The Art of Probing

Probing was definately getting closed to the real deal! I thought it was hard to work into my fake mouth and not so much in my pods partner's mouth. The one thing that I realized, as I was probing, is that I needed to get a more feel for the distal areas. In general probing felt relaxed and more natural than not. I didn't like probing in teeth that had braces on, it was hard. But the overall experience was neat. I definately need to get myself some glasses because it was hard to see the spots that were posterior either maxillary or mandibular. I was also off by 1mm when I got the readings wrong. It was of comfort to know that it is normal to be off 1mm and no more than that, so that felt accomplishing somehow. I believe that probing is very important as we are able to detect early periodontitis and treat it before it goes to a more serious condition.

Miriam