Last day of clinic!

So this afternoon was okay. My patient did not end up being perio like I thought she would be. She actuall had really healthy tissue considering that she smoked. I thought that she was going to be a 1B. After taking x-rays, she did have some bone loss and ended up being a class 5. I have realized this semester how important x-rays are. It makes it so much easier classifing patients. I would have never thought this patient had bone loss just based on probe depths, and looking at her tissue. Little did I know she did. I also learned this morning with my terrible patient, that I need to make the decisions and do what is best for the patient. Sometimes I think I need to be a little more agressive and not be such a push over. If I would have just told my patient this morning that having anesthesia would make the process less painful, and help me do a better job I would have finished scaling the 2 quads I started. Instead she is coming back for me to finish them in January. I think overall this semseter has been a success, and I feel my skills have improved.