INBDE study plan
INBDE · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Oral Health Management (Clinical Dentistry) & Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
Create a one-page flowchart linking caries risk assessment to preventive and restorative decisions.
Solve 40 mixed-format questions on periodontal diagnosis and treatment planning, writing a one-sentence rationale for each answer.
Explain active versus maintenance periodontal therapy aloud using three patient vignettes.
Draft a 15-item checklist for comprehensive oral examination data collection.
Your checkpoint
Completed caries-risk decision flowchart plus a 40-question error log showing rationale and accuracy for each item.
Oral Health Management (Clinical Dentistry) & Biomedical and Behavioral Science Foundations
Compare local anesthetic agents by onset, duration, and maximum dose, then calculate maximum doses for five adult and pediatric scenarios.
Perform 30 calculations involving drug dosing and medically complex patient management, recording each step.
Build a table of 12 common medical conditions with dental management modifications and precautions.
Teach back antimicrobial prophylaxis indications using three clinical vignettes.
Your checkpoint
Dosing calculation worksheet with 30 documented calculations and a 12-condition dental management table.
Oral Health Management (Clinical Dentistry) & Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
Work through 20 oral medicine and oral pathology vignettes, writing a differential diagnosis and next step for each.
Construct a radiographic interpretation checklist and apply it to 25 text-described radiographic findings.
Outline treatment sequencing for five patients with multiple competing dental problems.
Write a preventive counseling script for pediatric and adolescent patients covering diet, fluoride, and sealants.
Your checkpoint
20-vignette differential diagnosis log with documented next best step and rationale for each case.
Diagnosis and Treatment Planning & Biomedical and Behavioral Science Foundations
Build a diagnostic framework that maps six common chief complaints to differential diagnoses and initial workup.
Complete a 50-question timed set across diagnosis and biomedical foundations.
Create a one-page map of cranial nerve functions and pathways of odontogenic infection spread.
Rewrite ten missed concepts from the timed set in your own words and correct each error-log entry.
Your checkpoint
Diagnostic framework one-pager plus a timed 50-question score report and corrected error log.
Biomedical and Behavioral Science Foundations & Professionalism, Ethics, and Practice Management
Explain pharmacokinetic principles using five drug examples and predict clinically relevant interactions.
Create a 10-scenario ethics worksheet applying informed consent, confidentiality, and scope of practice.
Draft a patient communication script for delivering a poor prognosis and discussing treatment alternatives.
Complete 30 questions on ethics and practice management, justifying each answer choice.
Your checkpoint
Ethics decision worksheet for 10 scenarios with justified choices and a completed poor-prognosis communication script.
Diagnosis and Treatment Planning & Professionalism, Ethics, and Practice Management
Analyze 15 treatment planning vignettes involving informed consent, cost, prognosis, and patient preference.
Create a risk-benefit table for six common treatment alternatives.
Draft an outline for records retention, referral, and consultation protocols.
Complete 40 mixed questions and classify every miss by domain and error type.
Your checkpoint
15-vignette treatment-planning matrix with chosen plan, alternatives considered, and consent notes.
Oral Health Management (Clinical Dentistry) & Biomedical and Behavioral Science Foundations
Run a 90-minute simulated mixed exam of 60 questions and score performance by domain.
Review every missed item and write a two-sentence decision rule for each.
Re-teach five weak biomedical concepts aloud using a whiteboard or blank paper.
Complete 20 rapid oral health management scenarios under time pressure.
Your checkpoint
60-question simulation score report with domain breakdown and 15 corrected decision-rule cards.
Diagnosis and Treatment Planning & Oral Health Management (Clinical Dentistry)
Complete two 100-question full-length timed practice exams and compare scores by domain.
Create a one-page day-before review sheet of high-yield decision rules and red flags.
Rehearse ten ethics and professionalism scenarios aloud with justification for each action.
Close all remaining error-log items by teaching each one to a study partner.
Your checkpoint
Final two-exam score comparison, one-page high-yield review sheet, and closed error log.
Milestones
Week 2: Complete all 30 dosing calculations with 30/30 correct and recite the 12-condition management table from memory with at least 10/12 accuracy.
Week 4: Score at least 75% on the 50-question timed diagnosis/biomedical set and correct every missed item in the error log.
Week 6: Produce a domain accuracy report from 40 mixed questions with no domain below 70% and every ethics miss rewritten as a rule.
Week 8: Score at least 75% overall on both full-length practice exams and at least 70% in each of the four domains.