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Study for the patient.
Pass the exam.

NBDHE prep built on real patient cases, interactive drills, and a full-length mock exam. Start free with the 75-question diagnostic and three complete drills. No card, no catch.

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Earlier in your program? The Survival Guide →

Board-style item · 24M · healthy · first dental visit in years

Your patient goes pale and loses consciousness during the injection. What is your first move?

✓ That's the call

Vasovagal syncope drops blood flow to the brain. Reclining and elevating the legs restores it, and that is the immediate first step. Sitting upright makes it worse, and EMS is not first-line for a simple faint that resolves with positioning.

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Why this exists

There is no good way to cram this.

"The goal was never just to help you pass a test. It's to make you the hygienist that test is trying to measure."

Nobody wants to tell you that there is no good way to prepare for the NBDHE. There are 350 questions covering the last two to four years of your education.

When I took it, I left feeling like there was no way I could have picked the right flash cards. But as I went through the exam I could remember the hands-on studying, the labeling, and the case studies I had reviewed.

Integrating case studies let me learn tested topics in a way that was easier to recall, because I wanted to be prepared for a future patient, not only a future test.

Think like a hygienist, not a student

Interactive learning that gets you to pivot from thinking like a student to thinking like a hygienist. Written by a hygienist who dreads traditional study methods. Bridge the gap between studying for your exams and studying for your career.

Study your actual deficits

Are you spending more time worrying about what to study than doing the studying itself? Take the diagnostic and let your results guide your priorities. Save time and study your actual deficits.

Grounded in real practice

Cases and drills created by a working dental hygienist. NBDHE review that prepares you for the real world in addition to the test.

Learn your way

I am committed to presenting all information in a way that any student can understand. If I am missing something that would help you succeed, reach out and I will build it.

From the Founder

Belinda Marsh, RDH

Peak Vista Community Health Centers
Colorado Springs, CO

Idaho State University
College of Health Sciences, Class of 2022

"I didn't want to just check the box.
I wanted to actually grow."

In spring of 2022 I was caught between a rock and a hard place. I had procrastinated studying for boards, and I was drowning in flashcards trying to catch up.

I had no attention span for that kind of studying, but what I could stay engaged with was case studies. I accidentally found a studying hack that made me feel more prepared for both my patients and my exams.

Now I am here to create the study set that would have actually motivated me to study.

Idaho State, 2022 Sat these boards Public Health RDH Colorado Springs

The Study Set

Everything, for less
than one textbook.

11 patient cases. 13 interactive skill drills. A 350-item full-length mock exam, a timed checkpoint, the question bank, and over 500 board-style questions in all, every one with a full rationale. $89 one time, 12 months of access, no auto-renew.

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The Free Diagnostic

75 questions, one sitting, and a study plan built from your results. The fastest way to stop guessing about what to study.

75-question diagnostic · full blueprint coverage
Three complete skill drills, free
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The Full Study Set

Every case, every drill, the full-length mock exam and the question bank. One payment, a full year, up to three devices.

All 11 interactive patient cases
All 13 skill drills · Learn, Board and Exam modes
350-item full-length mock exam
Readiness dashboard · 14-day money-back

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Content reviewed by an advisory board of licensed dentists and dental hygienists. How this is built →

Live · Monthly

Live study sessions.

One case, worked live, with the reasoning out loud. Bring the thing you are stuck on. Free for Study Set owners, $15 to drop in for everyone else.

Free with the Study Set

Dates go out to the email list first. Take the free diagnostic and you are on it.

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The Survival Guide.

Hygiene school hands you a firehose and a $5,600 instrument kit and expects you to figure out the rest. This is the rest: when to register for boards, when to start studying, and six printable study sheets you can take straight into clinic. None of it is behind an email.

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What has nobody explained well?

There is always one topic that every instructor rushes and every textbook fumbles. Tell me yours. I read all of these, and the ones that keep coming up get built.

Tell me what is missing

The topic nobody explained well, the thing you are stuck on, the drill you wish existed. If it keeps coming up, I build it.

Study for the patient.Pass the exam.