Mock board

Three things to remember, this means WAR. W: window, A: angles, R: rate of deposition. All I have to remember is that it means war!! So, mockboard didn't go very well in terms of performance, however, as far as the learning experience, it was enlightening. I really need some practice so I can feel more confident and just get in there and do what I need to. One good thing did come of it, I do have a patient with an amazing mouth and anatomy! (my husband!) Sorry Nicole, you're totally awesome, but you are just too hard! I can't handle extra stress! I don't know, maybe I could. It seems that I am completely stressed to the max. Pile it on, the tears have got to dry out sooner or later!

Finally some perio!

Yeah! Today I finally saw my first perio patient for the semester! How exciting! However, I was unable to get very far, I did x-rays and perio probing but that's it. So, I'll be seeing him in a few weeks to get some treatment going. The only drawback is that he refuses local anesthetic. So unfortunately I will be scaling another perio patient without the luxury of them being numb. Bummer! Hopefully I will get some practice in before boards!

Um, yeah

So today we had a mockboard exam and things went pretty, well, terrible! I saw my favorite patient Raphael, who has the most tenacious calculus I have come across! When I had scheduled him he told me he could only come on a Tuesday and that he had to leave by 10:00 a.m. Ok, no problem, well, slight problem, but whatever. I was happy to have a patient. Well, he got here and informed me this morning that he needed to leave around 9:30!!! Um, now there is a problem! I decided I would do my best and get him out of here as soon as I could. So I scaled in a fury and got him out of here at 9:45, the catch is, I missed 9 spots of calculus, 7 of which are graded! So yeah, not great. I feel like I should've done better, but also that I did my best with what I had. I will see him in a month to finish and screen him for his other quads.