Today was a really good day. My class IV pt came back this morning. I got 2 quads done on him. He was late and I was really thinking that he wouldn't come so that was good. I have never scaled that far subgingival before! It was really tenacious calculus too. I was a little too tentative at first, but (with my instructors help!) I was finally able to find it and get the right angle with my gracey. That was a good experience.
My afternoon pt ended up being 2 quads of a III and 2 of a V. That was great. I was able to get him all done! :-) His calculus wasn't as hard as my morning pt's. That was a blessing because my hands are kind of tired. I used my curved ultrasonic tips which was good because I haven't really used those much. Also I was able to pass off my last 2 pe's!! I am so excited that I am done with those and it is only January. I still have to be the CA a few times, but those pe's are pretty much a foregone thing so yay!
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congrats on the pe's. sounds like things are going well for you! I'm really glad. you get all those tough patients out of the way so you can start sharing them with the rest of us!
way to go jess! i can not beleive you got that patient done in one appointment, i feel like that is impossible! way to go and great job on getting all your pe's done, one less thing to worry about! and thanks for being willing to be my backup, hopefully i won't need another backup however but thanks!
Look at you go...That is so awesome you're getting thorugh your class IV and III patients so early in the semester.
You are right. You did have a difficult first patient that day. Plus, it was a good experience for gracey instrumentation. You do a good job. Nicely done.
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