I love being with Tuesday girls in clinic!

I am doing another make up day today due to the clinic days that I will not be able to attend. I love being with the tuesday girls because some of them I don't see very often! I like this switching thing and being able to see everyone.

So I had a pretty successful afternoon. At the beginning of the afternoon I was hoping that my patient wouldn't show up because I suddenly didn't feel in the mood to be cleaning teeth. But I was very grateful that she showed up because she is a potential board patient! She has all of the calculus, but she is pregnant and only has the 4bwx and 2 anterior PA's  so if anyone wants her, then they will automatically have a 4 pt deduction to start boards with. So far nobody has wanted to take that risk. I totally understand, I wouldn't want to feel doomed from the very start. But the patient is so nice and reliable and she really wants to get her teeth cleaned so I asked her if she would mind being a back up patient, and she doesn't mind doing that. I wish that magically we could just take the xrays we need. Shoot dang.

This patient has all of her wisdom teeth and she has a lot of calculus. I cleaned both upper quads today and she had some pretty funky anatomy that kept throwing me off. It was so frustrating  because I could feel these spots, but I felt like my instruments just kept "slipping" around them instead of even making a dent in them. I didn't know if it was because my instruments just weren't sharp, or if I wasn't putting enough lateral pressure, or what was going on.But it was a little bit of a frustrating experience. But I was able to pass off subgingival irrigation and I think it was really beneficial for this patient. I like when I have requirements that are not only beneficial for me to get done for requirements, but when the patient will also really benefit from them.

It has been a long day, and this week is going to be really long because I have clinic and TA tuesday, VA wednesday, clinic thursday, and sealant clinic/screenings on friday, then drive to Provo for a birthday party...phew it makes me tired just thinking about it. I just need to remember to take things one day at a time and somehow I always make it through just fine.

Ta ta for now friends.