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Section B

Section B Examination Part 2 

ABP Section B, Part 2 Examination is a criterion-referenced examination consisting of a 20-minute candidate-generated patient treatment presentation immediately followed by a 40-minute oral examination. Total time for the examination is approximately one hour. Patient treatment must include a removable partial denture (or partial denture obturator) in either arch and fabrication of at least four (4) crowns restoring natural teeth in either arch.

Section B Examination Part 3 

ABP Section B, Part 3 Examination is a criterion-referenced examination consisting of a 20-minute candidate-generated patient treatment presentation immediately followed by a 40-minute oral examination. Total time for the examination is approximately one hour. Patient treatment must include a fixed prosthodontic reconstruction consisting of at least fourteen (14) fixed prosthodontic units restoring occlusal surfaces. At least six (6) fixed units must restore natural teeth. 

Section B Examination Part 4 

ABP Section B, Part 4 Examination is a criterion-referenced examination consisting of a 20-minute candidate-generated patient treatment presentation immediately followed by a 40-minute oral examination. Total time for the examination is approximately one hour. Patient treatment must include a complete denture, complete overdenture, or complete denture obturator prosthesis in one arch and any method of restoring the opposing arch. All complete arch removable prostheses fabricated for the Part 4 examination MUST demonstrate bilateral (cross-arch) balanced articulation.