Today in clinic I saw my Class III patient. It was my first appointment and probing was quite the experience! It was so cool to actually probe a DEEP pocket! I felt like my probe was never going to stop - kinda scary. Even though I was a LITTLE apprehensive when I first started probing, it was a great learning experience! I can truly say I know what sub-gingival calculus feels like! When I was probing, I began to discern when I was hitting calculus and when I was at the junctional epithelium. I tried my best to try to go around the sub-gingival calculus and get the correct pocket depth. However, it will be interesting to re-probe after I scale and see how accurate I was.
I only got through OHI today. But my patient also had a partial denture so I was able to clean that and pass of my removable appliance PE also. I am done with all my other requirements and this is my last patient. I have three more clinic days left so I feel very confident that I will be able to get my Class III patient done with PLENTY of time. I am glad I am not feeling rushed as we are at the end of the semester...it is a nice feeling! :)
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