September 23, 2009

Well I did it! I probed a real patient (aka my clinic partner). I think the hardest thing is reading the probe. The lines are so tiny and it's so hard to see (especially using indirect vision for the posterior teeth) what the depth is. Another challenge is getting the right angle. I need to do better at visualizing the tooth and following the angle. Poor Ashlee got to help me learn the right angles. She would jump when I didn't get it quite right. Hopefully she'll forgive me after all of this. Well the Process Evaluations are piling up, so I think I'll go work on getting a few of those done!