The NBDHE Dental Hygienist exam assesses a hygienist’s ability to understand relevant information including basic biomedical, dental and dental hygiene sciences and the ability to apply the information into a problem-solving context. It has 350 questions and has two parts: Discipline Based and Dental Hygiene Patient Cases. The first part covers these main exam sections: Scientific Basis for Dental Hygiene Practice; Provision of Clinical Dental Hygiene Services and Principles of Community Health and Research. The second part of patient cases contains at least one each of geriatric,... Show more The NBDHE Dental Hygienist exam assesses a hygienist’s ability to understand relevant information including basic biomedical, dental and dental hygiene sciences and the ability to apply the information into a problem-solving context. It has 350 questions and has two parts: Discipline Based and Dental Hygiene Patient Cases. The first part covers these main exam sections: Scientific Basis for Dental Hygiene Practice; Provision of Clinical Dental Hygiene Services and Principles of Community Health and Research. The second part of patient cases contains at least one each of geriatric, periodontal, pediatric, special needs and medically compromised patient cases. Show less
The NBDHE Dental Hygienist exam assesses a hygienist’s ability to understand relevant information including basic biomedical, dental and dental hygiene sciences and the ability to apply the information into a problem-solving context. It has 350 questions and has two parts: Discipline Based and Dental Hygiene Patient Cases. The first part covers these main exam sections: Scientific Basis for Dental Hygiene Practice; Provision of Clinical Dental Hygiene Services and Principles of Community Health and Research. The second part of patient cases contains at least one each of geriatric, periodontal, pediatric, special needs and medically compromised patient cases.
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