Got access to both DD and 1st aid. Seems like 1st aid is more comprehensive. Should I go with that + board mastery / past exams?
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I have no issue with wasting time. I just need a pass. I'm near the bottom of my class so light review is probably not the answer for me.
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when are you expecting on taking it?
5 weeks. I'm half way through 1st aid atm.
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How long would you recommend studying for it? I'm thinking of starting after fall semester. My test is Jan 30 so about 6 weeks of studying.
You are talking abut Part 1, correct? If so all I used was the boards mastery app and old exams for a pass. I attempted dental decks but the amount of information seemed like a ridiculous waste of time.
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Dental mastery app is insufficient on its own. The occlusion questions are also a lot harder on the real exam. Also there were 30-40 repeats from the ASDA practice tests. I’d imagine if you went through the app and ASDA questions you could pass, but you’d be lacking the working/non working movements/ cusp tip locations/special dental anatomy traits/etc — cutting it close. I’d recommend at least watching the YouTube video on 300 things for NBDE.
Heck I think if you just memorized the YouTube video 300 things to know for NBDE + learn occlusion in 5 mins you’d pass. The exam is heavily weighted on the dental anatomy aspect — you could miss about 50% of all other subjects and still pass if you ace the dental anatomy part. I had a classmate who failed twice because he focused on his weak subjects biochem and micro/path. He got 74 both times!!! I told him just to focus on dental anatomy and head neck anatomy = he finally passed.
Just my 2 cents.
Heck I think if you just memorized the YouTube video 300 things to know for NBDE + learn occlusion in 5 mins you’d pass. The exam is heavily weighted on the dental anatomy aspect — you could miss about 50% of all other subjects and still pass if you ace the dental anatomy part. I had a classmate who failed twice because he focused on his weak subjects biochem and micro/path. He got 74 both times!!! I told him just to focus on dental anatomy and head neck anatomy = he finally passed.
Just my 2 cents.
Oh yeah you’re totally correct about occlusion, I forgot to add aside from app I did go over occlusion cusp pathways, but for that all you need to do is make sure you can draw the picket fence etc, it was also a very insignificant part of my exam. Also the repeats is pure luck, I’ve had friends say they had tons of repeats and then some like myself I didn’t see one repeated question.
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