Mock Boards

Well, I would have failed boards by 1 point. That would be so discouraging. I am so glad we have mock boards to walk us through the process. I made some small mistakes that I won't on the real boards. I wrote in insignificant information when I was filling out the extra and intra oral exam. I also will take x-rays next time. My patient was late and that got me a little anxious. I just didn't have time to take x-rays that day. I also had never seen the pt. before, so I was a little nervous about the whole thing anyway. I learned a lot mock board day. I don't want my pt. for real boards being late. I think I will tell the pt. to be there early so I won't have to worry. I didn't really know if I would pay my patient, but I am starting to think it's a good idea to pay them if they're there on time, then hopefully I wouldn't have to worry.

10-28-08

Today at the VA I had a patient that just could not get numb. I gave ten injections on the maxilla and the pt. was still complaining of sensitive teeth. I thought it was a good experience to give so many of the injections. I gave the PSA and MSA on both sides. I also gave lots of infiltrations. I felt like I knew what I was doing after the last infiltration injection. I think that it's confusing how we say we did an ASA, but really we did an infiltration instead of the real ASA or infraorbital. I had a very productive day today and I feel good about it.

VA Last day in Sept.

I was very pleased with today. I thought that it went smoothly and I was able to get things done and not feel hurried. I learned to be more relaxed and going with what has to be done.

10-2-08

I had a class 4 come in today. He was here last week too. I only got one quad done, but I only missed one spot. I have definately learned to use the orange ultrasonic on hard patients first. It was much better than last time.

Today I had a class 4 patient and it was hard. I started off ultrasonicing, but I was using the wrong insert. Always start with the hardest and strongest insert if the patient is hard.

9/18/08

Today I learned to give all the information to the patient for OHI and then give them what they should know to give them the best results at home, like flossing one time a day and brush two times a day and make them realize that they can be the ones to keep their teeth clean. Then leave it to them to try to make a goal.

VA 9/16/08

I learned an important thing today with scaling. I was getting so frusterated and I just didn't understand what was going on with my patient. I was scaling and ultrasonicing and I was never getting done. Well, I learned that some patients will never be done. I only got two quads of a class 2. The patient was a heavy smoker and had a hairy tongue which was interesting. The hygienist at the VA finished the patient and also reassured me that this patient wouldn't be done and in 3 months the patient will be back with the same stuff.