Class III

So on Tuesday afternoon my patient cancelled on me so I was scrambling to find a patient. I called a patient I was given from the resource list and they wanted to be seen all day (so two clinic sessions) so they could get done and not have to take off additional days of work. I worked it out with Prof. Costley and told my patient I would work both clinic sessions and get as much done as I could. At the morning appointment I got through the OD and my patient was a class III which meant I was in for a long afternoon. When he came back in the afternoon I used the ultrasonic. It was a good experience because I was able to see the huge deposits shatter off of the teeth. After using the ultrasonic I hand scaled my little heart and hand out. I was so tired by the end both my hands were shaking and every muscle in my body hurt. I was only able to scale one half of the mouth. My patient wasn't happy that they had to come back but, I don't think he understood just how much work he needed on his teeth. The second years I talked to and my instructors said I did a really good job to get this much completed. Now I just hope he comes back to get the other half done and then I'll have my class III requirement done. Next time my instructors said they would numb him and I could just scale and not have to worry about hurting him and I should be able to get him finished.