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cal board results r out!!! i passed!!! atlast this long process of exams comes to an end. now we can legally add a DR. in front of our names!!!!
 
Congratulations !! At last , this is the end of journey that we all want to reach. I have applied for the Cal board exam this June at UCLA , hopefully i can get in . I was so tense lately , can't sleep at night always thinking of the exam , the patients, not sure if they are ideal or will they be reliable ......lots of things to consider ... I always thought that part 3 is the hardest , ah now I feel part 4 is the hardest.
You are not the one in control here ... there are a lot of circumstances that happen , like my perio parient , no show twice on recall . my class 2 i have to take her to a dentist for restoration of the adjacent MOD , my class 3 i have to arrange for oral prophylaxis. i have to pay for all these expenses , just imagine they may back out later...
I can't give them the restoration and the prophylaxis , because they know that i am taking the licensure exam and i am not very familiar with them , they may hold me on that .
The March results are out, Good Luck to All !
 
after 5 long years, i finally passed!!! good luck to all of you who have not got their results yet! 🙂 🙂
 
Congratulations to all those who have recently passed the Cal Board! :hardy: Para sa mga Pinoy, maligayang bati sa inyong lahat!🙂
 
Full gold crown : working cusp and non working cusp

PFM (posterior) metal occlusal : working cusp and non working cusp

PFM (posterior) porcelain occlusal : working cusp and non working cusp

PFM (anterior) incisal reduction and incisal clearance

PFM buccal reduction for the shoulder

how to you check for the parallelism of the fixed bridge prep?

thanks in advance. Im confused about the measurement the board gave. Is that a maximum measurement?

Please help me out.. thanks again
 
Hi,
i tried to contact lu lau patient finding services by phone, but there was no answer. Does anybody know how we contact them?

thanks!
 
Anybody have any idea where to get a Star handpiece for rent for the UoP exam? What do candidates usually do? Please help.
 
Some assistants from UOP rent it out. They probably rent the Star handpieces from UOP dental students to rent out to Cal board candidates. Good luck! I heard the examiners are very accommodating and helpful this year unlike before.
 
Dates are out for the Cal Board Licensure Exam in September:

Examination Date: September 20-23, 2007
Location: University of Southern California
Application Filing Period: July 16, 2007 to August 6, 2007
Site Capacity: 75
 
I am new to this forum and to USA, and yet to give my NBDE part. I am collecting more and more information so sonia vashist and everybody here seems to very experienced and DDS holders. What I learnt from these posts is CAL BOARD is the licensure exam that u need to give after u finish DDS and when u need start practising, HAVE I GOT RIGHT???

I would also like to know how exactly do i go about my struggle for DDS, I mean 1st of all I give my part1 and apply for schools or I give even the part 2 and then apply ( am in CA) and what are part 1 and part 2 bench tests, can u plz help me to become more clear about all these things.

thanx.
 
docdent said:
I am new to this forum and to USA, and yet to give my NBDE part. I am collecting more and more information so sonia vashist and everybody here seems to very experienced and DDS holders. What I learnt from these posts is CAL BOARD is the licensure exam that u need to give after u finish DDS and when u need start practising, HAVE I GOT RIGHT???

I would also like to know how exactly do i go about my struggle for DDS, I mean 1st of all I give my part1 and apply for schools or I give even the part 2 and then apply ( am in CA) and what are part 1 and part 2 bench tests, can u plz help me to become more clear about all these things.

thanx.
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hi,
well before putting my name down and trying to show your frustration,let me tell u,that i still havn't got my dds,and i am still at home,i am trying to manage a 5 month baby alone without help and i am trying to study for my exam at the same time... and when i came here i did not rely on this thread to find out information,people on this thread do help each other and that's why we have name's for differnt posts.... the one u should be checking out is info for foriegn trained students....no one is sitting here to spoon feed anyone... you can't just log on to any post and expect us to tell u from scratch what to do and what not to.. we called ada,dental school's seniors etc and got all our info.. we have many things to do.. we are not sitting here to just ans inquiries of people like u... you put your time and effort and read the various thread's and you will get all ur ans...i have responded to many inquiries about licensure... but that was before... now i have a baby and cannot respond to all ans.. had u read this post completly u would have understood....
but anyway's i am so pissed off.. coz we put all effort and find things out...and i don't even mind sharing all the info with u.. but this is no way of trying to show me ur frustration... u want to know evrything in 2 mins so i am just supposed to put all my work aside and ans your questions because you don't have the time to read up the various thread's or websites etc and find things out yourself....
well anyways
if u want your licensure here to practise in ca,which is now similar to getting licensed in any other state in us.... u have to first of all give part 1 ndbe, and then apply to school's.. the website www.ada.org has list of school's which have the idp that's the international dentist program. then you have to apply to those school's.. differnt school's have differnt requirements... some want only part 1 scores some want both part 1 and 2. and u have to apply to each school individually. application cost per school vary b/w 60$-200$.also when u apply most schools need your toefel score...so basically u need part 1,and 2 ndbe scores and toefel.. once u have these apply to separate schools. each school has a website where they tell u about the course the fees,and application deadline... typically when u apply,each school will have interviews and some form of dexterity tests.. they may ask u to cut a class2 or a pfm,etc... there are classes which prepare you for the entrance tests to various schools... then if u get into the school...its a 2 or 3 year course and then after that u have to gie a licensure exam... there are various one's.. like the wreb which is the westren region which get u licensed for 37 states in us or if u think u are only going to be in ca then u can just take the cal board...but if you go to school in us,then u can practise in any state all u have to do is give a license exam after the 2-3 year idp course. as far as the bench test or the rt test its a test by which u can skip the step of going to 2-3 years of school for the idp course and then after the bench /rt test u can take the licensure exam and practise.. but this short cut is only available to those people who gave their part2 ndbe by 2003 dec.. anyone after that who is forieng trained and wants a license has to go to school for 2-3 yeays and complete the idp program...
so for you i am guessing u still havn't given part 1 and 2, u need to study for those... there are various threads on this website where u can get study material,etc
in the meantime if u have a green card u can work as a dental assistant.. that's the only thing u can do legally if u have a foriegn dentist degree and a green card.. also even if u don't have a green card u can go do voluntary assisting work at a dentists.. this help u when u want to get into school...
this is a summary of what i know.. please don't expect any more respsnses from me.. and GOOD LUCK WITH EVERYTHING!!!👍🙂
 
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