Postings on Prophy Angles

Selective Polishing

My approach to coronal polishing has changed over the course of my dental hygiene career of 30+ years. In dental hygiene school, every patient received a coronal polish following calculus removal, period. The thought of skipping that finishing step didn’t cross my mind in the early years of clinical practice. And surely wouldn’t the patient have a reasonable grievance with a hygienist who didn’t polish? What hygienist that was truly concerned about the patient would choose to provide incomplete care?