Definitely rocked my class three exam today but......then my afternoon patient, which was only a class two, kicked me right off my high horse and into the stallions freshly excreted pile of crap! I don't know what my deal was, but I missed a ton of spots! What the what! Not cool! I was so frustrated, especially after I had done so well in the morning with my class three exam. I definitely believe Dr. Hanson now when she says that a lot of the time class twos are more difficult to clean. I guess I wasn't getting down far enough with my explorer to feel for the calculus and so I thought it was smooth as can be. Never underestimate the power of a pocket....and its evil and cunning ways of deceitfulness (aka making you think it's relatively shallow when really it's a deep dark abyss masked by a tangled mess of tight tissue) GAH! I swear I'll never let that happen again...hopefully! Haha it was a good lesson I guess...even though I had to learn the hard way!

Today was extremely productive! I took a FMX on my first patient of the day. We ended up finding some condensing osteitis on the distal root of #19 at the apices. That was interesting, since I really haven't come across anything yet in school that has been way out of the ordinary. My next patient was a spanish lady that came into the WHC on Thursday. She ended up being a class three and a possible candidate for mockboards coming up. Woot! My patient this afternoon was a 1B, which was pretty easy. Professor Wold helped me with my angulation. Hopefully I can continue to improve and get better. It's hard and a little frustrating sometimes when you're being taught by right-handers! I got to pass off my first PE too! One down, fifty million more to go haha! Welp that's it kids! Kissers, Hugzies, and giggly unicorns to all who have the priviledge of reading this life-changing post!