{Class III}

Yay! A Class III....finally!!!!  I was starting to get VERY worried, but low and behold...4 quads!  Today I noticed that my OD (probing) and x-rays seemed to take FOREVER!  Luckily I didn't have any retakes, which I think might be the first time ever, besides when I've done them on kids.  I just wanted to make sure that I got those probing depths as accurate as I could.  There were a few times when I would get a 4, but then I just did that slight movement into the col, and BAM...it turned into a 7!  It's crazy how easy it is to get inaccurate probing depths.  My pt. needed to be numb, so I was able to scale her LL quad, and missed 2 spots, so not terrible!  I do love when the pt. is numb, because you can just go to town!  I absolutely love to see the difference after cleaning all the supra calc. off of the lower linguals.  It's amazing how much better they look!  I love this profession!  I love knowing I am making a difference in somebody's health!  My pt. was pretty quiet, but didn't speak much English.  She had her teenage daughter with her, which did help a little when I needed to clarify something.  I'm not sure if I got across what I was trying to teach, when it came to OHI.  One bad thing....my first tissue trauma.  Ugh.  I think I did it when I was using my anterior gracey, and didn't have the right side.  Oops.  It wasn't that bad, but I still feel really bad!  Well, my pt. will be back next Wednesday, and I will have to finish her up then.  It shouldn't be too bad though, because her calculus really wasn't very tenacious at all.  I'm just SO relieved I got that Class III!  I really didn't want to leave clinic with an Incomplete.