First, the Good News: The sun is shining here in Southeastern CT!!
After all these years you'd think I would get over it, but sometimes I can't help it.
Remember the expression: Don't shoot the messenger.
Why is it when we have to give someone news that isn't spectacular, it is our fault.
We had a patient in recently for her hygiene appointment. When my hygienist discovered a previously healthy area now had a very deep pocket that would require extensive treatment, the patient made her feel guilty about finding the area. We didn't put it there, we found it. Better to treat the area than to lose the tooth. We see our patients only a few times a year, the other 360ish days there oral care is literally in their hands.
We found it, We can fix it, We didn't cause it.
Just Sayin'
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