What are the NBDE I & II?
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How do I prepare for the NBDE I
- This exam covers the subjects of 1st and 2nd year of dental school:
- Anatomic Sciences
- Biochemistry-Physiology
- Microbiology-Pathology
- Dental Anatomy and Occlusion
- Anatomic Sciences
- Detailed information about the content of the exam can be found here.
- There are many review books available for this exam (Kaplan, Mosby's, etc.), each claiming to be better than the other. However, in my experience I feel reading those vast books cover-to-cover is a waste of time and will not give you a sense of what to realistically expect in the exam.
- After losing lots of time and money on almost every review book available, I ended up only using two resources for my exam: dental decks part I and previous released ASDA exam papers.
- I would recommend going through the decks at least once or twice along with wikipedia/subject books. The questions are VERY similar to what you will see on the exam.
- Similarly, go through the previous ASDA papers as much as possible. The questions on your exam will cover more or less the same topics
How do I prepare for the NBDE II
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- This exam covers the subjects of 3rd and 4th year of dental school:
- Endodontics
- Operative Dentistry
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Pain Control
- Oral Diagnosis
- Orthodontics / Pediatric Dentistry
- Patient Management
- Periodontics
- Pharmacology
- Prosthodontics
- Endodontics
- Similar to Part I, I ended up only using two resources for my exam: dental decks part II and previous released ASDA exam papers.
- I would recommend going through the decks at least once or twice along with wikipedia/subject books. The questions are VERY similar to what you will see on the exam!
- Again, go through the previous ASDA papers as much as possible. Your exam questions will cover more or less the exact same topics
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