-->Test questions with solutions/explanations: [dentalarticles.com/nbde] <--
edit: apparently the link above no longer works. I looked around and found this site (not too sure how great it is): [http://quiz.dentalebooks.com/tag/part-i/]
edit: apparently the link above no longer works. I looked around and found this site (not too sure how great it is): [http://quiz.dentalebooks.com/tag/part-i/]
National Board Dental Examination Part I
Books and link above were my main go to study resources. And wikipedia of course--love you wiki.
Below is an utterly long summery of my time studying for boards. I'll start off with my summer schedule last year and then tell you what a lot of my classmates did.
Actually, let's start off with how to sign up! Remember your dentpin number for the DAT exam? We're going to revisit those digits to sign up for the NBDE. You're applying to be eligible to sign up for the exam (making sure you meet the requirements such as not having had taken the exam within so and so prior months etc). It took me about a week for ADA to email me my eligibility (for some reason, it's in my head that they review & qualify these eligibility applications on a Tuesday of each week ... if you care and need to know). So it was a blissful week of not feeling guilty for not signing up for a test date yet ;). So you apply here for eligibility: here. If you attend a non-accredited dental school, you will need to fill out another form here. And from here on out I think it's self explanatory / I don't remember what happened after. And I did not do anything for the "Dean's Certification." I'm pretty sure your school will be automatically told when you sign up/pass/fail. Anyway, I believe you might have to pay during this process--non-refundable ($345 for me during summer of 2012).
Once you receive the eligibility email you have to wait 24 hours before scheduling (yay 24 more hours to procrastinate signing up!). The email will contain the code you will enter when signing up at prometric. At the prometric website, you want to schedule for an exam with ADA as your test sponsor. There are 3-4 choices for the NBDE Part I (nbde part 1, nbde part 1: 2 hrs, nbde part 1: 6.5 hrs, etc). I chose: NATIONAL BOARD DENTAL EXAMINATION PART 1 (exam code NB1).
Once you receive the eligibility email you have to wait 24 hours before scheduling (yay 24 more hours to procrastinate signing up!). The email will contain the code you will enter when signing up at prometric. At the prometric website, you want to schedule for an exam with ADA as your test sponsor. There are 3-4 choices for the NBDE Part I (nbde part 1, nbde part 1: 2 hrs, nbde part 1: 6.5 hrs, etc). I chose: NATIONAL BOARD DENTAL EXAMINATION PART 1 (exam code NB1).
