Mock Board #2

I passed my second mock board! Yea!!! I was able to learn a lot through this experience too, so that makes it even better. Who would have thought, I'm overadapting my instruments in some areas. I couldn't believe that when Perry told me. Ha ha ha! I gues I really took adapt adapt adapt to heart. It's been good though because now I can fix what I need to and hopefully do even better on the real board. I've found my 3rd mock board patient, which is great, but unfortunately his calculus isn't as heavy as I would like it to be. I wish it was heavier so that I could have a better idea of what the real board is going to be like, and be able to experience that one more time. Oh well, I just need to keep learning as much as I can.

Board Patient!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe it took me this long to blog about my board patient! I finally found one! I'm sooo excited and it's such a huge relief! It's actually someone I know, which makes it even better. She went through this process with her daughter a couple years ago so she knows exactly how this all works. She's great and I couldn't ask for a better board patient!

Mock Board Pt.

I finally found a mock board pt. last week! Yea!!! That gives me a little bit more time to find another mock board pt. as well as a board pt. I'm hoping this week I'll get lucky again, because if I don't, I'm not really sure where I'm going to find someone who qualifies. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

Last day of clinic!

This semester has flown by!!! Today went really well. I did my very last PE today so everything is passed off. I also have plenty of extra quads which is great! I only wish more of them transfered over to next semester. I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to go about doing clinic next semester. Part of me wants to just go board hunting and do screenings until I find the mockboard and board pts. I need...but I feel bad making so many people wait to get their teeth cleaned. What to do??? I guess I'll figure it out as I go. One more semester!

Lab

Last week went really well. We had lab in the morning and it was fun to learn how to transfer people from a wheelchair to the dental chair. We also got to take turns pushing eachother around in the wheelchairs down the hall. It was pretty fun and sooo relaxing. Unfortunately after such an easy morning I was in no mood to do any work in the afternoon. It did end up going really well though. I was able to complete 3 more quads of a 3 and 1 of a 2, so that was good!

Fabulous!!!

Today was fabulous! Everything went soooo smooth. I finished 8 more quads, and 4 PEs...plus some x-rays. It was great! Both of my patients were really good too. :) The only problem is I still need to pass off the blood glucose PE...hopefully someone will let me do it on them soon!

Finishing up!

Last Tuesday I saw my two 1A pts. that I needed. They were the cutest little girls! (4 and 5 years old.) It was a lot of fun! They had questions about everything and were soooo excited to get their teeth cleaned. Good job to their parents for helping out with that! They did such a good job, especially when I was taking their x-rays. That can be really hard for kids sometimes...especially since their mouths are so small. Even adults have a hard time biting down all the way with film in their mouths. They were great!

I was lucky to have a patient in the morning who really wanted me to take a full mouth set of x-rays, so that was awesome! (I really needed more PAs.) It looks like I have basically all the requirements done that I need. Just a few more PAs and the blood glucose PE. Maybe I'll get to do those this coming Tuesday. :)