Finishing up a Class V

I completed my class V today, which counts towards my class II requirements.  I now have 8 quads of a class II, only 4 more to go.  My patient from today is even coming back in on my very last clinic day, so that will at least give me my requirements.  I was a little freaked out before my patient got there.  I couldn't find my ultrasonic scaler and he prefers to have that used.  I ended up trying out my other ultrasonic scaler by Hu-Freidy.  I HATED it!  The water wasn't flowing out of it the way it should have been.  At one point I realized that there wasn't any water coming out and I pulled the scaler out from under my patients gingiva.  When I pulled it out I saw a red hole in the gingiva from where I removed the scaler.  I asked him if that had hurt, and he said it did.  I felt TERRIBLE.  The stupid thing should be working properly.  I had made sure that the water was flowing from it and there were just times that it would stop coming out.  I had never used it before.  What a pain!  I sure hope that I can find my slim line scaler.

I was happy to complete my patient from today.  He had a presentation for some teachers today, so I didn't want to use fluoride varnish and have him look like he had cottage cheese on his teeth.  So I had the fun experience of using a tray and fluoride gel on him.  Poor guy!  The stuff tasted terrible!  I hope that he got rid of the taste quickly.

My next patient is one that I am completing from the beginning of the semester.  My good friend.  He is such a nice guy.  I am really hoping to finish all four quads in this one appointment.  He is a 1B, so I don't think it will be a problem.