class 4

Last wednesday I saw a class 4 which was the hardest thing i have ever done! I did not know that someone could have that hard of calculus!  It was really hard for me to use enough lateral pressure to get the calculus off.  That day was kind of a discouraging one because on that monday I had seen a class 3 and had the same problems.  So after last week I was feeling pretty unsure of myself.  The class 4 though had pus coming out the pocket and it was so crazy to see that because I had never seen that before.  I also used my graceys and I have never had an instrument go that far down into the pocket as I this patient did.  I was really suprised that I could put it down that far.  I was also cleaning teeth that were mobile and that was scary to do, because I wasnt sure if they were going to fall out!  It was a real eye opeing experience to me becuase I had never had such an experience before.  Hopefully next time I can do a better job at missing less calculus.