INSTURMENTATION

One of the most important clinical skills we have learned this semester is the one I feel the least confident about. I know that felling comfortable with the instruments will come with time. There are two specifically that I still am very unsure about. They are the SG 11/14 and the SC12/13. I know that they both are posterior curettes and go interproximal. I am confused on when and where to use them on the lingual and facial surfaces. It is my responsibility to go into the office and get help on these instruments. I passed my competency only by luck. The first competency I was confident and I knew what I was doing. Now, we have learned all the instruments and I get really overwhelmed in clinic so I don't even pick up the 11/14 or the 1/13 which isn't really helping me any. I just recently found from our Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation book (my life savor with instruments and positioning) states that we us the 12/13 on the right side of the mouth, buccal and the 11/14 on the ligual right side of the mouth and go in criss cross throughout the mouth. I still don't feel comfortable but throughout break I plan on reading through my books and looking at Axium so the only question I will have are on new material.