Had a busy day today. Time management is really important!
Morning
Due to somebody with poor time management, i went to Polyclinic A (2nd floor) late this morning, only to find out groups having Conservative Dentistry sessions were relocated to Polyclinic C (ground floor) because the aircon of the whole polyclinic broke down (cooling pipe leaking, need a month to get repaired!!!) & the suction system of the whole polyclinic has not been functioning since yesterday morning (fuse burnt). So i grabbed everything required and brought my patient down the stairs.
It's already 10.30am when we finally settled down to start the treatment. Halfway doing my working length determination of root canal treatment, my group's supervisor informed us that she has a meeting at 12.30pm, so we've to finish work by then *o*
Luckily i managed to complete my cleaning & shaping and discharged the patient at 12.25pm *phew*
Not forgetting to mention that my patient bought me & my partner a mooncake each :D
I really need to build up my stamina, was nearly out of breath after taking 4 flights of stairs from ground floor to 2nd floor >.<
My groupmate Aini brought us kuih raya today, yeah! =)
Afternoon
My patient for orthodontic clinic came late at 3pm, she took time off from work.
Lucky me as i got to take her as Upper Removable Appliance (URA) case patient. Didn't prepare much for URA case as i had thought that she'd only fit to be my orthodontic diagnosis case patient for her age. Hmm... Lesson of the day: never underestimate anything & be well prepared at all times!
Room temperature was quite high due to the malfunctioning aircon. Poor patient, she had to be tortured by me as i tried many times in taking a good impression of her teeth. It's not wholly my fault! The impression material sets faster under higher temperature :'(
Luckily my group's supervisor was patient enough to wait for me to finish work despite working in the "sauna room" :P
4.55pm, i rushed to Imaging Department with my patient to take dental pantomogram & lateral cephalogram. Luckily the staffs there were lenient & hardworking enough to let us take those radiographs as the department closes at 5pm.
Discharged my patient at 5.05pm.
Went back to Polyclinic A to clean up, only to realise that i'd not given my patient her time-slip! Ran to the parking entrance beside Lecture Hall 3 to give her >.<
Poured impressions at the lab.
Reached hostel at 6pm to have dinner, hungry!
Life is full of challenges, doing dentistry is even more challenging;
challenges colours our life,
and the colour depends on how we perceive the challenges,
and how we colour it =)
