First 4 quads!!

I got to finally get my scaler and gracey out today. I have been doing OD's this whole semester and it really felt good to get that calculus off. My patient was awesome. He was really patient with me and seemed to tolerate the treatment well. I am grateful for good people like that. I learned that after every HHx we need to note the date of the last xrays. I think that will help to see whether or not we need to do them at the current appt. I used the ultrasonic scaler because the pt had sheet calculus and it really helped. I was hand scaling at first and it really took a lot to get every bit off. My prof. checked on me and suggested that I get more practice on hand scaling so afterward the ultra sonic, i went around each quad to get adaptation, angulation and activation right.