Uncontrolled Diabetes

Today I had a patient who had a history of diabetes but had quit taking he diabetic meds years ago and was not being monitored by a doctor. So I thought I should probably check her blood sugar. I did and it was at 450. I couldn't believe it. That is like your going to the emergency room high! We immediately sent her to go see one of the midtown doctors to be treated and I was left with bno patient. I guess that is better than having her go into a coma in my chair though. I'm glad I checked and learned the value of the health history.

Mockboared III

Today was our third mockboard. I couldn't find a patient so I had the guy witht the tenacious calculus come in and luckily he qualified. I only missed one spot and passed my board exam with like a 94% I was so excited. It made me feel more confident for clinical boards.

Tenacious Stuff

So I saw the same patient that I had last week today. His perio abcess looks alot better and his tissue is responding well. I had sharpened all my instruments last Wed but I was still having the hardest time getting his calculus off. I used everything: ultrasonic, graceys, perio files, universal currets, etc... and I still missed like four areas. It will just not come off. I can't belive how concrete that stuff is.

1 Quad Class IV

So today I had a patient that I couln not take x-rays on because he had had them in a dental office recently but had never gone back for perio therapy. He had a perio abcess on #31 with deep pockets surrounding the entire tooth. Professor Alexander gave me one quad of a class IV which made me very excited. Sadly all I got done today was 1 quad and I missed a few spots. His calculus was so tenacious and would not come off. He said it had been like 10 yrs since he had a cleaning. Prof. Alexander suggested sharpening my instruments, so I am going to come in tomorrow and sharpen. I placed some arestin in the abcess pocket. I'm interested to see his tissue response in the future.