 Hello everybody, Andrea Majeski here with dental health tutoring. This is another video of the day in the life of dental hygienists And I'm going to talk about something that not a lot of hygienists will probably agree with me on Some might some might not which I guess is normal But the nicer hygienists will okay, and that is what do you do if you notice that there has been calculus left behind? Meaning let's say you're seeing the patient for the first time You're in a new office, or you're just seeing that patient for the first time, you know somehow, right? They've been in the office for 20 years Seeing the same hygienist or they've just been in the office for 20 years seeing different people But then you take x-rays and there's large pieces of charter left behind because that you can see in the x-rays called calculus spurs and The dentist will will probably point them out like oh well look at that don't forget to get that You know what happens? What do you do? What do you do when the when the other hygienist has left calculus behind and it's a lot? So meaning you will have to go in there with your cabotron or Paiso because hand scaling won't do it and you're going to have to push a little harder The patient might be uncomfortable and maybe they're used to having the easiest cleaning ever But you might be thinking well yeah because all of this sub calculus is left what you do Well, let me be the first one to say we all leave calculus behind Even if you've been doing it for 30 years, you're going to leave some calculus behind Even if it's in the same spot all the time, you know what you guys it's hard work being a dental hygienist Some teeth are tipped a certain way some teeth are crowded If the patient doesn't know how to open properly if they're always like oh that hurts. Oh my god. Stop it out What do you do you do the best you can? So never look at that even if it's you who left that calculus behind for 20 years Don't look at that and go oh my god. I can't believe I left all of that calculus behind It happens and do not judge other hygienists. I've seen assistants do it. I've seen dentists do it I've seen I've seen hygienists do it. They will look at the x-rays and go oh my god Look at that calculus. Please make sure to get that off. I'm thinking to the dentist Are you perfect when you do a filling? I doubt it is every filling perfectly polished and perfect Do you always get that contact that you have to get probably not and to assistance? I'm thinking deep always, you know, take the perfect impression. Do you always take the perfect x-rays? Probably not Nobody's perfect. So don't judge and do not say to the patient Okay, the other hygienist left a lot of calculus behind I don't know what to tell you but I'm gonna need to get that off. So yes, you've been coming in every nine months I won't be able to finish the cleaning today because there's calculus everywhere, you know Don't talk like that. Don't talk like that. It's going to be harder to get it off Yes, but think about it this way if the other hygienist or hygienist or you Left that calculus behind. There's a reason it's probably really hard to get off and maybe it takes multiple appointments Your arm your wrist can only handle so much. I have worked in some patients mouths Where I'm cleaning, you know, maybe four teeth in one appointment literally with the piezo. I'm trying I'm trying I'm trying but they keep closing their mouth. They have so much saliva that they they need They need me to suction every half a second. They have to use the washroom every 10 minutes Or there's so much bleeding that I literally can't see so I'm doing it all by feel by feel by feel And then my arm cramps up and I can't hold it like this anymore So I have to work somewhere else because my arm can't take it We all have those days where we might be thinking, okay I know I've left some behind but I can't do this my arm hurts so bad Or you have been doing it for the past hour that that's the end of the appointment. That's it You will get it next time if if the patient's been difficult. Oh my god, it hurts. What do you do? Oh my god, there's only so much you can do so please keep that in mind. We're not perfect Especially for a new dental hygienist Don't think that you're able to get all of that calculus off if you're not able to do If you're seeing a patient with a lot of charter a lot of calculus and you can't get it off in one appointment Even if they come in every three months say to them, okay I couldn't get all of it off today because you have a lot more than usual. It was very thick charter today So we need to finish this the next time, but I know it will be perfect the next time It has nothing to do with you being new or not knowing what you're doing Say to them There's a lot more than usual and I want to do a good thorough job Okay, that's all you have to say even for me it happens where a patient comes in every three months But today I don't know what it is. They just have so much charter My piezo may not be working properly who knows right my piezo may not be working properly I'm 20 minutes behind. I can't do the full cleaning today because there's there's more state He's he or she is just closing their mouth every two seconds and I have to keep reminding them to open Don't be ashamed to say. Okay. I couldn't do the full cleaning today You know, I I couldn't do the whole thing today There was a lot there, but I want to do a good thorough job. So next time Let's just finish it up, you know easy. In fact, it will be even the story. I just thought I saw a You know, so I'm just kind of doing this and you're probably all wondering why but um, you know Don't be ashamed to say that we all leave calculus behind. So there I said it Every assistant isn't perfect. Every dentist isn't perfect. We make mistakes But as a hygienist we are also We want to be perfect because that's part of being a hygienist. We're picky, right? We're thorough We want to be perfect, but don't get down on yourself when you leave her behind Okay, so I know I probably said that 20 times in different ways, but I hope this helps you guys Please comment below if you have any comments questions thoughts anything share your experiences I have left charter behind and I've had hygienists come up to me and say, you know what? You left this behind especially when I first started, you know what you left this behind You got to work harder, you know some need hygienists, right? You don't know what you're doing like maybe you need classes or something to do the subgenital charter But you left this behind. I've had that and I kind of look at them like Thanks for making me feel awful, but I don't feel awful because I know what happens So then when I see that they left something behind I'm that first person to go to them and go Darn you left this behind you have 20 years experience, right? No wait a minute. You have 25 years experience But you left that behind what happened there, you know I'm very passive aggressive like that at least I used to be when I was a newbie because people like to Tell the newbie that they're doing something wrong, right? But I have 14 years experience now so that really helps obviously but As a newbie do not worry if you leave her behind So thank you guys for watching. Good luck. Have a good day at work and I'll see you guys very very soon