My Baby Girl is Losing a Tooth

Erik and I took Roxy and Reagan to the vet this evening only to discover that my baby girl Roxy broke one of her maxillary canines. Her canine! I'm so sad. So now we're getting her scheduled for an extraction. The vet was all excited to show me her dental setup when she found out I was in dental school. It was hard to be too interested knowing that Roxy will have a toofless cat smile.

Erik asked me if we could replace the tooth or do endo. I figure a cat partial will go over about as well as cat clothing.

All in White

On a positive note, we had our white coat ceremony last Friday. It's our "welcome" into the profession as we enter clinic - well, soon, at least. We said our dental version of the Hippocratic Oath, awkwardly had a coat put on us and then my family went to dinner. Big deal? I guess so. I'm sure one day I'll look back fondly. Ready to get this over with? Yes. Most definitely yes. 2.25 years-ish to go.

Right now, I'm pretty caught up with all my projects, so that feels good. I like fixed. I seem to be good at crown and bridge preps. I'm getting faster at operative. I've been paranoid because there are so many people faster than me. I talked to one in particular today, and found out that she's not using indirect vision (looking in her mouth mirror and working "backwards") so she'll get done faster. I try to use indirect vision as much as I can to save my back and get used to it because it's hard. So now I feel better. I'll get fast and I'll be doing it the right way. Endo? Well, for me, it's stressful, but it's not that bad. I kind of like doing root canals. It's methodical and so far, hard to screw it up. Pedo, let's just say it's nice to learn how to do practical things like ID caries on a radiograph or visual inspection (especially since we've already taken a class in radiology). Ortho is a bore, but I'm making an appliace that might be capable of fixing my central incisor that sticks out - if I make it right : )

Starting in the summer, if you want to come see me at the school, let me know! Even if it's just a cleaning. It's not free, but it's cheap ; )

Burned Out

I need Spring Break tomorrow. Well, maybe I mean Monday. I really just need the Lord to lift me up and carry me out of this hole of dental school and let me see His purpose anew because I have very little left and all they do is ask for more of me every day.