A Good Day

Today was one of those good clinic days. I was a little upset because my class 5 patient is only going to count as 4 quads of a 1B, but that's okay. I was able to scale 4 quads today, it took me awhile(1 hour 35 minutes to be exact) but I got it done. I felt pretty good scaling today, I really felt like I knew what I was doing for the most part. My patient had a fair amount of calculus but he had ton of biofilm today. I felt like I spent a lot of time digging out and scraping off biofilm. Kara mentioned that she toothbrush polished her patient before scaling and that worked great so next time I am going to try that. I also was able to pass off two more PE's!! YEAH!! I am finally feeling like I am a little ahead on my PE's so I won't be stuck at the end of the semester passing off PE's. I am still worried about getting all of my radiograph requirements and my quadrants, but it is only midsemester so I still have a lot of time!