National Board Dental Examination / Integrated National Board Dental Examination (INBDE) Syllabus

National Board Dental Examination / Integrated National Board Dental Examination (INBDE) covers 8 subjects: Foundational Biomedical Sciences, General and Oral Pathology, Pharmacology and Pain/Anxiety Management, Patient Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment Planning, Restorative, Endodontic, and Prosthodontic Dentistry, Periodontics and Oral Surgery, Preventive, Pediatric, and Orthodontic Dentistry and Ethics, Behavioral Science, and Practice of Dentistry. Together they contain 32 chapters and 129 named topics.

The full National Board Dental Examination / Integrated National Board Dental Examination (INBDE) outline breaks down into 32 chapters, 129 topics and 109 sub-topics. Restorative, Endodontic, and Prosthodontic Dentistry is the largest single subject with 20 topics across 5 chapters.

Roughly 120 hours for one full pass. That estimate allows about 45 minutes per topic plus 12 minutes per sub-topic, so it is first-pass coverage — revision, past papers and mock tests sit on top of it. At 3 hours a day that is about 6 weeks.

Yes — 423 question-and-answer flashcards across 8 decks, one per subject, written against this syllabus. A sample of every deck is readable on this site for free, and the complete decks are in the Examius app.

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