How long to study for INBDE?

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Hello,

I am a D3 dental student and looking to schedule my INBDE Exam for this upcoming December. My semester ends (heavy didactic and heavy clinic: 35 credits in total) on the ninth of December and I was wondering how long I should study for the exam? An honest opinion please! I have heard 5 days, 2 weeks, 3 months.....no consistent answer with reasoning behind it and I was hoping for some solid advice. I have a 3.93 GPA and feel comfortable with a lot of the board material, but I have no idea what the studying regimen for the exam should be. Thank you in advance!

 

[sobertiger]

I took it earlier this year. If you have a good handle on dental school material, you really needn't worry. There aren't too many random facts to memorize. Most of it is clinically relevant. Just go over mental dental and your choice of exam prep course and you should be good to go. Some people passed with two weeks of studying, some with three months. If you're feeling comfortable with the material, you don't need three months imo. Maybe a month or even less

 

[John Muir]

I think 6 weeks is a reasonable amount of time. It is what I did. I’d always rather have a little more time than I think I need.

 

[Life of Pablo]

Don't study (or study very minimally). I studied for like a day. Nobody in my class, or a number of other schools failed the INBDE. It's a joke.

 

[saydental]

Which study material did you guys use (the ones who took it)? I am using mastery app and the questions seem really hard and detailed. Idk what you mean by easy.

 

[Alexp11]

Anyone has questions or older materials for INBDE?

 

[John Muir]

Mastery app is useless. Mental dental has everything you need to pass. If additional info is needed, I’d recommend class notes over mastery app

 

[John Muir]

Don't study (or study very minimally). I studied for like a day. Nobody in my class, or a number of other schools failed the INBDE. It's a joke.

That is terrible advice.

 

[the_root_designer]

I studied for 45 days before my exam using mental dental and Bootcamp. The exam is not as hard as everyone makes it out to be. If you have done well in your clinical courses you will be fine.

 

[Bebars]

Hello,

I am a D3 dental student and looking to schedule my INBDE Exam for this upcoming December. My semester ends (heavy didactic and heavy clinic: 35 credits in total) on the ninth of December and I was wondering how long I should study for the exam? An honest opinion please! I have heard 5 days, 2 weeks, 3 months.....no consistent answer with reasoning behind it and I was hoping for some solid advice. I have a 3.93 GPA and feel comfortable with a lot of the board material, but I have no idea what the studying regimen for the exam should be. Thank you in advance!

If you can dedicate 2-3 hours a day to reading with understanding and practicing questions, then a minimum of a month should be enough. From my experience, schedule the test when you consistently answer at least 80% of practice questions correctly.

 

[SuxDrugs&Rocuronium]

That is terrible advice.

It’s true though. Most questions are very, very basic. I was out of the testing center in under three hours the first day, when they give you 8 for the exam