October 16, 2006

My goal for today was to scale the anterior teeth. First we practiced scaling the anterior teeth on the typodonts and then we got to practice on a real person. I thought it was a lot of fun! I enjoyed figuring out which instruments I liked best in different areas. One of the things I need to work on is rolling the instrument when coming around to the mesial or distal surface of the tooth. My goal for next time is to keep the tip of the scaler adapted to the tooth, especially on the mesial and distal surfaces.