Thursday, October 18, 2012
1st mockboard over with!!
Today was a crazy day I wasn't nervous really until I woke up this morning and then it started getting to me. I didn't sleep very great because I had a nightmare about clinic. I had a dream that I forgot to pick my patient up for his appt. and then the bad part was I had to ultrasonic his toe nails not his teeth. It was a NIGHTMARE!!! I hate feet. It was really funny though when I woke up and thought about it. I did have to pick my patient up because his car broke down. My patient was so sweet he was willing to stay the whole day to be my patient and Hailey's. That made for a long day. When I got him back in the chair I was ready to give an IA injection and had him open really wide and..... I couldn't see his landmarks. :( I didn't really know what to do or where I was aiming. Good thing Dr. Naylor was there to help. come to find out he never gets numb just my luck. I was hoping I could just get right in there and clean his teeth and he wouldn't feel a thing. Nope not the case. He was really good though. I let him bite on a bite block and every once in awhile I let him and I both rest and I rubbed his face to help is jaw. His clac. was pretty fun to clean off it would just come off in chunks it was awesome! But under the chunks were some pretty tough stuff. I thought 2 hours would be plenty of time and that I would be able to polish. Um... NO I was drying and exploring and drying and exploring and still found calc.It tolk me the whole 2 hours, poor guy. Then I was marking recession and I was so mad because I new one tooth had a furcation and on that same tooth I thought I couldn't see any recession but then I douted myself because of the furcation so I put a 1 on recession and there was nothing! I new I should have stuck with my gut and done what I would have done in a normal clinic day but I didn't and sure enough I missed it. When my time was up I was glad to be done but nervous for what the instructors would find. When the student examiner came back to tell me I had missed 6 spots I was so sad, I thought I had done better than that. I got my air and explorer out and I could feel 2 of the spots and then I had professor Alaxander come over to help me feel and she couldn't feel what she had marked either so I ended up only missing 3 spots instead of 6. :) It was good I asked her to show me. One area that I missed was the dang D of 18. I hate that area and to make things worse his the D of that tooth was broken so it was really hard to feel. It was a great experience and I got some great advice. I was great to get it over with and to pass! During the afternoon it was fun being the helper and I felt kinda bad having to tell the girls what areas I could feel they had missed, but I when I found out that the instructors say was what they went off of then I felt better. It was a great experience being able to feel most of the same areas that the instructor felt. The day was really long and I felt bad for my patient having to be there all day and also not getting numb, but he said he was fine. I had a great day but I'm super happy it's over. It pooped me out! I'm so excited we get tomorrow off because of the fall break, it is very much needed. Well it's only 9 and I think I'm going to go to bed. Good Night!!! :) Hope everyone has a great break!
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