CDCA is a scam

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ridiculously expensive and not even a practical measure of competency at all.

 

[Jaa_]

preach

 

[D1Bound]

ridiculously expensive and not even a practical measure of competency at all.

for endo they make you measure the tooth with a caliper for working length lmfao. imagine extracting a tooth and measuring it to find WL in real life.

absolute joke of a "board exam" only meant to steal more money from dental students who have no choice. honestly embarrassing for our profession.

NY's law of requiring one year residency makes much more sense than this garbage tbh

Welcome to dentistry. There are so many things that give off scam vibes.

 

[Jaa_]

i failed restorative because my plastic tooth cracked. I was told by the proctor that "experts evaluated the tooth and determined that the crack was iatrogenic as opposed to a defect in the tooth". they failed me and I argued with them... they then said I would be sued in practice if this happened. I told the proctor that patients don't usually come in with class II lesions on plastic teeth 🤣

had to pay like a grand to retake it ..what a joke

 

[JacquesVallee]

i failed restorative because my plastic tooth cracked. I was told by the proctor that "experts evaluated the tooth and determined that the crack was iatrogenic as opposed to a defect in the tooth". they failed me and I argued with them... they then said I would be sued in practice if this happened. I told the proctor that patients don't usually come in with class II lesions on plastic teeth 🤣

had to pay like a grand to retake it ..what a joke

I had something similar happen. Part of my tooth randomly shattered and the proctor told me straight up "Yeah. This would never happen on a real tooth." They failed me anyways.

 

[dentistrydmd]

Ask your board to accept the DLOSCE exam instead. If enough people push for it the CDCA will become antiquated and no one will need to pay for it anymore.

 

[D1Bound]

i failed restorative because my plastic tooth cracked. I was told by the proctor that "experts evaluated the tooth and determined that the crack was iatrogenic as opposed to a defect in the tooth". they failed me and I argued with them... they then said I would be sued in practice if this happened. I told the proctor that patients don't usually come in with class II lesions on plastic teeth 🤣

had to pay like a grand to retake it ..what a joke

It’s all a racket. A pure shake down to take more money from you. It’s just like the corruption in Washington DC, everyone has to get their cut from huge bills or government program bloat. And then people wonder why dentists become unethical.

 

[Faris_]

From my experience plastic teeth shatter because of excessive heat, that’s only my opinion. Practice helps you void these situations.
It’s hard to make this test fair for everyone but considering the alternative of old system and the million things can go wrong with doing this high stakes test on a real patient, I’ll take standardized plastic teeth every time.

 

[GoDental101]

Use a diamond bur...they wont crack.

 

[omfsing]

The further you get into your career, you’ll realize all the certifications and licensures are all a scam.

CDCA is just the beginning

Cheers