Sickle Scalers are used for the anterior teeth.
UNFORTUNATELY, the PE expected us to scale
3 maxillary and 3 mandibular teeth in 3 minutes...
3 maxillary and 3 mandibular teeth in 3 minutes...
I laughed too. :P
There is a lot of goals that are reachable, however, for me, this one was not.
On this one, you don't really need to know the working end.
They are both the same.
There are also a few steps to remember when you are scaling the anterior teeth.
1. know how to use your mirror...
(I have yet to get the hang of this.)
2. adapt the toe-third of the cutting edge.
3. roll the handle between the thumb and index finger to maintain adaptation.
4. use short, controlled, overlapping strokes activating the instrument with a wrist/arm motion.
5. know the sequence you are going to scale.
There are many many more but my brain is already hurting.
:)
They are both the same.
There are also a few steps to remember when you are scaling the anterior teeth.
1. know how to use your mirror...
2. adapt the toe-third of the cutting edge.
3. roll the handle between the thumb and index finger to maintain adaptation.
4. use short, controlled, overlapping strokes activating the instrument with a wrist/arm motion.
5. know the sequence you are going to scale.
:)
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