This blog details my experiences as a dental hygiene student at Weber State University.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Blanca, my second Class II
Kelsey needed someone to switch her clinic sessions so I took her morning shift. Maren needed someone to see a class II patient for her while she treated their relative or something and I needed another class II so that worked perfectly! Blanca was a great patient. She didnt speak a lot of english but she got along okay with what I was saying. My first three quads were nearly seamless...i did a great job. I think I missed three spots between the three quads. I regret to say that on the fourth I felt rushed on time and I TANKED. Two other girls were in my same boat and we became a topic of discussion in podwrap that afternoon. What we learned: do not sacrifice completeness of care based on time...do our best work for the patient and take the knock on time utilization, rather than trying to pass off a half-baked job of scaling. That hurts us more. I learned my lesson for sure. All that hard work on the first three quads got flushed down the toilet. I owe it to myself and to my patients to be better.
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