VA 9/16/08

I learned an important thing today with scaling. I was getting so frusterated and I just didn't understand what was going on with my patient. I was scaling and ultrasonicing and I was never getting done. Well, I learned that some patients will never be done. I only got two quads of a class 2. The patient was a heavy smoker and had a hairy tongue which was interesting. The hygienist at the VA finished the patient and also reassured me that this patient wouldn't be done and in 3 months the patient will be back with the same stuff.