Thanks for making my day :)

Never underestimate the power of compliment.

This morning i thought i was early when i got to Barkantine at 9.05 but to my surprise, the tutors were earlier! *salute*

It was the first time in a long time i had been the first of the group to be there.What a shame!
I kinda expected to do a treatment particularly a complex restoration today considering i made the effort to go in early. Yes, i have had enough of assessment!!

Anyway, life always has a plan of its own for everyone. One of the patients was early today and since i was the only person to have the bay set up and ready, Dr. McGeoch handed me the notes and asked me to get the patient in. I flipped to the last page of the notes --->supragingival and subgingival scaling

Argh!

''What's wrong with this f***king lady??Why would ppl come in so early just for scale and polish??''I cursed endlessly inside.

Then i saw Zulf setting up the opposite bay, looking sluggish.
Without a second thought, i went straight to him

''Hey Zulf, how r u??'

''I am so tired!''

''What are you doing today?'' i was eyeing the patient notes on his desk

"Endo!'' He groaned

Suddenly i saw some light amid the gloom

"Would you want sth simple like scaling?''

"Scaling??" he repeated the word and then shook his head

Sighhhhhhhh

See, even a sleepyhead would rather go for RCT than scaling!

''Nvm.It's better than assessment.'' I consoled myself while getting the patient in.

For the next two hrs, i switched from cavitron to cross-cal to hand instruments n back to cavitron to do a full mouth scaling. Lucky for me that the patient had high pain threshold so i got to carry on with subgingival scaling (deep scaling) without local anesthesia.

Then, Dr. Hurst(another tutor in Barkantine) came to check my treatment.

''Excellent!" he said as he probed around the teeth

We all know Dr Hurst is always generous with praise so i din take the compliment seriously until he suddenly looked up at me and said,

"I'm impressed!There is no sign of calculus.You've really really done a great job!!"

He then turned to the patient,

"Should i show you how well your dentist has cleaned your teeth?'' he handed her a mirror.

Buzz!

"Brilliant!" he walked off with a satisfied smile.

Then came the patient's turn to flatter me.

"You're such a good dentist!Can i take your name down so that i can request for you to be my dentist next time?''

Buzz!Buzz!

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"What do you think of your clinical skills?'' a routine question from Dr Hurst

''Hmm..merit?" not what i would say normally but since he seemed happy with my scaling, i decided to try my luck at a better grade.

"Well!I think you deserve a distinction.''

Buzz!Buzz!Buzz!

''Thank you '' felt like walking on the cloud *grin*

I left the clinic, beaming from ear to ear.

A boring, undesirable treatment turned out to be a satisfying one thanks to all the compliments.