VA good and bad

Today was a good and bad day at the VA. Good in that I got 4 quads of a class four and the guy didn't need anesthesia. That means I need no more class fours of an exam. And I only need one more quad of a class three. What a relief! I was seriously getting worried about it, but not any more. There was a bad part of the day but it is not worth talking about.

Mockboards( the last one)

Mock boards went great for me, but not for everyone else. I got a 96. I know that I should not let me guard down though. I will explore my guts out on real boards cuz that's what I did on mock and was able to detect calc and get it off. I am ready for the real, bring it on!

I learned a lesson

On my last mockboard I went to town with the scraping and the filing and really worked this guys tissue to shreads. I am not proud of it that is why I say I have learned a lesson. My new philosophy is "less is more", don't over work it, chill out! Tissue trauma on boards is 6 points, just like missing an error of Calc. So I put this new thinking into practice with my board patient who came in for one quad of cleaning and whoohooo, NO errors.

Found a class three

It's only one quad, but who cares, that is how they add up. Poor lady, doesn't seem like she has ever taken care of her teeth. One spot in particular is so inflamed and fluctuant that it flaps in the breeze. I can't wait to see her back to see how that tissue is doing. I put some arestin there too so it should be doing pretty well. Her name was Martha Orellana.