Sooooo my goals for today WERE going to be to get the OD done AND scale 1 quad on the guy I had coming in. He cancelled 1 hour before clinic. I called all of my emergency patients, who couldn't come in so there was only one choice; run to daycare and grab my toddler.
I was VERY hesitant to do this. The two times I have brought him anywhere near the dental hygiene department (once for the halloween party and once to drop off a paper) he was super scared. BUT, an uncooperative patient is better than no patient at all, right?
He was SO GOOD! He kept his mouth open and held still for the most part. He didn't get scared when I scaled him OR when I took BWX on him. He even opened up for the instructor! I am so proud of him! I decided not to try two kids because I wanted to take my time and make this a really good experience for him. This was his first dental visit!
I got to do a sealant on Jennifer's patient, and that's really the only part where I ran into some trouble. He wanted to be holding onto me the whole time I was doing it! Luckily, Karlie is an angel and distracted him by making a balloon out of a glove! Overall, a good day :) Lucas told me "That was fun, can we do that again tomorrow?"
Let's hope my wednesday patient doesn't cancel, I REALLY don't want to push my luck by bringing in my two year old!
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