Bad start day

Well, today was getting to be so frustrating.  I had a cancellation in the morning again.  I am getting so sick of people who say they will come and they end up not coming the next day, but today ended up working out better than I could have hoped.  I found another patient to come in in a hurry and I think she will be a good mock board patient.  She was in two years ago, but one of her quadrants has a lot of calculus.  I also took 4 BWX with the scan-x system.  It was my first time using the machine.  I think it worked out pretty well.

My afternoon patient ended up being a class 4.  I took a full mouth, which seems to take a lot of time and I cleaned one quadrant.  It was the toughest calculus that I have cleaned yet!  It was a good experience for me.  He'll come back in a couple of weeks.  I also got finished with my anesthesia requirements.  I still need practice, but it's nice to be done with something.  

Today ended up being a very productive day.  I felt like I accomplished a lot.  It was a long day though and I am glad to have this one done!

production day

This morning went great. Both my patients showed and I got done what I needed to. Then, in the afternoon, both my patients cancelled. I was a little stressed. I was calling people to come in and I was having a hard time getting anyone to answer their phones. I finally was able to round up two patients. They were the cutest patients. One was my cousins little boy, who did very well. I was very glad that they could come in on such short notice. Then I was able to see my little boy. He'll be two next month. I wasn't sure if he'd let me do anything, but I was wrong. He let me take him for a ride on the chair and show him all my fun things at the dental unit. I was even able to polish and brush his teeth. He did so good. He got a spin toothbrush that he just loves. It's easy for me to brush his teeth and for him. I really like this idea of the spin brush. It has noise so that hopefully when he goes to get his teeth cleaned again he won't be afraid or nervous with new noises. It was pretty fun to be able to see my little boy today.

Mock Board Disaster

My patient was so good and arrived early. I was getting started and then I noticed it.... a cold sore. I was so disappointed. I had just seen my patient last week and everything worked out so well. I just didn't think that this was going to turn out this way. I felt better knowing that I could make up mock board on another day in clinic, but I really wanted to be able to do something today. I was all ready. I even had all the x-rays, which I hadn't had at the previous mock board. I guess that's how some days work or don't work out. It's a little frustrating, but there's nothing I can do about it now.