I passed!!

Hey!! So I took the Local Anesthesia board on Saturday and i passed! I really thought I'd failed my IA. I kept hitting bone and I couldn't get my needle deep enough so I just deposited as far as I could go, just knowing that I had failed. Well, they passed me! I was so happy. That is such a huge weight lifted off my shoulders!

Well, yesterday in clinic I had a recall patient that I had just cleaned in September. He was a 3 the last 2 times I saw him, so I figured he'd be a 5 yesterday. Hello!!! He's 2 quads of a 3 and 2 of a 4. I was so excited! Well, I just got one quad finished so I've gotta schedule him again for next month. My afternoon patient was just a class 3 that I had to bring back for one more quad. He had the most tenacious calculus I've ever dealt with!! I used pretty much every instrument in my cassette, trying to get it off. It took me forever. Next week is our national written board and I'm getting really excited that I won't have to study my butt off anymore!!!!! I sure hope I pass :)