*magasti*

I decided the name of this post was going to be called magasti.

It is a new word I [just] made up and am considering submitting it to Webster's.

or not.

Anyway: Magasti stands for...

Make A Goal And Stick To It!

(story later)

 

So: I called a pt. off the resource list on Monday afternoon to come see me in the morning (last minute. again. oops!)

Luckily she said YES!

And I was PRAYING she was a class 2 because I have not ONE single quad of a class 2 yet.  Not one!  And she said she hadn't been to the dentist for a long time, and her teeth were, quote: "really bad"

Note to self: DO NOT trust people.

:)

So...she comes and I look into her mouth and probe and do all those fun things and guess what:

1B.

Sound familiar?  This happened a few weeks ago!

I was so sad. But happy, too, cuz 1B's are confidence boosters!

Who doesn't need one of those every once in awhile?

I finished her up and all was well.

 

And then my patient for the afternoon came in whom I was aware was already a 1B: someone Kayla had given me.  Cool beans!

He was a nice guy, and after my OD check, Liz said,

"Okay: make a goal right now as to how fast you are going to scale his mouth".  (Probably because she realized how long my morning 1B appt. had gone).

I gasped.  Ok I didn't really, but I hadn't ever really considered making a goal like that and actually doing (nor sticking to) it.  Stupid, I know.

So I blurted out, "45 minutes!"

"OK!" She said.  "Time starts now!"

[This is the part where I felt like I was on a game show!]

And I literally looked at the clock and started scaling away.

As fast as my little hands could go.

They made me so proud that day.

I actually stuck to my goal and was finished with him in 45 minutes.

Have I ever done a scale that fast?

No.

Was I proud of myself?

Yes.

Is making goals a good idea?

Definitely yes.

And better yet: telling someone, because it MADE me do it.  If I would have said it in my head, I probably would have given me an extra 5, 10,...ahh heck, THIRTY minutes.

I am going to do this from now on, (ok..I'll try to more often) because it made me very efficient, and really scale like I meant it!  Usually I just go around scaling, feel for any last remains. . Go exploring.  I might go around a few more random spots again.  Floss and polish.  Maybe grab my scaler one more time.  Go on an exploration, AGAIN.  It's just a joke.  I need to hike up my big girl panties and get a move-on!

Phew.  It was a great day. . and I learned a lot.

And..kayla was a doll-face and let me pass off my last sealant experience on her patient: holla girlfriend!

*MAGASTI*