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I knew people would say I would walk out feeling like I failed, and let me just say they were so right. I felt so prepared for this exam. Studied for 5-8 hours a day for 6 weeks. Used the Andy RDH book, read each chapter then would do his app questions. I completed every category on his app and even did all the mock boards multiple times. I also used NBDHE booster. I think I only had one question that was similar to what I had for ANDY. I genuinely am so shook.

I took the exam on Tuesday 6/30, so I will find out in a few weeks. I will not be shocked if I fail this exam truly, I flagged 145 questions out of the 350. I will say most question I eliminated 2 answers and had a 50/50 chance of getting them right. I still have never felt so bad about an exam. The stuff I saw on that exam I truly feel like I’ve never learned before!!

I had very minimal head & neck, embryology, nutrition, home care, pathology, micro, staging and grading - literally 1 staging and grading question out of the entire exam which I’m shocked about because people say they usually have so many. And ofc that’s something I’m usually good at! There was SO MUCH PHARM. I fear pharm took up 50% of my exam. I didn’t even recognize some of the drugs. They would ask what drug would not work well with another one, and what wouldn’t work well with a certain condition. Like IDK IM JUST TRYNA CLEAN TEETH NOT PRESCRIBE DRUGS. But anyway there was also a lot of radiology pan pictures with identifying landmarks. I had 1 question on dental materials. Community was a joke, I feel like the cases just didn’t even make sense and some answers felt opinionated. The case studies were the easiest part for me, calculating CAL a lot, some questions were about what are they taking this medication for? Identifying things on their X-rays, and identifying things in their intraoral pictures, choosing good home care for their case. But I’m sure I still got some wrong lol.

Seriously just so mad because I felt so prepared and I was humbled ugh. Guess we will see what happens, hoping I pull through like most people.

To sum it up - if I have to retake this exam I am NOT using Andy rdh. It was a waste for me. I heard the Pearson board prep is good. If anyone’s used it is this true??

Is it normal to feel like I completely bombed the first 200 questions ?? Wow I flagged probably over 100 questions !! I’m freaking out that I failed it. After every scheduled break, I wished that I could go back to my questions. The case studies portion was easy for me, I flagged maybe 20 questions in total?

After 4 rounds I’m happy to say I finally beat it! I just want to say if you’re losing hope stay positive and keep trying you will get it❤️ Took my test 6/18 got my results yesterday ask me anything!

I will have two days to test this time. If you had accommodations, how did you feel? I have a week in between days.

Ask me anything!!

Found out today I passed my NBDHE...took 15 days and I got my results at 3:30. Lmk if you have questions

Ask me anything!!

I'm studying for my dental hygiene boards planning on taking it at the end of August, and I'm starting to get worried about how I'm studying.

Right now, I've been focusing on one subject each week, but I feel like I forget most of what I learned by the next day. Is that normal? How did you retain everything while studying?

Also, I keep seeing people say you need to study 6+ hours every day to pass. Is that really necessary? How many hours did you study each day, and what study method worked best for you?

Any advice from people who have already taken the boards would be greatly appreciated!

For those who took the NBDHE, do you have any tips or advice?

Ask me anything regarding the exam! I also have 48 days left on my Booster Prep and I am considering selling it, if anyone is interested.

I took my test on the 17th of June and I’m still super anxiously waiting for results. Would anyone give me an estimate on when I should be looking out for my result? I legit have not been able to do anything with this crippling stress and anxiety.

I’m taking my test in a week (7/1) and I’m curious to know. Does the exam still have true or false questions? Also, does the exam have “select all that apply” questions?
Please let me know. I’m studying and these kind of questions get me overwhelmed. Thank you.

Hi guys! Are any of you planning on going to expo on 29th but don’t have all their documents ready? I am on that boat right now and idk if I should go. Google says I should still go and process all my documents that are ready then take my licensing agents name and while I ship my remaining document after it arrives, then I should put their name in there so my document doesn’t go thru the 4-6 weeks process. Can anybody confirm this information with me please. Thank you.

Hi all, I have 50 days left on my booster prep and I have student RDH (online version with textbook, questions, & mock exams). I’m selling both, let me know what price you would like it for. Thank you 😊

Hi everyone,

My NBDHE exam is scheduled for July 9, and my Nbdhe membership is expiring on July 5 and I'm looking for any last-minute Booster extension, discount code, or short-term access. If anyone has a subscription that's about to expire or any recommendations, please let me know.

Also, I'd appreciate any high-yield topics or advice from recent test takers.

Thank you!

I just finished with my board exam but I am not feeling confident about this at all. There were so many questions that I was not prepared for and some I didn’t know what it was asking. On one hand I hope I’m over thinking this, but I also don’t want to get my hopes up and assume everything went well

For my exam is it ok to wear layers since it will be hot out?

The header says it all. I take my boards in 3 weeks. Would it be worth it to try the booster?