February 5

Today my patient was a man that I got off the clinic resource list. I was really nervous because he is Spanish speaking, and I don't speak any Spanish whatsoever. He came with his wife, who saw Valerie, and they brought their son who could translate for them. It was an eye opening experience for me. This man had never been to the dentist before, and never had his teeth cleaned. When I looked in his mouth, I thought it looked relatively clean, the gums were just really inflamed. Little did I know what was really under the gums. This patient had never flossed before, and when I flossed his teeth, I pulled out stuff that had been there for years, and it was absolutely disgusting. He is a class III and I am so glad to have found one.