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Official-source answers about INBDE structure, cohort pass rates, international-dentist pathways, study schedules, and Dentovio's paid-product boundary. This topic page groups 16 focused answer pages, source pages, markdown mirrors, and query patterns for the same search-intent cluster.
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inbde-exam-structure-and-fees
The INBDE has 500 items over two days. Day 1 contains 300 standalone items and 60 case items; Day 2 contains 140 case items. Dentovio's public hub links the current JCNDE guide for final exam and fee details.
inbde-pass-rates-by-cohort
Per Table 16.1 of JCNDE's 2025 Technical Report, 2025 first-attempt pass rates were 92.8% for CODA-accredited candidates and 65.1% for the non-accredited cohort; retakes passed at 73.0% and 49.5%. Overall, 20.8% of the 12,239 candidate administrations failed. The non-accredited cohort includes many internationally trained candidates but is not a nationality count, and JCNDE publishes no single combined pass rate by nationality or school.
inbde-international-dentist-pathway
For internationally trained (non-CODA) candidates the 2026 sequence is: obtain a free DENTPIN, have ECE confirm the degree — the $110 U.S. General Report suffices for exam eligibility, and graduates do not file the Certification of Eligibility Form, which applies only to current students — then apply ($890 exam fee + $435 processing fee = $1,325 per attempt) and sit the exam at a Prometric center in the U.S., its territories, or Canada; it is offered nowhere else. A passing INBDE then feeds program-specific ADEA CAAPID advanced-standing applications ($264 first program, $115 each additional) and state licensure requirements.
inbde-from-india
There are no INBDE exam centers in India. JCNDE offers the INBDE only at Prometric test centers in the U.S., its territories, and Canada, so candidates in India travel to sit it — and because Day 2 must occur within 7 days of Day 1 at the same center, one trip covers both exam days. An Indian BDS graduate qualifies through ECE degree confirmation (the $110 U.S. General Report suffices; the Certification of Eligibility Form applies only to current students), and 2026 fees are $890 plus a $435 non-CODA processing fee: $1,325 per attempt, charged in U.S. dollars with no official rupee figure.
inbde-study-schedule
Dentovio publishes three-month and six-month INBDE planning templates that move from Foundation Knowledge review to timed blocks, Patient Box endurance, full simulation, and targeted repair — plus a free generator that parameterizes them into a week-by-week plan from an exam date or week count, weekly hours, candidate type, and self-rated weak areas, weighting section time by the published 36.2/42.0/21.8 splits. Plans are URL-shareable planning templates, not pass predictions.
how-to-pass-the-inbde
The INBDE is 500 multiple-choice items over two days — Day 1 has 360 items and Day 2 has 140 case items, with Day 2 within 7 days of Day 1 at the same Prometric center — scored pass/fail on a 49–99 scale with 75 as the minimum pass (a scaled score, not a percentage). The 2026 exam fee is $890, plus a $435 processing fee for non-CODA (internationally trained) candidates. Failers get a 13-area diagnostic report and face a 60-day wait, a 4-attempts-per-12-months cap, and a 5-year/5-attempt rule, then one attempt per 6 months. First-attempt failure ran 7.2% for CODA candidates and 34.9% for non-accredited candidates in 2025, after the harder June 2024 performance standard.
inbde-results-and-scoring
INBDE results post to the candidate's DENTPIN account within four weeks of the exam — in most cases within three weeks. Results are pass/fail: passing candidates see only the word 'Pass' with no numeric score, while failing candidates receive their overall scale score (on a 49–99 scale; 75 is the minimum pass) plus a graphical breakdown with numeric per-area scores across the 3 Clinical Content areas and 10 Foundation Knowledge areas. A scale score is not a percentage of questions answered correctly, and there is no penalty for guessing. A results audit costs $105 and must be requested within 30 days of the reporting date, per the 2026 Candidate Guide (updated 08/04/2026).
inbde-candidate-guide-summary
The current INBDE Candidate Guide is the 2026 edition, marked 'Updated: 08/04/2026' on every page (42 pages), downloadable free from jcnde.ada.org. Check the update stamp to verify a copy: 12/15/2025 is the earlier print of the same 2026 edition with identical policy content, while 12/11/2024 is the superseded 2025 edition — it still says candidates past the 5 Years/5 Attempts limit wait 12 months, which the 2026 guide cut to 6 months. The 2026 guide's fee table sets an $890 examination fee, a $435 non-CODA processing fee, a $55 additional results report, and a $105 results audit.
nbde-vs-inbde
The NBDE is retired — JCNDE discontinued Part I on July 31, 2020, and Part II was not available after July 31, 2022 — and the INBDE, launched August 1, 2020, is the single pass/fail National Board written exam (500 items versus 900 across the two NBDE parts), accepted in all U.S. licensing jurisdictions. Old NBDE results do not disappear: official results reports include all previous NBDE Part I, Part II, and INBDE attempts, with numerical scores still reported for pre-2012 testers, and requests are made through the DENTPIN account's 'Requests' tab (ADA.org/DENTPIN), with acceptance of an old pass decided by each licensing board.
inbde-day-2-format
INBDE Day 2 is 140 case-based questions in 4 hours 15 minutes: Sections 5 and 6 with 70 questions each at 105 minutes per section — 90 seconds per question on average — separated by one scheduled 15-minute break. Every question is framed by the Patient Box, the on-screen panel of patient-visit information (not a physical box); a blank field means the information is unknown, and candidates must consider everything the box shows. Day 2 must occur within 7 days of Day 1 at the same Prometric test center.
inbde-retake-rules
After a failed INBDE you must wait at least 60 days, with a maximum of 4 administrations in any one-year period, and pass within 5 years of your first attempt or 5 attempts, whichever comes first. Past that limit the 2026 Candidate Guide (updated 08/04/2026) allows one attempt every 6 months — a change from the 2025 guide's 12 months, which is why older pages disagree. Every retake requires a full new application and fee: $890, plus $435 non-CODA processing ($1,325 for most internationally trained candidates). These restrictions are not subject to appeal.
inbde-retake-cost-and-timing
Dentovio's free INBDE retake calculator computes your earliest eligible retest date under the published JCNDE rules — the 60-day wait, the 4-per-12-months cap, the 5 Years/5 Attempts rule, and the once-every-6-months post-limit cadence — and itemizes the full re-application cost: $890, plus $435 for non-CODA candidates ($1,325 per attempt). It computes eligibility under published rules; JCNDE's own determination controls.
inbde-blueprint-section-weights
JCNDE's published INBDE test specification weights the three clinical component sections at 36.2% for Diagnosis & Treatment Planning, 42.0% for Oral Health Management, and 21.8% for Practice & Profession — about 181, 210, and 109 items on a 500-item form, since a percentage times 5 gives items. Foundation Knowledge column totals run from 6.8% (FK2) to 12.2% (FK1). JCNDE publishes no weight for any individual clinical content area, so Dentovio's per-area figures are its own equal-allocation estimate and are labelled as estimates wherever they appear.
inbde-cheat-sheet-coverage-index
Dentovio's INBDE sheet set is 26 sheets scoped to the published blueprint rather than to discipline names. Each sheet declares the Foundation Knowledge and Clinical Content areas it answers to, prints the share of the exam those areas carry, and cites the issuing document and date behind every number. The public index also prints what the set does not cover, and the sheet bodies stay unpublished until each clears Dentovio's credentialed-review gate.
inbde-pacing-time-budget
The INBDE runs 500 questions over two days — 630 testing minutes within 750 total administration minutes. Dividing each 105-minute section clock by its question count: Day 1's standalone sections average 63 seconds per question, Day 1's case section 105 seconds, and Day 2's two case sections 90 seconds — 15 seconds tighter than Day 1's case pace. Scheduled breaks: 15, 30, and 15 minutes on Day 1, and one 15-minute break on Day 2. Dentovio's free pacing calculator budgets all six sections against a user's own target pace; it is arithmetic on published timing, not a prediction.
dentovio-inbde-paid-product-status
Dentovio's INBDE product is built international-dentist-first and uses original exam-style items. Public guides and planning tools remain free; full lessons, question banks, drills, and simulations stay in the paid account workflow.
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