Well, today definately didn't start out like I had planned. I thought that I was going to bring my dad into clinic, take a full mouth, clean a couple of quads and then send him on his way. When I was getting ready for clinic, however, I was talking to Alisha and discovered that she had a rough morning which included, among other things, having her patient cancel on her. She was given another patient by another member of our class but the patient was just a class 5. Seeing that it is late in the semester and so many people are still needing to meet qualifications I thought that I could help make Alisha's day a little better and let her clean my dad since he is a class 2. I had already done the OD for him when I brought him up to the clinic for a screening, so I thought that the timing would be perfect; I would take his full mouth while Alisha did the OD on her patient and then we could switch. I thought that we would have plenty of time to get everything done. Sometimes, though, time passes much faster than you would like it to as you are waiting for instructors to check your work.
Well, at about 20 minutes to 3 I was finally starting to scale. I thought that it went well, but I did miss 4 spots which I didn't think that I would have that many. I was a little disappointed with that, but considering the situation and the amount of time that I had I was just greatful to get the patient done.
I suppose that in the end it went okay but it was a little stressful getting to that point.
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