Traveling to take boards

[airpotato]

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Has anyone here done this? or know anyone who has? Can you share your experience and advice if you have any?
Did you bring your patients with you? Use a patient finding service?

Any advice would be super helpful! Thanks ya'll!

 

[ItsGavinC]

Has anyone here done this? or know anyone who has? Can you share your experience and advice if you have any?
Did you bring your patients with you? Use a patient finding service?

Any advice would be super helpful! Thanks ya'll!

I traveled last year from New York to Arizona to take the WREB. I had a bit of an advantage because Arizona was my dental school, so they provided me with all instruments and materials. They do that for every candidate that takes the boards, however, with a required refundable deposit.

I found two patients on my own, but they were friends of mine in Arizona. One of my former classmates found me a perio patient from his dental practice, and I screened them when I arrived and used him for perio.

That was my second time taking it. All in all a good experience, although I was sure I would fail again (do a search for my posts).