Scaling the anterior teeth

In clinic, on Wednesday we learned to scale the anterior teeth using our Nebraska scaler. This was really fun. It is exciting to learn new techniques. I felt that the maxillary lingual surface is probably the hardest to scale. I am so glad that most people don't get alot of build up on these teeth. The easiest surface to scale is definitely the mandibular facial surface. I feel that it will take a while to get use to using indirect vision. The scary thing about it is that you have a sharp instrument in your hand and it isn't easy to see and navigate with your mirror. I hope this becomes easier with practice. I also passed off the probe PE yesterday. The quad that I had to probe was pretty much right on. I think it will be more difficult when we are probing depths that are not WNL. I am glad that we've made it through the eighth week. Yeah! Only seven more to go.