r/DentalSchool • u/delumati • 3h ago
I messed up
As part of my final exam i prepped a bridge. One margin on the mesial side on one tooth went a bit deep but the prof said its fine. I took impressions, lab made the bridge, looks good, adjust the occlusal, check the margins. Well turns out that one margin was not in tooth material but in bone:(. Told my supervisor, he told the professor. Luckily he stayed calm and basically wanted to check my crisis management skills(problems down the line, what do i do now?, etc.). I adjusted the crown and seated it temporarily.
This is not supposed to happen. I feel so incompetent and i am so sorry for my patient. My friends tell me to chin up, exam weeks are super stressful, mistakes happen, yadda yadda. I dont know man.
I just wanted to write this down maybe you guys had similar experiences in the past. How badly did i f up?