Wow... a Class 4!!!

My goodness... I had once again one of those mornings... but my eyes just popped when I looked inside the mouth of my afternoon patient.  I felt bad for this lady... she has not been to a hygienist before and she has a couple of wiggly teeth at the age of 41.  Boy, did those x-rays look pretty though... bone loss, furcations, and calculus on every tooth.  Not to mention her pocket depths.  I have never felt my hand get so tired trying to scrape that calculus off.  I had to get dr hanson to teach me a couple of instrumentation tricks.  Next goal to self... don't be afraid to use the ultrasonic a couple or few times on a pt.  It is quite bennificial... also the sharpening stone is your friend... use it!