GOAL: Complete IB patient in one clinic sessionACTUAL: Completed Class II patient
At this point in my clinic class, I knew I was going to get through the quads I needed to complete with full credit. I wasn't sure what kind of patient this lady would be, but it didn't matter to me. I was hopeful for a Class IB just for selfish reasons. I didn't want to miss on something so dumb to hurt my grade. Although my patient ended up being a Class II, I wasn't upset about it at all. I decided to use this as a learning lesson for me to continue to hone my skills and really understand what calculus is and what it feels like.
This was definitely a confidence boost for me in my clinic experience. I am understanding what it's like to clean a whole mouth and coming up with my own routine to make sure I cover every surface. I can't wait to actually be able to use the exploratory stroke with a scaler and feel for calculus. I'm getting pretty good with the explorer, but it is such a time waster.
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