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NBDE Part I

It's extremely important that you carefully read and review the NBDE Part I Candidate Guide, you can download a copy of the guide here. The fee for the NBDE exam is $265. The following eligibility requirements for taking the NBDE exam apply to international dental graduates or foreign trained dentists, these requirements were adapted from the NBDE candidate guide (2009):


  1. You must submit an examination application and fee to:
    The Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations
    211 East Chicago Avenue, Suite 600
    Chicago, Illinois 60611-2678

    You can also use the online application, which is available here.

  1. You must have your official dental school course transcripts verified by:
    Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc.
    P.O. Box 514070
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-3470
                414-289-3400       http://www.ece.org/
    You must contact Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. (ECE) and request an ECE application form. The ECE form will describe what educational credentials are required and how to submit them to ECE. Fees for ECE services will also be listed ($85 at the time this page is published). You should indicate that a General Report should be sent directly to the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations. It takes approximately four weeks for ECE to evaluate credentials.

  1. Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. will send the ECE General Evaluation Report directly to a) you and b) the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations (if it was requested by you on the ECE application).

  1. The Joint Commission will hold the NBDE examination application, but will not process it before the ECE Evaluation Report is received. The ECE report must be received in the Joint Commission office by the application deadline.

  1. Your name on the ECE report must match the name on the application. Any name changes must be accompanied by legal documentation.

There are other important information listed in the NBDE guide, again you should familiarize yourself with this guide and read it a couple of times.

 

Most schools require foreign trained dentists to take NBDE part I and they do assign a certain weight in their acceptance decision on your score on that exam, some may also require part II.

The NBDE exam is administered only at Prometric test centers in the US and Canada, once you register you will receive information directing you on how to register for a certain date. At one point in time (when I took the test), the test was paper-based only, gosh, I feel so old!

According to the official candidate guide, the NBDE could take up to 7 hours, divided into 3.5 hours segments, 200 questions each, with an optional one hour break.



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Obviously, a strong and solid background is needed before you tackle any of these exams, being a foreign trained dentist gives you at least a theoretical advantage because chances are that you are familiar with at least some of the subject covered in the NBDE exam, that should be derived from your text books and lecture notes, but you may want to also supplement your preparation efforts with other educational aids, I've used some of the following, but not all, so I can't attest to how effective they are, but I know that the following teaching aids are being used by many foreign trained dentists and other international students in lots of different ways:

 

  1. Released national board dental exams from previous years, can be a great resource, the more recent, the better, they can serve to familiarize you with the format of the exam, and you can use them to test yourself and your preparation, don't count too much on seeing the same questions though in your exam. You can purchase those directly from the American Student Dental Association. OR ASK THE ADMIN TO MAIL THEM TO YOU :)

    2. First Aid for the NBDE Part Iir?t=fortradenintd-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0071456376 is a useful guide published by McGraw-Hill , with lots of good reviews, written by students who aced the National Dental Board Exams and reviewed by top dental school faculty and practitioners, include hundreds of high-yield facts and mnemonics to maximize study time, and test-taking strategies and advice.

          3. Dental Decks 

          4. Another book and useful guide is Mosby Review for NBDE PART 1

          5. Crack the NBDE for the National Board Dental Examination Part 1              (2008 Deluxe Edition)ir?t=fortradenintd-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0017OZF44: 

          6. The Student Doctor Network Forums provide a wealth of information               about the NBDE and other issues relevant to foreign trained dentists                   or international dental graduates

          7. There is also a book by KAPLAN

NOTE : First Aid, Dental Decks, Released ASDA Papers, and MOSBY are the leading favorites of students who aced their examinations.



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