Mockboard #3

Today's mockboard is going to also be my real board patient so I was really nervous that he would be too hard. But I did well. I missed 4 spots but only 3 counted. My probes and recession were right on so the only points I missed were the 3 spots. I got 82/100 so that's passing. I'm excited because his calculus wasn't too tenacious and even though he was bleeding, it wasn't impossible. I'm really excited. When I have the extra 30 minutes on the board I think I will have enough time to get it all. I'm excited!

VA day

My morning patient was really nice. He was 2 quads of a III and 2 quads of a IV. My afternoon patient was a quadriplegic with a catheder. His wife came and helped me and the dentist with the wheelchair transfer. He was a super happy and nice guy. Which is different than you would expect an older, paralized person to be (at least I probably wouldn't be that happy.) His wife was really nice too. She helped him with his catheder and even though I'm sure it was really embarrassing and humiliating for him, he stayed positive and fun. That is true love right there. It was refreshing to see. I had a fun time talking with him and working with him. He was 2 quads of a III and 2 quads of a V. It was a good day at the VA.

Day

Had 2 quads of a 2 and 2 of a 4.
Hard
LA
Kami helped me.

Mockboard #2

Well I was in desperation of finding a mockboard so I decided to use my class IV. He is a really nice guy and really reliable...but still a class IV. Blood everywhere. Chunks of calculus everywhere! Quite difficult. Pockets of 11! Sufficeth to say...I missed 8 spots on my mockboard. I worked for 1.5 hours and i still had 30 minutes but my patient was done and I was done. Sigh...I'm disappointed but not in tears about it. I really, really hope that my other mockboard/board patient isn't as difficult as this patient. I had good practice with the paperwork and other stuff today. I felt more comfortable with that. Exploring is still challenging to me.

Well let me start out by saying that I am so so grateful that I have my mock boards and my board patients. I really really am. I do hope that my board patient will be easy enough...and no so tenacious that I can't get it off. But I'm also worried that I won't be able to get all my classifications. I have not seen any 3s or 4s this semester and today everyone has been seeing all these classifications and I saw Ibs and Vs. Thats all I have. I'm concerned I won't be able to even get my exams. Sigh...There's nothing I can do about it. I get Vs at the VA everytime and I don't have anyone else to contact for WSU clinic.

VA day

This morning I had two patients. My 8:00 was the easiest V ever so I got him out in a jiffy. Then my 9:30 was 2 III and 2 II. But...it didn't go so well. He had really healthy tissues so they were tight but he had very deep, burnished, small calc. I missed about 8 spots )only 4 of which Connie said were major enough to count) but even with her help exploring I still couldn't find 2 of the spots. I am concerned that I couldn't even feel them even with her help. I thought i was pretty competent in exploring but today makes me think otherwise. My afternoon patient was this nice guy who would not shut up. ha ha As soon as he found out we share the same religion he would not stop talking about church. Unfortunately he started crying about the passing of his wife and from then on couldn't stop crying. He would have been an easy V but the fact that every single time I took my mirror out of his mouth he would stop talking made it more difficult. I had some good/interesting experiences today.

Nice Day

Today was great. I had a class II this morning and then my board patient came in and i took his full mouth x-rays. then my afternoon patient for 12:30 cancelled and i couldn't find anyone to take that appointment. Luckily i had a patient for 2:00. he was another class II and i finished him in an hour. I feel really good about my scaling times. I got 6 quads of a class II exam.