Probing was more difficult than I would have though. You have to look at the probe, and subtract how many lines you see from total on the probe. There are quick ways of doing it, but it's still going to take some getting used to. The pressure is also something that I know will take practice. Probing takes a lot more pressure in the mouth of my typodont than in my patient's mouth. It's also a lot easier to fulcrum in the typodont mouth. Practice makes perfect, and I'm sure that's something we will get a lot of... practice.
I think the BFI varies greatly by who is probing. Someone who doesn't have much practice with probing is going to make the patient bleed a lot more than someone who has been doing it for 10 years.
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