10/21/10

Wow today worked out perfectly for me. I scheduled a patient at the first of the semester and then I could not get ahold of him to confirm the apt. I knew he was going to miss, but I couldn't schedule anyone else just in case:) Turns out he didn't show up. My patient that was suppose to come in next week came in on accident! It worked out perfect. She was a class three and my mockboard patient. I was feeling a little discouraged from mockboards, so I was really motivated to do a good job today. I got two quads done with just a few calculus errors:) I used my periodontal file on her and placed arestin. I'm excited to see her in 3 months to see if the arestin worked. My patient this afternoon was a 1B and flew by. Overall, today went pretty well.

10/18/10

I think that the patient education projects have been very beneficial. I think it is important to go over the most frequent questions that our patients will ask so that we can be prepared to give an educational and complete answer. I really liked going into more detail on flouride. I think that some patients are very hesitant to the effects of topical and systemic flouride. I thought it was nice to go over this so that we have a better understanding and can educate our patients about the benefits and risk if it is not taken properly. Also, it was nice to review the aids that we could provide our patients with that have xerostomia. I think it is important to recognized that xerostomia is not a disease but a symptom. I feel much more prepared to help my patients that face problems with xerostomia and feel that I could recognize it much better after discussing how it looks.