IU Dental School Professor Completes Review of National Board Exam Questions

INDIANAPOLIS – Dental students in their senior year across the country have a special link with Margot Van Dis, D.D.S., M.S., a professor of oral and maxillofacial radiology at the Indiana University School of Dentistry, whether they know it or not.

Van Dis and a colleague from the University of Florida College of Dentistry, Arthur Nimmo, reviewed every question on Part II of the National Board Exam for content, format, grammar, and verification of radiographs and clinical photographs in the clinical cases. All U.S. dental students take Part II of the National Board Dental Exam in their senior year prior to completing state boards to become licensed to practice dentistry.

She and Nimmo have completed their six-year terms of service on the American Dental Association Consultant Review Committee for the National Board Dental Exam.

“Drs. Nimmo and Van Dis together have an exceptional blend of clinical experience and science and have been very effective in analyzing the exam questions each year,” said Debra Willis, coordinator of test development for the American Dental Association. Van Dis is a diplomate and past president of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology.