How Dare He?
My Periodontics patient presentation is in 2 weeks time. I brought my patient in for a review and to give him the scale and clean of a lifetime so that when presentation day comes, his teeth would be sparkling clean.At least, that was the plan.
Me: Hello, Mr X! How are you today?
Him: Not good.
Noooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: What is the problem?
Him: I have a swelling.
Me: As in, an abscess?
Him: Yeah, an abscess!
So turns out there's a periodontal abscess in his mouth. Also, the probing depths have not decreased - in fact, some have actually increased. Not all sites, mainly at teeth with furcation involvement and 10mm pocket depths.
Did I also mention that he has like... no oral hygiene habits?
Demonstrator: So, you have a very interesting case. It would be nice to see how you go for the exam.
Me: You mean...when I fail.
Demonstrator: No no...if you rationalize properly you won't fail. Just get ready to be hammered. Hehehe...
Me: ........
Arrrrghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!
Labels: Dental School
posted by Dental Girl at
7:59 PM
4 comment(s):
Show him scary pictures of teeth not been taken care of properly.
I thought the teachers used to scare us like that in school.
By
Anonymous, at
10/10/2007 11:47 PM
Problem is that he is the scary picture that we would show to the kids to scare them into brushing their teeth.
:(
By
Dental Girl, at
10/11/2007 12:14 AM
i thought about "tagging" you, but I wasn't sure if you were still reading my blog!
By
D, at
10/11/2007 12:35 AM
that makes things easier, right? show him the mirror!
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Anonymous, at
10/11/2007 10:18 AM
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