I have to say that today went very well. I saw a class V patient in the morning. I took and pano and 4 bitewings on him as well. He does an amazing job at keeping his teeth clean, so it really was very easy.
My patient in the afternoon was a little trickier. First of all, he was hard of hearing. I felt like I was shouting at him every time I said something. Next, he couldn't be laid back very far. I had to do a lot of the scaling standing up. My back was already hurting me from the moment I woke up, so scaling unsupported was a little hard on me. But I made it through. His lower anterior teeth were horribly malpositioned and I didn't feel like I could adapt my instruments very well. Next, I didn't probe because it had been done 2 months previously. But there was one pocket that was a lot deeper than the person had recorded. Unfortunately, I should have caught that by virtue of scaling down into the pocket. Prof. M was really nice about helping me get to these areas. We were able to clean off the stain for coffee. This gentleman even said that it is enough to make him want to quit drinking it. We'll see!
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