2/22/10

Today was another stressful clinic day! I met my goal and finished my 1b patient (that has not been in for 2 years.) There was some calculus buildup, but he was still a 1b. It was so fun watching the calculus come off of the anterior linguals. I felt like I was hurting him every once in awhile though. I need to make sure that I have a good fulcrum. Also, I need to make sure that I'm keeping a 70-80 degree angle to avoid hurting the gums. My goal that I decided to do next time was to be more organized in my scaling. I kinda just go everywhere and then hope I get it all. I need to focus on the anteriors when I'm doing them and finish those before I start on the next teeth. That way I can explore and remember which teeth are clean and which ones still need it. My goal for Wednesday is to get some PE's done. I have my dad coming in again and I definitly need to pass off some PE's.