This Week is Basically Over

Instead of prepping two crowns tomorrow, I'm doing a prophy.  This, my friends, is how dental school works. 6.5 days of clinic left.
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Rotations left: Pedo, OMS emergency

Fixed: 4/13 - #5 finished next Monday and I'll wax it up and cast and #6 is sent to the lab, #7 cut on Tuesday, #8 and 9 on Thursday
Operative: 46/50 (9/13 class IIs) - last 4 class IIs on the schedule plus a buildup
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Progress Exam Status:

Fixed: 2 in progress/2
DONE - Perio, Operative, Oral Surgery, Endo, Removable
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D3 Finishes!

Finished with ENDO! (2/5 to graduate, molar complete)
Finished with Perio! (2/4 to graduate, 1 tx planned)
Finished with Removable! (4/9 to graduate, 2 in progress)
Finished with Nitrous! (3/6 nitrous to graduate)
Finished with Oral Surgery Extractions! (46/100 ext to graduate)
Finished with Pre-Prosth! (4/6 preprosth cases to graduate) (2 more planned 4/28)
Finished with DAU! (forever)
All assisting is complete!

I Mean, This Was a Big Day

Rotations left: Pedo, OMS emergency

Fixed: 3/13 - #4 will be seated on Thursday,#7&8 will be cut on Friday, #5 finished next Monday and #6 is sent to the lab

Operative: 45/50 (8/13 class IIs) - last 5 class IIs on the schedule plus a buildup
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Progress Exam Status:

Fixed: 2 in progress/2
DONE - Perio, Operative, Oral Surgery, Endo, Removable
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D3 Finishes!

Finished with ENDO! (2/5 to graduate, molar complete)
Finished with DAU! (forever)
Finished with Perio! (2/4 to graduate, 1 tx planned)
Finished with Removable! (4/9 to graduate, 2 in progress)
Finished with Nitrous! (3/6 nitrous to graduate)

Finished with Oral Surgery Extractions! (46/100 ext to graduate)

Finished with Pre-Prosth! (4/6 preprosth cases to graduate) (2 more planned 4/28)
All assisting is complete!

Schedule for the Rest of the Year (Apparently)

I went to school this morning and was surprised to find that all but one of my appointments for the rest of the year are booked.  So here's what I have left to do to finish up.  If all goes according to plan (hehe) I'll be finished with everything but fixed and will have 11/13 crowns cut, 6 seated.

4/20 Tuesday: 10am: endo/non-vital buildup
                       1:30 pm: oral diagnosis/consults
Wednesday: 1pm prophy
                    4pm denture adjustment
Thursday: 10am class II filling
                1pm seat crown
Friday: 10am crown preps 8 and 9
            1pm ???
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4/26 Monday: 10am crown prep #28
                       1pm class II filling
Tuesday: 10am oral diagnosis/consults
               1pm crown prep #4
Wednesday: 1pm full mouth extractions/alveoloplasty
Thursday: 10am crown prep #19
                1pm non-vital buildup and crown prep #14
Friday: 10am class II filling
            1pm class II filling
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5/3 Monday: 1pm class II filling
Pedo rotation
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5/10 Oral Surgery Rotation
Friday: 10 am rest preps and impression for partial
            1pm seat crown

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Rotations left: Pedo, OMS emergency

Endo: 1/2 - I will finish TOMORROW!
Fixed: 3/13 - #4 will be seated on Thursday,#7&8 will be cut on Friday, #5 finished next Monday and #6 is sent to the lab
Operative: 44/50 (8/13 class IIs) - last 5 class IIs on the schedule plus two buildups
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Progress Exam Status:

Fixed: 2 in progress/2
DONE - Perio, Operative, Oral Surgery, Endo, Removable
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D3 Finishes!

Finished with DAU!
Finished with Perio! (2/4 to graduate, 1 tx planned)
Finished with Removable! (4/9 to graduate, 2 in progress)
Finished with Nitrous! (3/6 nitrous to graduate)
Finished with Oral Surgery Extractions! (46/100 ext to graduate)
Finished with Pre-Prosth! (4/6 preprosth cases to graduate) (2 more planned 4/28)
All assisting is complete!

Oral Diagnosis: Wannagetfinisheditis

I have a gloriously long weekend as the 4th years have WREB, the licensing exam, Fri-Mon.  Yeah, get ready to get an earful about that this time next year.  Speaking of exams, I did go ahead and buy a study book for National Boards Part II.  I will not ruin another Christmas studying for that exam.  You heard it here.  I'd rather ruin summer.

On to the numbers:

Of course, none of these numbers changed after my week on oral diagnosis rotation, but my schedule has been beefed up to finish out those class IIs and get crowns in to the lab.  I've done a lot of patient trading for my own needs as well as others' and it's paid off so far.  Two of my last five class IIs are Rudy's pt that I've shared before and Ben's wife.  Those are definitely reliable.  The last 3 are, too, but a different level of reliable : )  I'll get 'em done.

Crowns, well, I'll get done what I get done.  6 cut isn't too bad, and I have 3 more on the schedule = 9.  There are 2 more I've requested appointments for = 11.  That's close to 13.

I'm running out of open chairs in the clinic for the few things I have left, so I'm trying to get everything booked NOW.  I already lost out on next Friday, so unless I stay on top of things I may be finishing out my nitrous or maybe some pre-prosth/extractions - then I can start a "D4 Finishes" list. : )
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Rotations left: Pedo (May), OMS emergency (May)

Endo: 1/2 - I will finish on Tuesday
Fixed: 3/13 - #4 will be seated on Thursday (#7&8 postponed), #5 mostly cut and #6 sent to the lab
Operative: 44/50 (8/13 class IIs) - last 5 class IIs on the schedule plus a buildup
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Progress Exam Status:

Fixed: 2 in progress/2
DONE - Perio, Operative, Oral Surgery, Endo, Removable
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D3 Finishes!

Finished with DAU!
Finished with Perio! (2/4 to graduate, 1 tx planned)
Finished with Removable! (4/9 to graduate, 2 in progress)
Finished with Nitrous! (3/6 nitrous to graduate)
Finished with Oral Surgery Extractions! (46/100 ext to graduate)
Finished with Pre-Prosth! (4/6 preprosth cases to graduate) (2 more planned 4/28)
All assisting is complete!

Gittin' 'Er Done

I hit it hard this week and got in 3 class IIs, 2 misc. fillings, 2 fixed PEs started, and an endo almost finished : )  Goals for next week include pindexing and die trimming VZ's crown and sending it, booking all my borrowed patients, and resting up for a crazy 2 weeks of clinic when I get back.  2 weeks and 1.5 days of clinic left for poor little ole me.

Rotations left: OD (next week), Pedo (May), OMS emergency (May)

Endo: 1/2 - I obturated 3 canals but have to redo the distal - grrr...
Fixed: 3/13 - #4 sent to the lab, #5 mostly cut and #6 prepped and impressed
Operative: 44/50 (8/13 class IIs)
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Progress Exam Status:

Fixed 2 in progress/2
DONE - Perio, Operative, Oral Surgery, Endo, Removable
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D3 Finishes!
Finished with DAU!
Finished with Perio! (2/4 to graduate, 1 tx planned)
Finished with Removable! (4/9 to graduate, 2 in progress)
Finished with Nitrous! (3/6 nitrous to graduate)
Finished with Oral Surgery Extractions! (46/100 ext to graduate)
Finished with Pre-Prosth! (4/6 preprosth cases to graduate)
All assisting is complete!

It's All About the Numbers

Let's be honest.  Right now, you just can't get around it.  We're desperate and cynical and the chalkboard in our lab says it all.  I really just need 8 class II restorations that don't have to be pretty progress exams and finish my root canal and then I can handle whatever fixed I'll need to remediate; I will avoid operative remediation at all costs.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not blowing off any of my patients that need treatment that I don't "need" to do.  I still have a denture patient with a one week recall appointment to do that's been sick, another denture patient ready to start extractions, my Nanna who's ready for her treatment, and a new patient coming in for a prophy.  I'm just being very deliberate about scheduling the appointments that I need to make it to the finish line or as close to it as is humanly possible.

So, this week I'm back in clinic.  Lots to do:

Monday: Fixed PE, perio rotation
Tuesday: class IIs, class III
Wednesday: no clinic
Thursday: class IIs, fixed PE
Friday: class III, finish endo (please, Lord!)

"Get your progress exams done" is the mantra from the head hancho, so that's what I'm aiming at this week.  One crown is a gold survey crown that *will* be seated by the end and the other is a PFM that will most likely be seated - that one I really need to impress that day since I have OD rotation all next week and the porcelain deadline looms upon us.  I would LOVE to impress both of those this week, but I don't have assistants lined up, so who knows.

Rotations left: OD (next week), Pedo (May), OMS emergency (May)
Endo: 1/2 - finish #19 on Friday????
Fixed: 3/13 - #4 sent to the lab, cut 5 and 6 this week
Operative: 39/50 (5/13 class IIs) - 3, maybe 4 class IIs this week?, 2 more class IIIs this week
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Progress Exam Status:

Fixed 0/2 (2 this week)
DONE - Perio, Operative, Oral Surgery, Endo, Removable
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D3 Finishes!

Finished with DAU!
Finished with Perio! (2/4 to graduate, 1 tx planned)
Finished with Removable! (4/9 to graduate, 2 in progress)
Finished with Nitrous! (3/6 nitrous to graduate)
Finished with Oral Surgery Extractions! (46/100 ext to graduate)
Finished with Pre-Prosth! (4/6 preprosth cases to graduate)
All assisting is complete!