The Luck of the Draw.
Part of the challenge of dental school is completing your requirements in a timely fashion. What makes the challenge great, is the variety of patients being admitted to the school. In addtion, there is a mysterious force that seems to bring the same type of patient to the same doctors over and over.
It may be better stated that the force seems to keep certain procedures from some doctors. I have completed many crowns, and much opperative dentistry. I have scheduled my removable prosth requirements. Why is it that I have yet to treatment plan any Class III restorations or anterior endodontic procedures? The patients to which I have the privledge of caring for simply do not need it. This goes for some of my collegues as well, who may have yet to complete a single unit of fixed prosth.
Is there a solution to fight this mysterious force? Yes, there is, and it is called the "admitting overflow signup sheet". After realizing that I was behind in units, I have made it my mission to sign my name at least three times a week on the overflow sheet. That has netted me about one new patient every two weeks, and allowed me to begin to finish my removable prosth requirements. Hopefully, I will soon be able to say that I am working on my senior requirements.
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When I was a dental student at Case, I struggled to complete my requirements for fixed. And yet there was plenty of crown and bridge going on in the clinic. I was lucky that some of my friends helped send some units my way.
I believe that we are at that very same point. All of us would like to say that we have been able to get everything done [but we can't]. There is a general knowledge pool of who needs what among our friends, and our group practices. I'm hoping that everyone has good luck, and good hearts not to hoard those precious class II amalgams.