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An Oral Health Professionals ( Ohp )

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As an Oral Health professionals (OHP) we should be able to analyse a critical incident with positive and negative feedback, in order to improve ourselves both professionally and personally (Mofidi, Strauss, Pitnet, & Sandler, 2003). On one particular day during the practice in the simulation (sim) clinic, I had accidently prep the cavity on the wrong teeth. The objectives for having daily practice in the sim clinic, was to allow learning experience from my mistakes and able to relate them into the actual scenario. It was the most influence experience to me and I was able to learn how to deal with situation straight away.

The incident occur when I miss read the information on the treatment plan, and have confused myself with the wrong FDI number of the tooth. I was supposed to work on the tooth 74 DO and 75 MO, instead I did the 84 DO and 85 MO. Although it was the best cavity prep I have done, and the rest of the procedure was carry out nicely. However, the most important part is that I have drill a cavity prep on a healthy tooth. Therefore, I did not complete what the initial treatment plan was, in order to finish my clinical task.

In the beginning, I felt very proud of myself for the prep I have achieved in this task, until I realise the mistakes I did that I started to panic. After the incident, my emotions were overwhelming with joy and frustration. This is because it was the best ideal feature cavity prep I have done in all the practice. However, I have open an oral

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