure hope she is right. I passed off my nitrous oxide it thought that it was going to be hard since it has been so long since we practiced it but it was pretty easy since the va has it already set up all you have to do it hook one hose up and turn it on and you are ready to go. So that was nice to get that done hopping for another experience my next va trip. all and all the day went great.

Mock

Wow it feels good to be done with the last mock board. I am still terrified for the real thing even though I really have been doing this for two years now. I do think I had a little less stress on this third mock board I have now gotten the paper work down and the tray down I hope it goes this smooth on real boards. I was a little frustrated today cause I missed probing errors not a ton but I did miss a few which I feel like that is something that I can work on and try a little harder not to miss. took process of care yesterday so now one less thing to stress about it feels good to be almost done whaooo!! I am getting excited to see what life brings me next I hope no mre schoolI need a little break:)

Happy Valentines Day:)

It was such a great day today found my board patient which took all morning doing calculus charts and xrays cause he is going to be my mock and board which will be a wonderful advantage to see how well the tarter comes off. one thing I am worried about is that I had a hard time feeling his cej I hope I can find it better once I remove the calculus. in the afternoon I found my class four I cant tell you how excited I was!!!! well he is truely a case of agressive periodontitis and its too the book mobility, major boneloss in the lower anteriors and moderate boneloss in the posteriors. I looked a the bacteria under the microscope and he did not have alot of white blood cells and not much plaque but lots of spirochetes swimming around. and then his red blood cells were very interesting they were not like a cherrio anymore more like a circle with bumps on the outside very strange so it was a sign of the bad bacteria this patient did have and why it was agressive. I hope to see some major improvements at the next visit.

Va Day

Well I was hopping for a produdtive day but I did see two patients in the morning but they both had upper dentures so I didnt get very many quads and they were both one B's dang. My afternoon patient canceled so I was able to give an injection for one of the doctors I gave a Left PSA and an infiltration I dont know why but my left PSA's are so much better than the right I am just opposite of everyone else. the infiltration I went in a little to close to the alveolar crest so she told me to pull out and go more toward the the MGJ and it was alot easier. also the bracket tray was behind me not in front so that was difficult to deal with I actually went over the patient and that was wrong she help be pick it up and go behind the patient so they dont see it as much. lots learned today though.

Mock LA

If I could change one thing about today it would be have patient in the morning and have mock LA in the afternoon that was we would not have so much waiting around. Well I was pretty confident that my injections went really smooth but come to find out I failed both of them I was totally blown away. my IA I was too far laterally and my psa I missed the third angle. so that sucked I just need more practice. my patient in the evening was a returning patient for last semester and was a class 3 whaoo!! so I practiced injections and i guess they went fabulous angles right on. sometimes I think it looks good where I am sitting but them standing over may appear just a little off. who knows though. hope to get more practice in in the next few weeks.