Sealants, 1B, and pain in my bottom!

Today we are back in clinic and I feel it! I had a patient this morning that was just here for sealants. He was 4! Usually we don't seal the primary (baby) teeth but he had such large grooves and a family history of caries that the parents wanted them sealed. Well, he did amazing for a 4-year-old but it was just too hard to keep open, dry and successful. We only had one not work, but he did great! I also cleaned the dad's teeth. Easy easy 1B!
The afternoon pt was from Dr. Daines office where Cami works! Crazy! She needed PS& RP and 3 spots of Arestin placed. It went well and wasn't too hard but she was having a hard time and was excited to be done.

First day back!!

Today was our first day back to clinic and I think I got a little of everything today! My first patient was M.... who came into the clinic to make an appt and a 1st year lead her back to the wet lab where Shalyce and I were sitting and so I scheduled her. She spoke some english-enough that we could communicate pretty well. She came with her caravan of 2 kids-which she wanted to come back with her. Luckily for me (unluckily for them) Abby and Kelsie didn't have success with the am patients and it wasn't too crowded having 4 people in my operatory. She told me she hadn't been in for 10 years (I did a little happy dance-the happy tooth dance as Prof A calls it) and asked if we could do a FMX!! Well, she agreed and I was off to set up the x-ray room. I set up the 18 x-ray plates and went to get my patient. As I went to put a film in her mouth she pops out a lower partial denture! Oh man! So I decided I should probably check to see what other teeth she had. Well, she had 4 upper teeth and only 9 lower! So, needless to say my dreams of a FMX were shattered!! But I got 6 PA's and then it was off to clean. She was only 2 quads of a class V, but I got her done and got to clean her partial for her. Her kids were pretty funny people and the little boy never stopped talking!! It was a good appt.
My 2nd patient was an older gentleman that ended up knowing my gramps! He was sweet! He was really patient with me and just let me go to town on his teeth. His appt felt forever long-but he was a little trooper and hilarious!! I got him all done today and he was 2 quads of a class II and 2 quads of a class V. It was a pretty productive day.

Sarah and Raquel

Today was a marathon day!!!! I forgot that Denver had asked me to see a patient today that only needed sealants, but I had already scheduled Raquel to come back and I was doing a sealant for Chrissie!!! So I got the sealants done on Sarah (she gets the best patient ever award!) by 9:15 and by 9:30 I had Raquel back. While I waited for a signature on her HHX I did Chrissie's sealant. Then I finished Raquel and I pretty much ruled the whole world! ROCK ON ME!

Raquel

I was really nervous for today because my patient had called me a few times and told me that she would only come in to a 2nd year student. So after lots of confusion between me and Emily and Mr. Solomon I told her that I had an opening to see her, otherwise she'd go on the list to wait for a 2nd year to be available. So, she decided to come in, and I was super nervous! Well, she ended up being 2 quads of a Class II and 2 quads of a class III!!! I was really excited about that, but she wasn't happy about that fact that she might have to come back. So Instructor Vining came over and saved me by explaining the etiology of perio and that she was going to get one of the best cleanings she had ever gotten for a great deal and that she better be ok with coming back next week because that was the only option. After that she told me to take as long as I needed. That was nice. She ended up begina really nice lady!

Chad

February 25, 2009
Today I finally finished up Chad. Man he was fun to work on. I'll miss having my buddy come in. I was grateful for him coming in. And he was my exam patient for a class II!!! YAY!!! I learned that calculus is really tenacious sometimes and that class II patients for sure take more time that I thought they would. 3 appts later.....

Chad

Today's appointment went pretty well. I was able to pass off 3 PE's with the help of the amazing Emily!!! I really wanted to get Chad done today, but guess what?! Class II patients are really hard!!! I had like 5 mistakes on my first scale check (both upper quads)! I was So upset! After waiting for an insructor to come over it was already way late and I knew that I would have to bring him back yet again. Another complication is that he has class from 12-12:50 so he doesn't get here until 1. So maybe I might have been able to get him done if he had been here by 12:30. But anyway, he's the coolest and was able to come back in a few weeks. My only problem now is being able to feel calculus. She finds these mistakes and I can't find them for the life of me!!! And Chad was bleeding like CRAZY so I was constantly afraid that I was hurting him. It was more of a challenging appointment, but we lived through it.