How stressful is it to scale patients with sensitive gingiva?

[Hygienist inquiry]

Hello,
My question is how much stress as hygienists do you incur from working on patients with sensitive gums?
Compared to any other causes of work place stress, how does scaling uncomfortable people rank?
I appreciate your feedback
Thank you

 

[LADentalclinic]

It doesn't need to be stressful at all if you use anesthetic. That's what i would do if the patient couldn't tolerate the scaling.