I wILL sUrViVE.

Or will I?!?!

Mock Boards are now over, so glad.. until the next one that is.  Let's just say I did NOT do so well.  In fact, I failed.  Not just failed by a little, but failed by A LOT a bit.
It sucked.
I was not stressed until I walked into clinic Thursday morning. You could honestly feel the tension in that place, it was crazy.  We had 2 hours to complete 1 quadrant (which is only approx. 8 teeth) which is totally do able. I thought...
I started by actually being able to give anesthetic!
Yes! I gave a shot!  It was amazing! And it went so well!
Then,
I started cleaning with the ultrasonic and just took my time with every tooth.  I focused first on the Lower anteriors which was a huge mistake.  This is usually a great plan on your normal mouths, but with periodontal diseased patients its not the best idea because calculus has more places to attach to on the back teeth.  LESSON 1 LEARNED
Then I went around with hand instruments including my mini gracey's.  Lesson 2 learned.  I should have used my normal gracey's that are stronger and more rigid to remove the kind of calculus that I was dealing with.
I was feeling good and even finished 30 minutes before my 2 hours was up so I could mark recession and probe depths.  I was confident.  I explored, flossed, and used my air to make sure I didn't leave anything behind.
After my patient was checked by one of the examiners she came back with a list of spots I missed, it was not a good sight.  I didn't even have time to remove all the spots... Yikes I know! I realized my exploring technique is not the best and that I need to come up on my fulcrum in order to dectect the calculus.  Lesson # 3.
 My patient told me if she had to give me a grade it would've been an A, that was the highlight of my day.  lets just say good thing it was a "Mock" Board and not the real board.  I have a lot to work on!