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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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1. Mandibular 1st molars usually have HOW MANY MESIAL CANALS?

2. Perikymata are a result of normal ______ ______

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

4. What is the occlusal outline for the MX 1M

5. _____ ____ position occurs when the mastication muscles are in tonic equilibrium

6. What tooth has GREATEST F-L crown dimension of any ANTERIOR tooth

7. What Primary tooth resembles a premolar

8. The distobuccal cusp of the mandibular molars occludes WHERE?

9. What canine has a distal bulge

10. What primary tooth has a root that resembles a typical permanent molar.

11. MX 1 Molar has a MESIAL OR DISTAL concavity that can pose special problems in matrix placement

12. What tooth has a MESIAL root that has GRATEST F-L dimension of any other root

13. WHAT TEETH have long axis of their root apices facial and their crowns lingual

14. What tooth is closest of all MANDIBULAR TEETH in FL versus M-D diameter

15. _________ ______ occurs during the earliest stage of lateral movement

16. A key feature that differentiates a mandibular1st & 2nd molar is the __________________ and __________.

17. Developmental grooves separates WHAT 2 THINGS

18. Teeth are in contact in intercuspal position during MASTICATORY OR NON-MASTICATORY SWALLOWING

19. Mandibular Molars are the only posterior teeth that are wider FL OR MD?

20. The premolar that is most likely to have a crescent-shaped central developmental groove is

21. The ACUTE OR OBTUSE corners of the MX Molars coincide with the direction of the oblique ridge

22. What tooth is LARGEST FL crown dimension of ANY other MANDIBULAR tooth

23. Dense avascular fibrous connective tissue covers the _______ _________ structures of the TMJ

24. The contact between WHAT TEETH makes the lingual embrasure larger than the facial

25. The facial cusp of the maxillary 1st premolar is offset to the MESIAL OR DISTAL