My "Classy" Class IV

Well well well, the day finally came I got my Class III and he actually came in! And lo and behold he was a Class IV! I knew that this patient probably wasn't going to be the classiest of my patients considering I was told he lives in a trailer park and hitch hikes to all of his appointments. But luckily he got a girlfriend to drive him around so there was no hitchhiking to this appointment. This patient had severe bone loss, furcations, mobility, calculus, and plenty of missing teeth- and that is what may cause a problem. He only has 6 teeth on the top so there is no way that is two quads but I'm hoping since he is a Class IV my instructor will be a little more giving with him. For his first appointment he was great- we took some PAs and got a quad scaled. He didn't want anesthetic so that made it hard as the operator because I knew he was uncomfortable. I used Oraquix for the first time though and that was neat and fun to use. It was really gratifying to see the quad I had done compared to the ones I haven't- it looked good! I still missed more spots than I would have liked though and I think I'm getting a little discouraged because I spent a lot of time on that one quad. But hopefully it comes with more time and practice. My "classy" patient is going to come back this coming Monday, well I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he will. I'm paying for his cleaning so he better! He did tell me that his phone may be shut off by that time because he hasn't paid the bill so I'm just praying he remembers and shows up! It was a good experience for me to work on a harder patient and I look forward to the day I can do it with ease. Well until next time we'll keep it classy and we won't stop smiling :)