Monday, September 29, 2008
VA day
I finally had a really great day at the VA. Not to say that all the other times that i have been there have been bad.. just that i finally saw some perio! it was a relief to see some pockets deeper than a 4mm and I got a really awesome view of calculus coming off in chunks. I was really grateful for the lesson we had on ultrasonic instrumentation. I was able to better adapt the insert to the tooth and the calculus removal went much smoother. Both of my pts there were considered class 4 perio pts.. because of the gravity of their situations, i was only able to complete 2 quads on the first and 1 quad on the second. I also had a good learning experience; i broke an instrument tip in the sulcus of 2D. I was totally blank as to what i should do. all i could remember is what i shouldn't do.. don't get the suction, don't stress out.. I had him keep his mouth open while i went to get an instructor. she tried many instruments, including the proxy brush and finally it came loose.. wow.. we were just about to take a PA too. I was glad for the learning opportunity..
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