National Dental Specialty Examination (NDSE)

Summary of historical pass rates for the NDSE.

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Specialty	2020 Candidates	2020 % pass	2021 Candidates	2021 % pass	2022 Candidates	2022 % pass
Dental Public Health**	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020 % pass: -2021 Candidates: -2021 % pass: -2022 Candidates: -2022 % pass: -
Endodontics	22	100	16	75	20	65
2020 % pass: 1002021 Candidates: 162021 % pass: 752022 Candidates: 202022 % pass: 65
Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology**	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020 % pass: -2021 Candidates: -2021 % pass: -2022 Candidates: -2022 % pass: -
Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology**	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020 % pass: -2021 Candidates: -2021 % pass: -2022 Candidates: -2022 % pass: -
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	22	82	16	81	22	77
2020 % pass: 822021 Candidates: 162021 % pass: 812022 Candidates: 222022 % pass: 77
Oral Medicine**	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020 % pass: -2021 Candidates: -2021 % pass: -2022 Candidates: -2022 % pass: -
Oral Pathology**	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020 % pass: -2021 Candidates: -2021 % pass: -2022 Candidates: -2022 % pass: -
Orthodontics	40	95	39	77	40	80
2020 % pass: 952021 Candidates: 392021 % pass: 772022 Candidates: 402022 % pass: 80
Pediatric Dentistry	22	100	36	94	26	77
2020 % pass: 1002021 Candidates: 362021 % pass: 942022 Candidates: 262022 % pass: 77
Periodontics	16	75	30	73	30	73
2020 % pass: 752021 Candidates: 302021 % pass: 732022 Candidates: 302022 % pass: 73
Prosthodontics	12	83	12	75	16	63
2020 % pass: 832021 Candidates: 122021 % pass: 752022 Candidates: 162022 % pass: 63

**These specialties have less than 10 candidates and pass rates are confidential as they may allow identifying the individuals that failed.

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