a failed practical- bad day or bad dentist?

[handchallenged]

I just found out I failed a practical in my Fixed Pros course- a 3-unit FPD provisional. I have previously failed a practical in my very first operative course my freshmen year. I feel I have gotten a lot better since then but I think I still struggle more than the rest of my classmates. We started seeing patients this semester and I really like it- my first Class II went really well. But, a failed practical really hurts my confidence. Is it possible I have a slower learning curve or just had a bad day or am I just not good enough? I'm already worried about the clinical licensure exam and it is still two years away. Has anyone else experienced this? Any advice?

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[HuyetKiem]

I just found out I failed a practical in my Fixed Pros course- a 3-unit FPD provisional. I have previously failed a practical in my very first operative course my freshmen year. I feel I have gotten a lot better since then but I think I still struggle more than the rest of my classmates. We started seeing patients this semester and I really like it- my first Class II went really well. But, a failed practical really hurts my confidence. Is it possible I have a slower learning curve or just had a bad day or am I just not good enough? I'm already worried about the clinical licensure exam and it is still two years away. Has anyone else experienced this? Any advice?

Nah... I think it was just one of your bad day. I've had many of those days in the past 2 yrs. Which material did you use ? Have you tried Intergrity ? and flowable composite to close up the margin ? For the template, Regisil provides very inpressive detail of the occlusal surface of the bridge.

 

[Biogirl361]

everyone fails a practical or two, it doesn't mean you're going to be a bad dentist. When I failed my class I prep practical earlier this year it really hurt my confidence and self esteem in preclinic class and as a pre-dentist. But I also realized that practicals are really stressful situations and a lot of people never do as well on practicals as when practicing. Don't let one failed practical per semester get you down. Besides, I heard that like 50% of our second year class failed their temp bridge practical, so I bet that is a pretty tough practical for everyone, not just you 🙂

 

[hockeydentist]

I just found out I failed a practical in my Fixed Pros course- a 3-unit FPD provisional. I have previously failed a practical in my very first operative course my freshmen year. I feel I have gotten a lot better since then but I think I still struggle more than the rest of my classmates. We started seeing patients this semester and I really like it- my first Class II went really well. But, a failed practical really hurts my confidence. Is it possible I have a slower learning curve or just had a bad day or am I just not good enough? I'm already worried about the clinical licensure exam and it is still two years away. Has anyone else experienced this? Any advice?

I've been reading Leadership secrets of Attila the Hun, (Don't ask me why I am reading it) but there is a saying in the text in relation to developing chieftains(future leaders). "Huns learn less from success than they do from failure"..

 

[phremius]

everyone fails a practical or two, it doesn't mean you're going to be a bad dentist. When I failed my class I prep practical earlier this year it really hurt my confidence and self esteem in preclinic class and as a pre-dentist. But I also realized that practicals are really stressful situations and a lot of people never do as well on practicals as when practicing. Don't let one failed practical per semester get you down. Besides, I heard that like 50% of our second year class failed their temp bridge practical, so I bet that is a pretty tough practical for everyone, not just you 🙂

you failed a class I?!

 

[12YearOldKid]

you failed a class I?!

Don't sweat it. You have cut what? Maybe 10 class I preps so far?

You will cut 50 or so more on patients before they let you out of school. You will cut that many again your first month out of school. After a year in practice you will have cut hundreds and hundreds of class I preps. You have lots of time to improve.

Just keep at it; you will only get better. The most important thing is that you care enough to improve.

 

[12YearOldKid]

you failed a class I?!

BTW, about a third of my class failed our first Class I lab practical.

 

[Biogirl361]

you failed a class I?!

quiet! lol... it was a really busy week with little or no time to practice so a lot of ppl in my class failed that one 😳 I did fine on class II's and MOD's 😉

 

[dentwannabe]

I just found out I failed a practical in my Fixed Pros course- a 3-unit FPD provisional. I have previously failed a practical in my very first operative course my freshmen year. I feel I have gotten a lot better since then but I think I still struggle more than the rest of my classmates. We started seeing patients this semester and I really like it- my first Class II went really well. But, a failed practical really hurts my confidence. Is it possible I have a slower learning curve or just had a bad day or am I just not good enough? I'm already worried about the clinical licensure exam and it is still two years away. Has anyone else experienced this? Any advice?

maybe you're just HANDCHALLENGED.....

j/k.

seriously though.. don't worry dude, you'll get it next time. remember, everything looks hard 1st time around. If you learned to walk at a normal age, then you'll be fine. good luck.

 

[drhobie7]

bad day.

 

[mdina]

I've been reading Leadership secrets of Attila the Hun, (Don't ask me why I am reading it) but there is a saying in the text in relation to developing chieftains(future leaders). "Huns learn less from success than they do from failure"..

That is very true, not just the Huns, most people learn from their less successful stories, they face it and attack it, instead of shoving it under the carpet.
Don't worry, we all have stories like yours.

And to the person who gave the advice,Hockeydentist, are you Hungarian that you read about Attila the Hun?🙂

 

[dexadental]

you failed a class I?!

Hilarious website...I'm really enjoying reading your entries...funny stuff.

 

[Dr. Pedo]

Trust me; give dental school and life more time------you'll find a bigger problem.

Guess what I have yet to meet a seasoned dentist that hasn't made one of the below mistakes:

Left cement, prepped a wrong tooth, perfed a canal, ledged a canal, locked a provisional, left an over-hang, caused a sinus exposure, gouged an adjacent tooth or restoration, damaged an adjacent tooth on an extraction, left a restoration high, over-tapered, under-tapered, over-reduced, under-reduced a crown prep, pulled a wrong tooth, failed a practical, failed a class, broke a needle at the hub on a block, allowed a crown to be swallowed, allowed a tooth to be swallowed, tore-up a tongue, cheeck, lip with the handpiece, fried gingiva with ultra-sonic scaler, caused a papillectomy with a sickle, forgot the syringe with bleach wasn't lidocaine and tried a block, pulped a tooth doing a crown prep, left a retraction cord, missed caries, left caries, ditched a margin, ditched an amalgam, improperly poured a cast yet used it for crown fabrication, broke a master cast (five pieces) yet used it for denture fabrication, etc... etc... etc...

Umm... yeah... failed a practical... not a big deal---move on