today i had a sweet class 3 pt whose teeth cleaned up so nicely. I was so excited to see her and i hope that she will do better on her home care because her mouth really hurts her. LA went super smoothly and i was able to see what it is like to get 2 positive aspirations. I learned a good lesson, go more Medially and take the angel over to the premolars on the I A.
my class 1b came in and I thought i was going to do such a great job, guess what, not so. I jabbed one of her papilla pretty good and then missed 4 spots of calculus. I was a little shocked. and not sure what went wrong. my instructor said to avoid papilla damage i should basically stand on my head to get direct vision if indirect isn't working. I should pay more attention to the calculus in a 1b as well.
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Hey! That stinks about the papilla damage! I have a hard time with indirect vision myself. I try harder to get the hang of it with 1B's since I don't have to activate my strokes as much. I've also had the pt's where you don't expect much and then come to find during the scale check you missed a lot.
But good job on the injection experiences! That's awesome that you're learning how to correct mistakes now while you've got great instructors to help us :)
You are not the only one when it comes to doing well on a "hard" patient then missing a lot of spots on an "easy" patient. It makes me a bit paranoid of how well I'm removing calculus. Did you use the ultra-sonic on your class 2 pt? I'm seeing my class 2 pt this Tues. and I want to do the job well. Do you have any tips?
I sometimes think that I do the worst on the easiest pt's because I don't really expect there to be much calculus so I'm not as thorough. I know that you'll be perfect next time!!:-)
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