Sharpening

Since we have only done two practical sessions so far and the time was short, we covered the same content.
SRP Training | Aiko Nii (Dental Hygienist) #note #MyRelearning
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The goal of the sharpening practical was to have them feel the difference in tactile sensation between a dull scaler and a sharpened one, and to help them understand the importance of sharpening to hone the blade.
We conducted that sharpening practical with the aim of helping them understand the importance of sharpening to hone the blade.

Today, during our meeting, Ms. Akiba said:
“There is no such thing as working with a dull scaler; you would never use a scaler in that condition on a patient in the first place.”

Preparing instruments in advance is a matter of course for a professional...
Managing the condition of instruments, preparing and handling them with the other person (the patient) in mind. (Like scissors for a hairdresser ✂, or knives for a sushi chef or cook.)

It is first necessary to convey this professional awareness, and if that dental hygienist refuses and walks away,
then that person is only as good as that...
In Ms. Akiba's case, at an SRP seminar,

the most necessary and important thing is
first
“Sharpening”Honing the instruments with a whetstone and managing them in good condition.

If this is not mastered, you cannot perform SRP.
It is no wonder if you cannot remove calculus.

We did sharpening practicals for the first and second sessions, but she said it is better to continue until we can clearly see that they have properly mastered it.

It is meaningless if the individuals are just satisfied with listening ( ¯﹀¯ )
or satisfied just by attending the course ( ¯﹀¯ ).

It is important that they are actually doing it in their usual situation, and that they are doing it correctly on their own.
The homework ✏️ is to sharpen them yourself and bring them in a sharpened state.

And for us to check the instruments.
Repeating that process.

When Ms. Akiba mastered SRP, she spent 4 to 5 sessions having her sharpening condition checked by veteran hygienist Ms. Nagayama until she passed 🙆💯.

My background is...
When creating a seminar for dental hygienists that includes periodontal disease treatment, we previously followed this flow at the CHP Hygienist Association.

1. Periodontal precision examination

2. SRP with hand scalers

3. SRP with ultrasonic scalers

4. Sharpening, maintenance

Other SRP seminars (during the first year)

・SRP with hand scalers only
Make a model with extracted teeth in the morning, and practice calculus removal using that model.

・Day 1: Sharpening, Day 2: SRP using a mannequin (full-mouth positioning and insertion of the scaler)

・The hand scaler for SRP is included in the seminar fee, and you do mannequin practice using that new scaler (positioning, from instrument insertion to strokes).
Sharpening is just explaining the characteristics of that scaler at the end. (No practical)

You can see that sharpening is treated as something plain and not that important...

Even so!!
A sharpened scaler is better.

Dental hygienist Shihorin taught me the importance of keeping instruments in good condition.

The instruments slip and are dangerous, and you can't remove calculus,
which is frustrating (-'д-)y-~
I know it's difficult, so I do the sharpening.
And here is what the two of us made ⬇

So, I included sharpening in the first and second practical sessions.
Even so, I learned today that from Ms. Akiba's perspective, it is still not enough 💦.