My Little Man

I had the privilege of working my sweet little boy today.  I have to say that he did better than I expected for being 3 and a 1/2 years old and he had to be there for over 3 hours.  That is a long time for little guys.  Heck!  It's a long time for me.  So, I was supposed to have another patient, but she told me the morning of that she was going to be late and that she needed to leave an hour and 40 minutes early.  So, I told her I needed a patient that could be there the whole time and cancelled the appointment.  My little guy was willing to take her place.  I was able to take x-rays, scale, toothbrush polish, floss, and apply fluoride.  It was a great experience having a young child come in.  He did keep asking when we could go home, but that was to be expected.  I feel that this helped me better understand about scheduling children into my schedule.  I will make sure that I have children come in on my short day until I am faster at cleanings and I will schedule more than one child her clinic day.  Prof. Costley said we should be able to get two children done in one clinic day by the middle of February.  I can't wait to do that.  I can't wait to start getting better at this and feeling more confident with my skills.  Goal: don't knock off any more composite fillings from my wonderful patient who is coming back in to see me tomorrow.  Thank heaven she seems to have forgiven me.