I'm Spent!!

I finally finished all of my requirements by the hair of my chinny chin chin (No really, I have no facial hair). My class 3 pt showed up today and I was able to have a great learning experience on a man who hadn't had his teeth cleaned ever in his 78 years of life. Wow! I know, it was intense. I did 3 quads and Celeste did one. Good times. My goal for next semester is to finish my hard requirements early so I don't have to be so stressed in the end. It's been a great year and I've loved almost every minute of it, except for that 10 minutes I spent studying this semester :) I'm excited to have a break from all things dental. I've got lots of fun vacations planned so I can't wait to finish up my last 4 finals and be done with 1st year!!

Boo to No-Shows!!

My last quad of my class 3 didn't show up today. It's because his chimp granddaughter, who's 30, couldn't bother to pass on a simple message or let him have his own cell phone. I do not like white trash people because they take advantage of everyone else. If i'm sounding bitter it's because I am. I expected sweet relief today when I finished the last quad of my requirements, instead I'm stressed out of my mind about finding one more quad of a 3. It really shouldn't be this hard or this stressful. That is my goal: To devise a plan for finding patients that doesn't involve any crazy stunts. I'm thinking mandatory screening days on Fridays. If we would have been forced to do screenings, we might not be in this situation right now. That's not that great of a plan, but for now it's all I've got. My class 3 wants to come in this next monday, but his selfish, bratty granddaughters need him to take care of their kids, and take them to work, who cares if his teeth are 2mm from falling out of his head. Who makes their 78 year old grandpa do everything for them? I mean, really.
So now that everyone knows I'm slightly bitter, I had better end this.
P. S. Thanks to Steph I still managed to clean 4 quads of a class 1B. So Thanks Steph!!

One More Quad

Well, I only have one quad of a class 3 and he is scheduled to come in tomorrow.
I finished my little bro, a class 1B. It was so nice to do an easy cleaning for once. I passed off air-powder polisher. That wasn't very fun, but atleast it is over! My goal for next time is really work on my instrumentation, not just get the teeth clean anyway possible.

My last little 1A

I finished my last 1A pt, so now I only need one more quad of a class 3, which I have scheduled for next week. It's amazing how things eventually just work out. I was so stressed about not finishing my requirements, but now that I'm done, I realize that I never should have been so stressed. My goal for next time I sharpen my instruments is to use more pressure and less strokes-Thanks Instructor Hemsley.

Class 3

Well I found my class 3 pt!! Thanks to Yvonne for the referral. I'm pretty scared because I have no idea how to clean 11 mm pockets, but I'm sure I'll manage. My goal is to remain calm and to not be frustrated by my future learning experience that I will be having tomorrow with my Class 3. Fortunately he is really nice.