The National Board Dental Examination Part II (NBDE II*) is a
two-day examination administered on computer. Most students take
the exam in their final year of dental school. It consists of a
comprehensive 1½ day of examination. To be eligible, students
must have passed the NBDE Part 1. For more information about the
NBDE Part I and II, visit the American Dental Association.
The National Board Dental Examination Part II consists of 500
test items. The discipline-based component (Component A) includes
400 items and the case-based component (Component B) includes 100
items based on 8-10 case problems. Part II examinations will
include test items (approximately 30 percent) that have
references pertinent to the basic sciences A multiple-choice test
item consists of a stem, which poses a problem, followed by a
list of possible answers. The stem of a test item is usually
either a question or an incomplete statement. For National Board
use, an item must have at least three and not more than five
possible answers. Only one of the possible answers listed is
correct.
The first day is divided into morning and afternoon sessions.
Each session is approximately 4 hours long and consists of 200
questions each. These questions are taken from a wide range of
topics, including Operative Dentistry, Prosthodontics,
Endodontics, Periodontics, Pedodontics, Orthdontics, Oral
Surgery, Pharmacology, and more.
The second day consists of a morning session with
approximately 100 questions divided among a group of case
studies. The case studies represent patients with a medical
history, dental history, charts, x-rays, models, photographs,
etc. Questions are centered on appropriate premedication,
treatment, patient management or social aspects of patient
treatment.
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