Like butter

Today I learned that some people can generate some awesome calculus that falls off like butter in less than 3 months.  I am so grateful for KaDee.  The name was wrong and I ended up stealing her patient.  I definitely owe her a class III easy patient if I can ever find one.  Today I had to remove a lot of calculus and I think that I am getting better at detecting calculus with my explorer and going deep enough to get the calculus off.  I am learning to love my ultrasonic more every time I use it.  I am usually against using my ultrasonic but It has really started to help me with removing calculus especially the tenacious calculus that has been attached to a tooth for many years.  I just can't believe how young my patient was and how many teeth he had missing.  He was in his 30's and was missing at least 9 teeth, not including his wisdom teeth.  I think that is the hardest part about being a dental hygienist.