My very first patient- Not counting my mom because I knew her. This guy came off the reference list and I was a bit nervous to see him. He refused xrays, was late, and told me he was going to leave early but he ended up being a great patient and I really grew to like him! I'm going to try and follow the new way we are supposed to do our blog entries according to the clinic syllabus- I don't think I really like it but I'll give it a shot.
Goal: To make the appointment go as smoothly as possible. I didn't get too specific with my goals that was really all I wanted for my sake and the patient's.
Strategies: Plan ahead. Get out everything I may need beforehand.
I will admit I felt I accomplished my goal pretty well. The appointment went well and flowed!!!! I definitely have lots of room for improvement but it was a good way to start off to boost my confidence a little. I got to scaling but didn't finish a quad. But guess what?! I got to use the ultrasonic, kind of scary but so exciting! I love it, it works wonders! My patient had lots of extrinsic staining from coffee and tea so to try to hand scale that off it would have been a nightmare but the ultrasonic made it so much easier! I used the slimline which I hadn't practiced with so I need to work on it and my adaptation but overall it went pretty well. And I was very fortunate that my pal Al was so patient and understanding of me. I'm excited for him to come back so I can show him some better instrumenting because of the practice I will have had and send him home with a brighter smile!
Until next time I'll be smiling :)
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