NERB failure

[Some1]

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Hi Folks,

I was wondering what is/was NERB failure at your school this year. It seems like that our class had the worst failure rate this year compared to any other year at our school. People failed for silly mistakes. Examiners found open contacts which was perfectly "flossable". Some lesions were penetrating DEJ, but got rejected.

This is freaking out a lot of people.

 

[tinman831]

You go to Tufts? Same story for us here. 🙁

 

[tinman831]

Looking at your post history, sounds like you are. Five posts in 4 years, must be a record. But yeah, I have no clue what happened this year. People were dropping like flies.

 

[Soflex]

Just took ADLEX (administered by NERB) on Saturday. They failed me on the spot for an "open contact" on a Class III that had a perfectly good floss catch. I was kind of stunned. Also was kind of bummed because I had already done just fine on the amalgam. I have spoken with a faculty member who has graded for NERB in the past and he said that if there is any daylight in between the contact on the Class III at all, they will fail you, regardless of whether or not there is a floss catch. NERB takers be forewarned.

 

[jay47]

Just took ADLEX (administered by NERB) on Saturday. They failed me on the spot for an "open contact" on a Class III that had a perfectly good floss catch. I was kind of stunned. Also was kind of bummed because I had already done just fine on the amalgam. I have spoken with a faculty member who has graded for NERB in the past and he said that if there is any daylight in between the contact on the Class III at all, they will fail you, regardless of whether or not there is a floss catch. NERB takers be forewarned.

I suppose that it is good they are teaching us this the first year here at Houston!

 

[Hopin']

Just took ADLEX (administered by NERB) on Saturday. They failed me on the spot for an "open contact" on a Class III that had a perfectly good floss catch. I was kind of stunned. Also was kind of bummed because I had already done just fine on the amalgam. I have spoken with a faculty member who has graded for NERB in the past and he said that if there is any daylight in between the contact on the Class III at all, they will fail you, regardless of whether or not there is a floss catch. NERB takers be forewarned.

I heard Harvard had a pretty bad passing rate on this exam maybe couple of years ago. From what I heard, Dean at Harvard warned NERB that they won't honor NERB at their school unless they "loosened" up a little. The following year, results were better.

 

[ChubbyBaby]

Man, so glad i'm through with that stress fest called the NERB.

Paid $100 to make sure my class III showed up. $80 for my class II patient. $30 for my sc/rp patent. $200 for the assistant (a REAL dental assistant, makes all the difference).

Fortunately I passed first try, didn't have deep enough pockets to take it a second time.

 

[tinman831]

Man, so glad i'm through with that stress fest called the NERB.

Paid $100 to make sure my class III showed up. $80 for my class II patient. $30 for my sc/rp patent. $200 for the assistant (a REAL dental assistant, makes all the difference).

Fortunately I passed first try, didn't have deep enough pockets to take it a second time.

You forgot about the 1800$ to take the exam too 😛

 

[Hopin']

You forgot about the 1800$ to take the exam too 😛

Some instructors at my school are saying that the exam will become non-clinical in a "few years time". I also remember reading in ASDA newsletter that ADA has been working on finding a better way to test graduating students.
Lets see what happens

 

[dWiz]

Nyu recently had the highest pass rate on nerb than any other school before...that's what i'm hearing from faculty....every one I know here passed, so it seems true 😀

 

[coolraz]

We had about 15% fail this year. One of them was me (for pulpal floor in enamel, although it was to depth of 330 bur and was the exact same color as the axial wall, i.e YELLOW).

This was the most stressful time I had in dental school, or really in my life! Now I get to look forward to doing it all over again in a month or so.

Honestly this exam is ******ed. I mean I get making sure people are qualified. But if you've done 100+ restorations in school I am pretty sure you're not a danger to the patients!