Onward and Upward. Or Something Like That.

For a week where I only saw 2 patients, a crown, 2 fillings and 2 extractions is pretty good, right?
This week: a denture reline, crown lengthening surgery, 2 completed cases (Please, Lord!), a completed denture proficiency exam, and maybe more.  I might be at 6.5 removable units by the end of the week.  Crazy.  I may even start a new partial on Wednesday.


* 3/5 root canals
* 5/9 removable units, 1 in progress
* 1/2 partials, 0 in progress
* 2/4 perio cases, plus 1/2 starts
* 92/100 extractions, I really just need to do my progress exams and call it done 
* 3/4 completed pediatric cases
* 1/2 community service credits
* 17/40ish crowns - 10 in progress, 4 back from the lab, two at the lab as I type
* 57/100ish fillings

Because Every Crown Seated is Worth Writing About

But this one was a long time coming.  I took off the old crown sometime around April.  I impressed in May, I think.  1st attempt to seat in June.  2nd attempt to seat post re-tx endo in August?  Something like that.  Re-impressed about 3 weeks ago.  Seated 10.12.10.  Hallelujah.  My patient agrees.

Requirements Completed

* 3/5 root canals
* 5/9 removable units, 1 in progress
* 1/2 partials, 0 in progress
* 2/4 perio cases, plus 1/2 starts
* 91/100 extractions
* 3/4 completed pediatric cases
* 1/2 community service credits
* 15.5/40ish crowns - 8 in progress, 6 at the lab as I type
 57/100ish fillings

Bleh

I have my first WREB-type progress exam tomorrow and I'm trying to put off thinking about it for as long as possible.  I'm also hoping to seat another gold crown on Wednesday.  I've got to get where doing crowns this year is like doing fillings.  Quick, easy, often.  I'm booking them as fast as I can.  I have a new root canal patient that I hope will work out better than the last two.  I seriously need perio.  Seriously.  I finished Nanna's partial, I'm just waiting on lower posterior teeth to come in so I can finish up my F/F proficiency, and I have 2 other partials that just need survey crowns seated to get started.  I should also finish my 3rd and possibly last pedo case this week.

I had my phasing conference, and I'm not sure what my numbers are yet.  I'm not really sure that it meant a whole lot in the long run, except there's a list of treatment I don't have to do because those patients are unreliable or need entirely too much for me to finish in time.  I guess that's a start.

Next up on my plate: part II of boards.

Requirements Completed


* 3/5 root canals
* 5/9 removable units, 1 in progress
* 1/2 partials, 0 in progress
* 2/4 perio cases, plus 1/2 starts
* 91/100 extractions
* 2/4 completed pediatric cases
* 1/2 community service credits
* 14.5/40ish crowns - 8 in progress
* 57/100ish fillings