NBDE II TAKERS. must read!!

Aspita · Mar 31, 2005

SORRY PEOPLE IT TOOK SO LONG!!! But I was just unwinding for a couple of days, the test was so freaking hard!!! I have headaches till now, 8 hours is too long!!! Specially if you think about coming back for more the next day!
I was surprised that there was just 5 of us taking the test here in Chicago when I took the NBDE I we were more than a hundred I guess is because the computer based that there's less people taking the paper based.
ABOUT THE TEST NOW!
First you have to check the THREAD:
THINGS TO REMEMBER FOR PART II BY UABDENTIST: Buddy YOU'RE AWESOME! All those websites that he gave there are A MUST for NBDE II takers. Here are some if not all of the websites that I found in that thread and some that I found on my own.
ORAL PATHOLOGY
http://www.dental.mu.edu/oralpath/diagnosislist.htm
http://www.uiowa.edu/~oprm/AtlasWIN/
http://www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/opath/Diseases/index.html
http://www.forsyth.org/oralpathology/index.htm
http://www.hivdent.org/slides/
http://www.dental.mu.edu/oralpath/grad/xray/index.htm
PROSTHODONTICS:
http://www.agd.org/library/2004/oct/Ancowitz.pdf#search='removable%20partial%20denture%20design%20choosing%20a%20clasp'
http://www.dent.ohio-state.edu/postdocgd/Vessels/Impressionshandout.pdf#search='condensation%20silicones%20impressions%20material'
http://www.dentistry.bham.ac.uk/cal/impress/navmap.htm
http://www.realfalseteeth.com/RCD/content.htm
PHARMACOLOGY:
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/
http://lysine.pharm.utah.edu/netpharm/netpharm_00/dlmaster.htm
http://www.som.tulane.edu/departments/pharmacology/medpharm/exams.htm
http://lysine.pharm.utah.edu/netpharm/
http://www.utah.edu/umed/courses/year2/pharm/study/
http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/categories/pharm.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/202446.html
STATISTICS AND MORE...
http://www.cdc.gov/epo/dih/MiniModules/sd_sem/page01.htm
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/mathlabtutstat1.htm
http://www.dictionarybarn.com/
(Again thank you to UABDENTIST for the info)

Dental decks and released exams, I recommend to get it through EBAY it's a loooooooot cheaper...
Sorry I dont want this thread to be long and boring 😴 so I'm gonna post it now and continue in a moment... 😉

mogembo · Mar 31, 2005

Wow! Thank you Aspita!

Very nice of you to post here for all of us!

I'm sure you'll get a good score. Good luck!

Aspita · Apr 1, 2005

Also the book DENTAL HYGIENE NATIONAL BOARD REVIEW was very helpful it doesnt have all the subjects but it helps a lot it has some mnemonics that help a lot. Is not worth it to buy it but if you have a friend that is a dental hygienist borrow some of her material because their test is very similar to ours and somehow they explain everything so nicely to them!! (radiology, basic pharmacology, behavioral, some basic pathology, everything aout flourides, statistics). It may look very simple material for some but it did help me. 🙂

Meggs · Apr 1, 2005

Thanks Aspita. Maybe this nice thread will inspire me to start studying. 🙂

Aspita, btw did you tried those CD's with unoffical unreleased questions? I don't know whether to get them or not. School gave me 1993 exam, but that's it. Do you think is worth buying those CD's or papers?

I'll appreciate the answer from anyone who took part 2 and used those resources. Thanks. :luck:

shaliraj · Apr 1, 2005

thank you for posting the links.it is very nice of you to help out.

can u tell me how long u prepared for this exam and how much of time did u put in everyday?

please post ur results as soon as u get them.

thanks.

Aspita · Apr 1, 2005

shaliraj said:
thank you for posting the links.it is very nice of you to help out.

can u tell me how long u prepared for this exam and how much of time did u put in everyday?

please post ur results as soon as u get them.

thanks.

Well I started in Dec, I studied just a couple hours a day and all the weekends till the last month then I studied around 4 hours a day and all day on weekends (including Fridays) and that's because I work full time and I couldn't take days off I think the timing for this test is different than NBDE I which u need at least 6 months or 4 months full time. Well thats just my opinion. But I think studying 4 months for 4 or 5 hours everyday should be fine. Again, just my opinion.
Now something that I recommend is to check all the threads that are at the beginning (sticky). Theyre very helpful cause take u to the threads that take about the NBDE II and recommend u what to study. I will post this ones that were originally recommended by MEGGS (thank u meggs , very informative)
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=94545
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=92969
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=87466
👍

UABDentist · Apr 3, 2005

Aspita said:
(Again thank you to UABDENTIST for the info)

Dental decks and released exams, I recommend to get it through EBAY it's a loooooooot cheaper...
Sorry I dont want this thread to be long and boring 😴 so I'm gonna post it now and continue in a moment... 😉

Hi Aspita~
You are very welcome for the compliment...and I appreciate your concern to help others out too.
Hope you score real good!
Good luck!

danheiser · Apr 5, 2005

Aspita~

wow this is amazing. thanks for sharing you hard work with the rest of us. I hope I can be this useful to others.

any other material you have would be much appreciated.

Sincerly,
Danny Heiser

chitz · Apr 5, 2005

hi
plz can u guys tell more about ''DENTAL HYGIENE NATIONAL BOARD REVIEW'' and where do i get it. aspita, if u have it i want buy it from u. plz help me. im taking part 2 next month.
Thanks a lot for helping.These websites are awesome and very helpfull.
plz reply soon
chitz

rahmed · Apr 5, 2005

chitz said:
hi
plz can u guys tell more about ''DENTAL HYGIENE NATIONAL BOARD REVIEW'' and where do i get it. aspita, if u have it i want buy it from u. plz help me. im taking part 2 next month.
Thanks a lot for helping.These websites are awesome and very helpfull.
plz reply soon
chitz

You can buy it in most bookstores and at Amazon.com where you might get cheaper used ones. Also try e-bay.

Good luck with exam,

rahmed

danheiser · Apr 6, 2005

rahmed said:
You can buy it in most bookstores and at Amazon.com where you might get cheaper used ones. Also try e-bay.

Good luck with exam,

rahmed

yes i have found sucess buying from Amazon.com
e-bay is much harder because you need to wait usually to see if you were the best bidder.

I am also looking for someone close to the Chicagoland area who would like to be study parnters with me. I need all the help I can get. :laugh:

This site has already been very useful to me with my studies, many thanks to everyone.

Danny Heiser

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chitz · Apr 6, 2005

hi
thanks for the information rahmed. i just went thro ebay. im confused which edition and which author is good plz suggest me. i want to buy it as soon as possible.plz help me
thank u
chitz

rahmed · Apr 6, 2005

chitz said:
hi
thanks for the information rahmed. i just went thro ebay. im confused which edition and which author is good plz suggest me. i want to buy it as soon as possible.plz help me
thank u
chitz

If you asking me about Dental Hygienists Review Book, I have absolutely no clue. I never thought I need to consult them and the reason I say it because we have plenty of resources and material to study for NBDE.

Thanks,

rahmed

Aspita · Apr 6, 2005

chitz said:
hi
thanks for the information rahmed. i just went thro ebay. im confused which edition and which author is good plz suggest me. i want to buy it as soon as possible.plz help me
thank u
chitz

Hi Chitz! I wasn't recommending to buy the book just if u happen to have a friend who is a RDH ask her the material, but since ur asking, the one that I had is by "Dental Hygiene Seminars, INc" the website is www.dhseminars.com the phone number 888 8505220. But again concentrate in what u have don't get obsessed with this book. Th edental decks and the realesed exams are the main resource for u to study and also the web sites specially the pathology ones. Best luck!!! 👍

chitz · Apr 7, 2005

hi aspita.. thanks a lot for helping me. I have a question to ask.... u mean decks and papers are enough?? Is it important to go in detail with each subject by refering texts.can u help me in telling which topics which we should know perfectly.is it good to start with papers im done with decks or should i do decks couple of times and then start with papers plz let me know. im kinda of confused.reply soon
chitra

MeiLi · Apr 8, 2005

Meggs said:
Thanks Aspita. Maybe this nice thread will inspire me to start studying. 🙂

Aspita, btw did you tried those CD's with unoffical unreleased questions? I don't know whether to get them or not. School gave me 1993 exam, but that's it. Do you think is worth buying those CD's or papers?

I'll appreciate the answer from anyone who took part 2 and used those resources. Thanks.

Hi, Meggs!

I took the paper based exam last March 28 and 29.

Anyway, I got the unreleased questions because I figured they would be of some help. I wanted to see the trend in the way ADA constructs questions, etc. Some of the questions in the unreleased exams were repeated in the paper-based test I took. If you have the money, I suggest that you buy the The exam was tough, generally. I agree with Aspita. 8hours was a long time, and coming back the next day was awful.

I didn't have a lot of money to spend on review materials, and I only had less than two months to prepare for the exams, but I made sure to get copies of the unreleased exams. In fact, I bought the copies less than 3 weeks before my paper based exam. I think the money I used on them bought me some peace of mind. I was reading them days before taking NDBE2 (so they don't take a long time to read/go over -- give yourself a few days with them and you're good to go), and I think they helped assess my preparedness to sit for the actual exam. Anyway, if you don't mind the expense, I suggest you try to get a copy of the unreleased exams.

Hope this helps. Good luck, and feel free to post or PM me questions. That goes for everyone taking NDBE2 as well. 🙂

MeiLi

MeiLi · Apr 8, 2005

chitz said:
hi aspita.. thanks a lot for helping me. I have a question to ask.... u mean decks and papers are enough?? Is it important to go in detail with each subject by refering texts.can u help me in telling which topics which we should know perfectly.is it good to start with papers im done with decks or should i do decks couple of times and then start with papers plz let me know. im kinda of confused.reply soon
chitra

Hi, Chitz!

Decks is good for basic information. It's a good source for preparing for NDBE, so I suggest going over the cards. You can never go wrong with the basic information. 🙂

I tried to read Decks twice, then went on to the question papers. The released ADA exams are a good bet, since they have correct answers. The unreleased exams have no correct answers, but in the copy that I got, some answers were marked already.

There are no guarantees that they will repeat the questions in the future, but going over the released and unreleased exams helped me see what sort of questions were ADA asking.

I'm not sure about Kaplan, I didn't get Kaplan because from some threads here at SDN, a lot of people were saying that Kaplan's Part 2 materials were not very detailed. I can't speak for that, since I didn't read Kaplan at all, but you can review the old posts, and maybe those will help.

I also tried to read Lippincott's for Pharmacology, but just bits and pieces of the book, to supplement what I read from Decks. I don't think I could've read the entire Lippincott's without going crazy. As I said, I only had about 2 months to study.

If you want to explore other references, feel free. I mean, the extra knowledge will always help, right?

Good luck, and just PM me if you have more questions.

MeiLi

Aspita · Apr 9, 2005

chitz said:
hi aspita.. thanks a lot for helping me. I have a question to ask.... u mean decks and papers are enough?? Is it important to go in detail with each subject by refering texts.can u help me in telling which topics which we should know perfectly.is it good to start with papers im done with decks or should i do decks couple of times and then start with papers plz let me know. im kinda of confused.reply soon
chitra

I have to tell Chitz from my experience there isn't to many repeated questions as in part I but the released exams will guide u in what to study do not try to memorize go and look for the explanation of the answers and that will be a good guide to study.
as for the topics it is always a good question and it was discussed in others theads so I dont want to be repetitive. Look to the links to other threads that I gave before this is discussed more extensively there, if they dont redirect you plz just type them up, this is a good one:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=92969

mogembo · Apr 9, 2005

chitz said:
hi
thanks for the information rahmed. i just went thro ebay. im confused which edition and which author is good plz suggest me. i want to buy it as soon as possible.plz help me
thank u
chitz

Hi Chitz,

I found two books at my local library today. They were in the "medicine" section. One is by Saunders and other by Mosby ( Publishers, I think). I think the name is " National Board Review for Dental Hygiene". You can ask the librarian to look up for word "Dental Hygiene" and see what comes up.

I flipped through the Pharmac pages and seemed good.

I help this helps you and others. 🙂

chitz · Apr 9, 2005

HI all.. THANKS A LOT....
Right now im doing decks. I dont have the unrealesed papers. can anyone plz help me. i will be very greatfull to u.
will be waiting 4 reply
chitz

Incredible · Apr 11, 2005

Hi all:

Let me thank you Aspita. Your thread is really helpful and so was UABDentist's thread on Things to remember for part II. Way to go guys....Your links were very nice!!!

I just gave part II last week and feel the released papers were really helpful. Atleast I felt I could relate questions to the previous exams. Some same to same... and some worded differently.

Well I do have the papers with me.. If any one is interested, let me know. I want to Sell them.

Happy Studying!!!!!!!!
And pray for my results!!!
Bye now,

Mr. Incredible

anjali_45 · Apr 11, 2005

hi incredible
what all paers do u have
i want to buy thanks anjali

Incredible said:
Hi all:

Let me thank you Aspita. Your thread is really helpful and so was UABDentist's thread on Things to remember for part II. Way to go guys....Your links were very nice!!!

I just gave part II last week and feel the Unreleased papers were really helpful. Atleast I felt I could relate questions to the previous exams. Some same to same... and some worded differently.

Well I do have the papers with me.. If any one is interested, let me know. I want to Sell them.

Happy Studying!!!!!!!!
And pray for my results!!!
Bye now,

Mr. Incredible

danheiser · Apr 12, 2005

chitz said:
HI all.. THANKS A LOT....
Right now im doing decks. I dont have the unrealesed papers. can anyone plz help me. i will be very greatfull to u.
will be waiting 4 reply
chitz

Chitz~

I also would like the unreleased papers, so if u find someone who has them, I would be very grateful if you shared them with me. Anyone have suggestions where I could buy them?

You all have been so helpful with the links you posted. I am not sure where you got them all from, but they seem more precious than gold to me !

Thanks and take care.
Danny Heiser

shaliraj · Apr 12, 2005

Incredible said:
Hi all:

Let me thank you Aspita. Your thread is really helpful and so was UABDentist's thread on Things to remember for part II. Way to go guys....Your links were very nice!!!

I just gave part II last week and feel the Unreleased papers were really helpful. Atleast I felt I could relate questions to the previous exams. Some same to same... and some worded differently.

Well I do have the papers with me.. If any one is interested, let me know. I want to Sell them.

Happy Studying!!!!!!!!
And pray for my results!!!
Bye now,

Mr. Incredible

hi

i would like to know if there are answers in it and does the unreleased papers include case based questions?

thanks

Aspita · May 7, 2005

All I know is that I'm not retaking this awful test I got my results 10 minutes ago!! Got 80! I don't know if is good or not but I'll take it!
What do you people think should I take it again?

rahmed · May 7, 2005

Aspita said:
All I know is that I'm not retaking this awful test I got my results 10 minutes ago!! Got 80! I don't know if is good or not but I'll take it!
What do you people think should I take it again?

Hi Aspita

Good score for any dental school. 👍 Don't even think about wasting time. I will be more than happy if I can score 80 in part 2!

Good luck :luck:

rahmed

steffi · May 15, 2005

MeiLi said:
Hi, Meggs!

I took the paper based exam last March 28 and 29.

Anyway, I got the unreleased questions because I figured they would be of some help. I wanted to see the trend in the way ADA constructs questions, etc. Some of the questions in the unreleased exams were repeated in the paper-based test I took. If you have the money, I suggest that you buy the The exam was tough, generally. I agree with Aspita. 8hours was a long time, and coming back the next day was awful.

I didn't have a lot of money to spend on review materials, and I only had less than two months to prepare for the exams, but I made sure to get copies of the unreleased exams. In fact, I bought the copies less than 3 weeks before my paper based exam. I think the money I used on them bought me some peace of mind. I was reading them days before taking NDBE2 (so they don't take a long time to read/go over -- give yourself a few days with them and you're good to go), and I think they helped assess my preparedness to sit for the actual exam. Anyway, if you don't mind the expense, I suggest you try to get a copy of the unreleased exams.

Hope this helps. Good luck, and feel free to post or PM me questions. That goes for everyone taking NDBE2 as well. 🙂

MeiLi

I want to buy unreleased QS papers from you.
please send me the replay soon

civil · May 16, 2005

Hi !!
I also want to buy part 2 unrelease papers.
Quick response will be apprecited..
Thanks.

riceddm · May 20, 2005

Aspita said:
All I know is that I'm not retaking this awful test I got my results 10 minutes ago!! Got 80! I don't know if is good or not but I'll take it!
What do you people think should I take it again?

Congrats, Aspita. I passed, too. What's next for you now?

MeiLi · May 24, 2005

riceddm said:
Congrats, Aspita. I passed, too. What's next for you now?

Good going, Aspita. That goes double for you, Rice! I got an 87. What's your score, Rice?

riceddm · May 24, 2005

steffi said:
I want to buy unreleased QS papers from you.
please send me the replay soon

Hi!

I have the unreleased Part 2 papers. Please send me a private message here at SDN if you're interested.

To anyone else who wants to buy copies of the unreleased papers for Part 2, please PM me.

Thanks.

Rice

shreddy · Jun 10, 2005

hi,
is thre any placehere where i can upload the paper and others also cn upload thm?
bye
reddy

Dentist3 · Jun 10, 2005

shreddy said:
hi,
is thre any placehere where i can upload the paper and others also cn upload thm?
bye
reddy

Check your pm.

dmandhy1 · Jun 10, 2005

I Have The Unreleased Papers For Nbde2 For Years 98, March98 And 2003. I Am Not Sure If That Is All. Can Somebody Inform Me On That How Many Total Unreleased Papers Are There. I Would Even Appreciate If Somebody Can Tell About The Years Of All The Papers From Starting Including The Case Series And Photo Booklets.
Thanks!
Dd

denzel · Jun 10, 2005

is any one willing to sell kaplans NDBE part II review book

dmandhy1 said:
I Have The Unreleased Papers For Nbde2 For Years 98, March98 And 2003. I Am Not Sure If That Is All. Can Somebody Inform Me On That How Many Total Unreleased Papers Are There. I Would Even Appreciate If Somebody Can Tell About The Years Of All The Papers From Starting Including The Case Series And Photo Booklets.
Thanks!
Dd

norikiri · Jun 17, 2005

Can anyone tell me what books to buy for the part II? I have no idea. I have the dental decks, but beside that, I just don't know what else to buy. help me guys!!! 😕 😕 ... thank you. 🙂

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