Mock Board #1

I passed my first mock board!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was soooo excited! It was a little crazy at first because of various things out of my control and my patient ended up being about a half an hour late. She did her best to get there though and I'm really glad she made it! I knew my patient would qualify, but I also knew it would be difficult because I had already cleaned one of her quads. I'm really glad I had a heads up about what it was like cleaning her teeth before I got to the mock board because it helped me understand how thourough I would really have to be and how hard I would have to work. It's interesting how different patient's calculus can be. No one really understands what I'm saying until they've had a patient who's caluculs just won't come off. Anyway, it all went very well! Passing this mock board has helped me feel a little bit better about boards, but of course I'm still really nervous for that to come. It will be a lot more stressful so hopefully my nerves won't take over and I'll be OK. I'm glad I have a few more months to practice before I have to do the real thing!