17 th day

So today was the ALL IMPORTANT DAY!!!

TODAY WAS THE DAY WE GOT TO HOLD A SCALER IN OUR HANDS AND ACTUALLY USE IT a little!!!!

It was pretty fun, but totally different than holding the explorer and using it subgingivally. I was able to go slightly under the gums, but not too far, because we used the nebraska, and you can't go very far subgingivally with it, like you can with a lot of other scalers, and the probe.

I passed off the probe today, and it was slightly nerve wracking, because after using the scaler, I had a very tight grip on the instrument in order to use it, and so it interfered with using the probe. I had to remember to slow down, calm down, and relax.

gottsta go,
Chic