Were my eyes closed?

This morning I had a patient that only wanted to come in to have some Arestin placed around a failing implant. She brought an x-ray with her and the bone loss was unbelievable. She still had enough that the tooth wasn't mobile, but it seemed like it should be. The procedure went well and she's coming back in February to have it checked and then have a full cleaning. I also had an issue with implant homecare instructions. One certain individual said to ABSOLUTELY not floss an implant, that it was like taking a knife to the soft tissues; but we learned it class that it's VERY important to keep the implant clean. I showed the patient how to floss around the implant using Superfloss and dipping it in Listerine first. I hope she can keep it up and that the implant won't fail.

This afternoon I think I had my eyes SHUT during the appointment. I was thinking he was going to be scheduled as a Class 5, but Dr. Hanson said she would call it a 2. I was pretty happy about this, but I wasn't sure what deposit she was feeling. I did pretty good in the posteriors and only missed 2 spots, but I seriously think I was BLIND when it comes to the mandibular anteriors. I started the appointment with this area and then went back to it at the end, but I missed A LOT of areas, and most of them were SUPRA!! How embarrassing!!! It turns out that I wasn't high enough up on my fulcrum and I needed to just use the very tip of the instrument. I haven't missed supra areas on those linguals for a while now, so maybe I was just getting lazy. I really don't know what happened, but I hope it doesn't happen again. I'm really going to focus on staying up on my fulcrum and trying to explore from different angles so I can feel what the instructors find.