Accredited high-quality online training. 100% of our students passed the March 2020 NEBDN exam.
The distance learning NEBDN accredited Oral Health Education course is suited to registered dental nurses who desire to become qualified oral health educators. The course is an excellent stepping stone towards retraining to become a hygienist. The course takes 6 - 12 months to complete depending on when you enrol and is comprised of:
Become qualified in 6 - 12 months
Who should apply?
You should only enrol for this course if you are employed, qualified, registered, indemnified and:
* We require the following documents completed and signed by yourself and your employer.
Please email scanned copies (you may take photos and email these) to [email protected].
Assessment information
The RoC must take a minimum of three months to complete and includes:
A) Assessment of seven patients, four of whom must each be seen twice.
B) Production of a detailed written case study (with a word count of 2250-2750 words). This is usually one of the patients from the topic ranges requiring second visits.
C) Supplementary outcomes including:
You must have access to the following topic ranges:
To be seen on two occasions |
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Prevention of Caries |
Periodontal Disease |
Non-Carious Tooth Surface Loss |
Oral Conditions |
To be seen on one occasion |
Care of Dentures |
Care of Fixed Prosthesis |
Care of Orthodontic Appliance |
Throughout your RoC, you need to see at least five of the patient groups below:
Pregnant / nursing mothers |
Parents of pre-school children (4 and under) |
Parents of primary school children (5 – 11) |
Adolescents (12–15) |
Adults (16–64) |
Seniors (65 and older) |
People with special needs / medically comprised people |
100% of our students passed the March 2020 NEBDN exam
Exams are held twice per year at the NEBDN Manchester Centre or DNN Brighton Centre. Please note that exam centres are subject to change and are not guaranteed. The next available exam dates are:
Exam |
Last day to register with NEBDN to sit this exam | RoC to be completed no later than* |
| Fri 12/03/2021 | 28/09/2020** | 01/12/2020** |
| September 2021 ( date unknown) | 28/02/2021 | 15/06/2021 |
* We need to confirm your exam entry. In order to do this, we must have signed off your entire RoC as satisfactory by this date.
** NEBDN extended this date on 04/08/2020
Gain 2 hours of verifiable CPD
The aim of this webinar is to learn how to utilise your skills and expertise outside of the dental surgery to promote good oral health habits during a time of pandemic. One hour of verifiable CPD awarded upon completion.
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The aim of this webinar is to understand the connection between oral health and general health. One hour of verifiable CPD awarded upon completion.
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If you have NOT registered with NEBDN and started the learning materials, the following part refund applies:
| Cancel within 30 days | Receive part refund minus £50.00 processing fee. |
| Cancel within 60 day | Receive part refund minus £75.00 processing fee. |
| Cancel within 90 days | Receive part refund minus £125.00 processing fee. |
| Cancel after 90 days |
Non-refundable |
You can defer the exam if you are unable to attend it or if you do not complete your RoC in time. The current fee for this is £30.00 (this is subject to change). When you register for an exam, you only have three attempts to sit the exam. For example, if you defer your first exam, this will count as one attempt and you would have two attempts left. Please contact [email protected] directly if you need to defer. Please note that there may be additional charges with DNN depending on when your online course and support access is due to expire.
If you use up all your exam attempts due to failing or deferring exams you will need to restart the course again.
NEBDN currently charges £175.00 to resit an exam. NEBDN charges are subject to change.
The NEBDN exam fee is non-refundable. If you have purchased this and not completed the exam entry forms, DNN will refund part of the payment. Please see above refund policy.
