Yesterday I was able to practice using my sickle scaler on anterior teeth. I was the second one to practice, so I was able to feel what Kristen was doing when she was scaling and see the consequences of incorrect adaptation. Incorrect adaptation makes the gingiva bleed and feel very sore. I tried really hard to focus on this and learn to get this down before worrying about the other A's. I feel like I did an okay job; however, I did make her bleed a little bit. I want to keep practicing so I feel comfortable subgingival. I think this will come with time. I do know what Angulation means. This is the proper degree you hold the instrument at in order to remove calculus (70-80 degrees). I haven't really practiced this other than when Prof. Costley came over and showed me this. Activation is a term used for the removal of calculus. Because my pod partner doesn't have a lot of calculus on her anterior teeth it was hard to actually remove anything. I was able to use my typodont to remove anterior calculus, but the gingiva on the typodont is rubber and made it difficult to remove deep calculus.
I wasn't able to pass off any PE's today because I helping Kristen pass her's off. I wasn't really ready for the instrument identification anyway.
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