Both my patients needed anesthetic. I am super excited to be the one to do the injections!!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Class II's
A day of class II's. Lots of blood with reports of excellent home care. Both of my patients said they brush 2 times a day and floss daily... then where is the bone loss, deep pockets, calculus, and BLOOD coming from? This was the predicament of the day. I approached my instructor about it and we decided that there is no way that they are really doing that well in their home care. So what do you do about that?? Well my strategy for next time will be to ask them to show me how they are flossing and brushing. I will say maybe there is something that we can fix to get a better result. And then I will teach them how to do it correctly. My instructor said that when you keep at them like that they usually confess their sins of not really flossing everyday. I am glad that there isn't some crazy phenomenon of excellent home care accompanied by extensive bleeding. Slippery little guys, aren't they? They had me worried!
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Karlie,
ReplyDeleteMy "Granola guy" and I heard you talking to your morning patient and he turned to me and said, "They're lying, aren't they?" It was the funniest thing ever!!
But on the serious side, I have also had patients tell me that's what they do, when CLEARLY they do not. I am going to have to try having my patients show me what they are doing because I am not very good at OHI.
LOL I think every patient lies when they come lol that's funny Karlie :) keep on them!
ReplyDeleteYIKES, one post for the semester. I hope to see more soon. Posting is part of your clinic grade.
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