I keep hoping for a board patient to magically come along, but it just doesn't. I had a class 2 patient. I used the scanx again to take his bwx. I really love the scanx for bwx, I just didn't like it for a full mouth. It is quick and the films are small and easy to fit in the mouth. My next patient was a class V and class 1B. He would have normally been easy, but he didn't speak english and I could not get him to hold his mouth open! And he would fight me with his lip on the mandibular anteriors!

snowday??

Well, I was hoping for a snowday but that didn't happen. They did cancel evening classes, but that doesn't really make a difference to me! I'm actually just happy my first patient showed! I did a fmx and 4 bwx on the scanx. I had no idea how to use it, so janell helped me out:) We didn't realize that there was a special xcp holder for the scanx full mouth, so it made it a little difficult. The films would not stay in the holder! The only thing I didn't like about the scanx is it felt like it took forever to rearrange and mount the films. My afternoon patient did not show of course! His car got stuck in the snow! I helped Amber out with x-rays and arrestin.

Well, scratch that last part.....my 1b just no showed on me too! so no patients all day:( I tried calling a bunch of patients that tori gave me.....i tried my brother and my niece and no luck!

bad day!:(

My spanish speaking patient never got confirmed.......HMMM? So i came in this morining and found out that he had the flu. He was a possible board patient so i was bummed, but he is coming in next tuesday. I just have a 1b this afternoon, so it will be easy. I think I may try the scanx on my bitewings. I have no idea how to use it, so hopefully someone can show me!

mockboards:(

Well, it was mockboards today. Everything was kind of messed up! 5 people were signed up for the morning and 10 for the afternoon, so we didn't have many people to help us out. We just kept our patients in their same chair for the examiner check. I could not find a mockboard pt for the life of me, so i brought my husband in just to get the experience. It would have been nice to have a pt with the calculus so that they could qualify and i would get my points, but what else can i do!? I'm just hoping i can find a 2nd mockboard and boards!