OMG i cant believe its nov. Im getting my teeth out in two days and hopefully i dont barf for 2-3 days b/c i have a new pt weds afternoon..that would make a poor impression, vomiting is not a good characteristic for dentists. i am OBSSESSED lately with hospital dentistry, i mean it. obbsessed. i think i just love working in a hospital and that enviornment.or maybe it was because there wasnt tons of pointless paperwork, and assistants, more staff, no checkpoints and people to tear down the cubicles. maybe its because all of the GPR residents were awesome and knowledgable...maybe because it was exciting as hell. or maybe its because i learned a ton about prosth from z, and how to deal with seriously medically compromised patients...maybe its because i finally saw SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA, a full arch of hypercementosed apices, worked on my first AIDS patient, did a freaking GINGEVECTOMY, bordermolded, worked with autistic, trisomy 21's, tetramy 12's, a deaf, blind, mute patient, saw a patient with 0 neutrophils, watched some GA and had some time to do some serious brain work instead of all the extra technician/secretary work this D3 year. DAMNIT. i think i need to spend more time there, because for ONCE i was completely happy doing that work, even though my feet ached, and i had back pain, i almost got beaten up by the mentally impaired, and i had to wake up damn early and come back home late. i loved it, it was a great experience, and i want to learn more. I need to email Z, and find out when/how I can come back. Z is probably the most approachable professor I've had. anyone who can motivate me for PROSTH of all things, has seriously made a difference. now that ive done border molding, and made partial wax rims. determined ovd...i think i can put all the steps together and get some work done...instead of palputating the entire time. I AM MOTIVATED!