Supa funny video!

This is a must watch if you need a little entertainment! This little boy cracks me up... He had some extractions done, and these are the effects of his anesthesia :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqiwrbYGrs

My darling, sweet, life-saver of a cousin!!

Monday morning my cute cousin Brynnan and I left Logan at 6:15 am to drive through sardine canyon in a snowstorm to get to clinic on time! The crazy thing was, she found out she was going around 5:30 am... Her little sister Kristen was supposed to be the victim of my torture, but when she unexpectedly threw up all night, Brynnan came to the rescue! She truly saved the day!

She was an awesome patient... 13 years old on the verge of 1A and 1B, but since she still had 1 baby tooth and was waiting for her 12 year old molars I counted her as a 1A patient. (I'm a little pressed for 1A's :)) We got her finished about 30 minutes early and I should have planned ahead to do some sealants, but regardless, finishing felt great!! I had 0 errors (mostly because she hardly had anything to clean!) and I'm still working to improve my time. Things are slowly coming along... I can't believe we're almost half way through the semester!

p.s. i got a cute picture with my cousin, but i have no way to upload it :( i'll get it on soon!

ALMOST

My goal on Wed. was to finish my patient in one appointment... I almost did it!  I still had one quadrant to go when the time was up...  The nice thing is that he will be one of my sealant patients, so bringing him back will not be hard as far as using only a little time.  Monday I found a class II patient, but mostly because of difficulty due to apprehension and anxiety with certain tools.  Probe depths were typical of a II, but no radiographic bone loss was evident.  The thing I've learned so far this semester is to chill because some days will be better than others, and the days i don't take x-rays will be better than most :)  haha

FMX finished... yay

Okay, so I got through my second FMX, with only one retake, which initially was approved by one instructor, and then redecided as a retake a little later.. That felt good! But it took me quite some time to finish everything--mostly because developing almost 40 films can take some time!! My mom was the best patient though because she claims nothing hurts her, and she's very understanding of my situation! How I love mothers... especially mine!!

Wednesday I'm hoping my pt is a class II... That would be marvelous! Otherwise, I'm still looking for some II's. I've yet to find one. My goal for Wed. is to get through OD, see what the x-ray need is, and do OHI. If i get to scaling, that will be great, if not, I'll survive :) I'm bringing in a pt. I don't know as well, so it should be good to try some different interactions!

Back to crazy..

Okay so clinic Wednesday was a little crazy again... I wish things would settle down for good, but I have a feeling there will be times when I'm not feelin so hot in the clinic. X-rays were a total disaster for me, but I learned a lot from the experience...

I started a new patient and finished one quad of scaling... Without the little x-ray incidence I'm sure I could have finished more of his mouth. Anyway, so far I've had all 1B patients.. no luck finding any class II, or III patients.. At least it is still January right?! haha...

My Life is a Comic Act...

Giggling is all I can do when I think about this little episode!!

After a grueling hour and 15 minutes of scaling my daddy's teeth I finally get a scale check... Not too bad, only a few spots, so I finish him just as time is running out. As I'm toothbrush polishing (because he made the good choice and decided not to remove any enamel :)) my kind instructor came over to me to see if there was anything she could do to help me finish in time...

"Alyse is there anything I can do to help you finish?"
"Oh YES! Actually, if you could just get some Varnish Fluoride out of my drawer that would be awesome!"
"Okay here you are... this one even has an applicator in the package!"
"Thanks!"
"Oh and you might need to stir that to get it to the consistency you'd like it to be."

Here's me: hurry, stir stir stir, 'hmm that's funny i've never seen red varnish' I think to myself... 'oh and it's cherry flavored.. cool!'

I explained some important things to my dad, and I started slapping it on his teeth. Among the explanation I say a few things as I'm painting on the varnish good and liberally over all gumline surfaces of every tooth... I made sure to get everything! He may have heard,
"Weird, I've never used a Q-tip to apply varnish before..."
"I hope this dries clear and not red..."

I finish, start sitting my dad up in my nifty elevator chair when he looks at me with a concerned face and asks,
"Honey, is this supposed to make my lips numb?"
"uhhh NO!"
I grabbed the package as quickly as possible only to have the label read

"TOPICAL ANESTHETIC"

Long, funny story short, daddy got a good rinse, some actual fluoride on his teeth, along with a good laugh at his crazy daughter who needs to double check all labels from now on... :)

Calming down...

While last week I thought I was long overdue for a myocardial infarction, this week I'm feeling much better! :) The stress level was too high last week as I thought about my requirements and everything I needed to get done this semester, but today I finished a 1B in one appointment. I did go 5 minutes over, but still, it felt great!! Cute Ms. Lindsey Essig came to be my patient today. She's 12, but has all permanent teeth making her a young 1B :) Overall, it was great... I loved giving oral hygiene instructions, and scaling was fun too! She was such a great sport because she had to wait before, and after her tx for me to set up, and then finish my duties! My goal for Wednesday is to finish my dad's mouth... I need an OD check, and then I'll be good to go with scaling... I'm hoping that in a 2 hour 45 minute appointment I can finish ;) haha... I sure hope so! Maybe I'll even pass off a PE or two?! That would be nice...