Continuing Care

Amanda was kind enough to agree to come back and let me finish scaling her mouth! And I was able to finish her all up today! It's such a relief to finally make it through one whole appointment with my patient. 

Since I had just seen Amanda on Monday I just had to do a visual check for OD and I didn't have to get an instructor for an OD check. This made the appointment go by a lot faster and gave me more time to scale, which I needed since I had three quads to scale. 

The TA's were really helpful today, I was really grateful for their advice and tips on scaling. I found that it's best/easier to scale one quad at a time. I was starting in the anterior's and then going posterior, but I found (with the help of the TA's) that it is easier to start posteriorly and work forward! It's little tricks like this that I learn when I am able to actually scale a whole mouth. I learn what works for me and what doesn't. I was also able to figure out my fulcrums and see what works best for me. 

I finished scaling, did selective polishing, and a fluoride treatment! Then I was done with sometime to spare in clinic. With this extra time I passed off my final PE! Oh it feels so good to know I don't have to worry about anymore PE's this semester!