Class Two's Out the Wazoo

The title says it all.. Seriously all of my patients have been either a Class II or V and they are under the same category so they aren't doing me much good. Don't get me wrong I am grateful for the opportunity to see these patients and see perio and actual calculus but I'm a little stressed about the requirements I'm expected to EXCEED. I just can't think about it too much or it stresses me out. I know I will get them all done though I just have to keep reminding myself of all the people that have been through this program and have completed the requirements so as impossible as it may seem I know it's not.

Today I saw a boy off of my recall list. He goes to my high school and he plays soccer there for the same coach I played for so that was kind of a neat thing we had in common. He couldn't remember the last time he had been to the dentist and that was made apparent when I looked in his mouth. He had heavy calculus on his anteriors and some edematous tissue. It was interesting though because his tissue in the molar region appeared quite healthy. He ended up having to quads of Class II and two IB so at least I have those. And lucky for me Kayla told me she would do his two quads of Class II and she will give me a IB. When I looked in my patient's mouth today I had the strongest urge to get in there with my scaler and just go to town before I did anything else but I refrained and only got through OD today. I did end up taking 4 PAs along with his 4 BWX though so that was nice to at least make some progress on my requirements. I'm feeling a lot more comfortable with my xray taking skills- knock on wood. I typically have to take 1 or 2 retakes but they are looking a lot better than they used to so at least I'm improving in one area. I'm really excited for when I have a patient that I've already seen come back so I can finish scaling them and hopefully boost my confidence in that area as well.

Today was a long day of clinic- Clinic in the morning and CA in the afternoon. I learned a lot though and wouldn't trade where I am for anything. I'll be smiling until next time :)