{Finally....some calculus!!}

Haha!  I'm such a nerd!  But the only people that I've actually scaled have been 1Bs and have like zero calculus.  I brought back my patient from last Monday and was determined to finish all four quads.  He did have some moderate supra calculus, so I was excited to use my Ultrasonic.  Well, I feel really awkward using it.  It's definitely very different to use it in a patient's mouth and worry about the suction and all the water spraying all over their face!  He was so so nice and very understanding.  I used the ultrasonic on my first quad, then brought out the hand instruments.  I didn't miss any spots there, so I was feeling pretty confident.  Well, I used the ultrasonic one more time on the lower anteriors because he did have a little bit of staining, and it did a good job to get that off.  I decided that I would just use my hand instruments for the rest of it, and it went pretty good.  In the UL quad., he had a lot of calculus, especially on #14 and #15.  It was really fun to see the calculus fly off and know that my instrumenting was making that happen.  I got all giddy and smiley inside my mask.  I'm a weirdo, I know!  Up to this point, I just feel like I'm a deplaquer!  It was really good for me to work in that area and actually have to get deposit off, because that is the area that I am most weak.  When Instructor Vining came over, he found a few spots that I missed, but gave me some really great tips on a better instrument to use, etc.  I've been using my 204S for pretty much all of the posteriors, because I really hate the Barnhart.  Well, I did notice today that I had a really hard time accessing the most posterior teeth using that instrument.  He told me to use my Nevi in the areas that I missed, and it made a world of difference. I love having instructors that give you good advice and really help you out.  Overall, today was great and I felt my confidence start to regain a little.  My patient was so nice and so patient.  I hope my good attitude continues on Wednesday!  I have a Class V pt. coming in that has been seen multiple times in our clinic.  But, I can't find her chart anywhere!!  Well, hopefully it turns up and I don't have to start from scratch.  I don't think the patient will appreciate that very much!