My patient yesterday was a returning patient from a few weeks ago. My patient was half Class II and half Class V and I scaled one quad at the last appointment. I was able to take my first (and only) PA on my patient yesterady and I finished scaling the other three quads. I felt so good being able to finish her and to have done it all on time. I really like using the ultrasonic to start and then going back and fine scaling after. I really enjoyed having my patient leave, knowing I did all that I could to help her have a clean mouth (including OHI), and seeing how pleased she was with the work that I had done. When she left her appointment she thanked me, which made me feel great. I feel like I had such good success today because I had everything arranged and set up that I thought that I might use. I also reviewed my patient's chart before my patient came in to help me know what I would need to do to best help my patient (things like reviewing where her restorations were so I did not ultrasonic them). The more I work on people the more confident I feel and the more determined I get to do a better job than I did the time before. I am excited to keep getting to see new people and figure out the best treatment options for my future patients.
Goal: Continue to have anything I could possibly need out and ready to use.
P.S. - I think that the majority of everyone got done on time today because we got out pretty early. It was awesome! (I'm pretty sure we finished pod wrap between 4:10 and 4:15).
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