4/12/11

Today I saw my class two patient and it was actually quite difficult to scale. I thought I had done a really good job and turns out I had missed quite a few spots. Maybe I should start first year again. ha ha Totally kidding!!! I need to remember to completely scale the lingual and buccal surfaces. I have my backup board patient coming next. I will have to get use to doing RPSC on more then one patient each day. I feel that I have improved a ton this year and I'm just praying that I pass the rest of boards! Please give us our scores!!!

4/5/11

Today I finished all of the requirements for my last semester!!! I was a little worried about finding a class 4, because my patient didn't show up for the last two appointments. I was surprised to see her come in, because I couldn't even leave a message on her phone. Everything worked out great! We are still waiting for our exam results which makes me kinda mad because we completed all of our boards so early. They said they were waiting for the results for the process of care. This is a pain because we took this back in February. I have my patient coming in that was a class three last semester. I think it will be fun to see the results and to keep her on a maintenance cleaning. I hope we all get our results soon and we can be stress free. At least with school, then the job search stress begins:)

3/29/11

I'm waiting for my patient to show up this morning. I have had the worste luck with patients not showing or showing up late this semester. I always confirm too! I guess it is just a good way to keep me stressed until the last day of clinic. I have a patient coming in today that has never had a cleaning and another patient that has not been in for years. I hope that I can get a lot accomplished today and maybe even get my last two quads of a class 4:) We are suppose to get our results for our clinical board this week. I hope that I'm happy with the results. I hate that they make us wait for so long. It has made me so anxious the past couple of weeks! Well I think my patient just got here. Bye for now:)

3/25/11

My class four finally showed up!!! I have had the worste luck with getting my class fours to show up. I had a patient that had never had a cleaning. I schedule him twice and he was a no show both times. Then I screened a woman that was a class four and I believe she was nervous so she did not show for two scheduled appointments. I found a patient that had not been in for ten years going in for extractions and she just cancelled on me last night. The sad thing was that I confirmed with each patient the night before. I think these patients are just very nervous. As hygienist we need to offer nitrous, anesthesia, and make them the most comfortable. So now I just have two quads of a class four to go! My patient this afternoon was a class 5, but she has 11 mm pockets in localized areas with suppuration. I'm going to try to talk the instructor into a class 4. We will see:)

3/22/11

Boards are finally over!!! Or atleast I hope so. I felt pretty confident about the clinical boards, but then I start to second guess myself. I could not get my patient numb up front. When I practiced on him I also had this problem. The hygienist told me to just use half a carp. this still did not numb him fully. I completed my last 1A today and then this afternoon I get to clean my class four patient. I hope everything goes smoothly this afternoon. I screened this patient earlier in the year and she had very mobile teeth with severe calculus. I'm scared that when I scale the teeth will become even more loose and fall out! Lets hope not. Overall, it was a complete relief to get done with boards:) Now the job search stress begins!!!

3/8/11

Today was so crazy, but I do feel a little better about the boards. I found a back up board patient that will most likely qualify if I need her. Also, I practiced injections on Megan. Hopefully all of my hardwork throughout these last two years has paid off. I have a lot of patients that want to get in for recall and I still need four quads of a class four and one more little kid. I think I will be able to get some in after boards, so hopefully that all works out. I present at the table clinic at UDA this week. It is going to be a stressful week! Wish me luck!!!!!!:)

3/1/11

Just took the mockboard LA and did not do so great. I thought I would do ok, but I just got scared and I know for the real boards I will be 10 times more scared. When giving the PSA I need to remember if I get bone contact to move more distally. I was moving more distally, but not enough. Also, my rate of injection needs to be a little faster. For the IA I need to make sure that I'm atleast two thirds of the way of the needle. Mainly, I need to make sure that I do not touch my card as I'm recapping. Wow thats a lot to remember:) Hopefully I can work on all of these things and be prepared enough to pass the boards. Wish me luck, I will need it.:)