NOTICE: These exam options are only available to candidates who sat for Oral Examination in 2004 and 2005 and received an extension date; and to candidates who are eligible to re-examine due to an Incomplete in a previous Option I or II examination.

1. Components of the Option I and II Exams

a. Board Case Oral Examination (BCOE)
b. Case Report Examination (CRE)
c. Case Report Oral Examination (CROE)

2. Case Criteria for the Option I and II Exams

The Option I presentation must include ten case reports according to Category or ten case reports according to DI.

Case Category Specifications for Option I

Case Selection by DI for Option I

• Two (2) cases may be used from orthodontic training program with affidavit from Program Director confirming individual care by examinee.
  
  
• Full-time orthodontic faculty may use three (3) clinically supervised cases. Additionally, the remainder of cases from private practice may contain two category substitutions (from categories 1-8) with no more than two cases in any one category.

The Option II examinee may present any six (6) completed case reports, including post-treatment records, of the initial twelve (12) approved sets of records previously presented to a Director of the Board. These six (6) case reports will be examined in the same way as the ten category cases are examined under the Option I. The examinee may withdraw from the Option II at any time and take the Option I.

3. Incomplete examinees who did not pass one or more cases at the Clinical examination

Continue your original path with two more attempts to return with the incomplete case(s) within 5 years from your original Clinical Examination.

4. Certificate time-limits

If you applied prior to January 1, 1998, successful passage of the Clinical Exam will earn a NON TIME-LIMITED certificate. Therefore, no recertification will be required, but voluntary recertification is encouraged.

If you applied after January 1, 1998, successful passage of the Clinical Exam will earn a 15 YEAR TIME-LIMITED certificate.

5. Download Worksheets, Forms and Instructions for Option I and II Exams

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Synopsis by Category	Worksheet (doc)	Sample (pdf)
or, Synopsis by Discrepancy Index	Worksheet (doc)	Sample (pdf)
Title Page	Template (doc)	Instructions (pdf)
Written Case Report	Form (doc)	Instructions (pdf)
Discrepancy Index	Worksheet (doc)	Instructions (pdf)
Cast-Radiograph Evaluation	Worksheet (doc)	Reference (pdf)
Case Management	Worksheet (doc)	Instructions (pdf)
Affidavit - Rules of Examination	Form (pdf)
Affidavit - Two Residency Cases	Form (pdf)
Clinical Examination Guide	Booklet (pdf, 2.5mb, 51pgs)

4. Sample Case Reports and Model Grading System:

Case Report Examples by Category

Grading System for Dental Casts and Panoramic Radiographs

5. See Exam Dates and Fees

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