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NBDE Certification Questions
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National Board Dental Examination (NBDE) is the United States national dental examination for students and professionals in dentistry. It is required for licensure in the United States and may also be required when applying for postgraduate studies in dental specialities after completing a dental degree. Foreign-trained dentists also must take the NBDE in order to earn admission into advanced standing programs in US dental schools. NBDE I consists of 400 multiple choice questions emphasizing basic sciences: 1. Human Anatomy, Embryology, and Histology 2. Biochemistry and Physiology 3.... Show more
NBDE Certification Questions
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25 Questions

1. What tooth is facio-lingually smallest of any posterior tooth

2. What tooth have the most distinct and deepest lingual fossa's of all anterior teeth.

3. What tooth has the greatest facio-lingual axial inclination

4. The glenoid fossa is a depression in the _____ bone, just anterior to the auditory canal

5. The usual overjet is how many mm?

6. What PRIMARY tooth exhibits a prominent cervical ridge both on the facial and lingual surfaces

7. The mandibular 1st Premolar the MMR or DMR is located more cervical...?

8. What tooth has GREATEST root separation of ANY OTHER tooth

9. What is the predominant connective tissue for periodontal ligament fibers

10. WHAT TOOTH has two cusps that are of equal height

11. What primary tooth does NOT look like any permanent tooth

12. The DL groove of WHAT TOOTH is an anatomical feature that complicates root planning

13. WHAT TOOTH has measurement that is nearly identical for Inciso-Cervical versus Mesio-distal

14. What tooth has the LONGEST root of any other molar

15. What 2 teeth generally occlude with only one opposing tooth.

16. What canine is narrower MD

17. The cross section of the mandibular canine at the CEJ is OVOID but wider FL or MD? at the labial

18. The thickest section of the _____ ____ [what part of TMJ] when seen in the sagittal plane is the posterior border

19. Accessory pulp canals allow the pulp tissue to communicate with the _____

20. The cervical line of permanent teeth has the greatest depth of curvature on the MESIAL OR DISTAL aspect

21. Accessory pulp canals may be found in furcation areas of ______

22. What tooth has GREATEST distal root inclination of any other tooth

23. What tooth has fossa that re closest in size compared to any other posterior tooth

24. Facial view the apex of the FACIAL OR LINGUAL root is in line with the facial groove of the tooth. [tooth wasn't specified]

25. The maxillary 1st premolar has a MESIAL OR DISTAL concavity that makes it difficult to adapt a matrix band