Program Manual - Saint Louis University

The American Board of Orthodontics
INITIAL CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION
This 'Clinical Examination is offered to orthodontists following
completion of their orthodontic education. The orthodontist must be a
graduate of a CODA (Commission on Dental Accreditation) accredited
orthodontic program and have the ABO Written Exam.
The examinee must for this examination within thirty-six (36)
months following graduation.
This permits three (3) exams. To encourage
prompt examination
time-limited certificate
will expire ten (10) years from the date of the first available Initial
Certification Exam.
1. Patient Source
Cases may be have been entirely treated,
from appliance appliance removal, by the
examinee under direct sion of a clinical instructor
in an ADA accredited orthodontic program. Active treatment
ends when the same resident removes the appliances and
the retention. In cases of multi-phased
treatment, the of full treatment (appliance
placement to removal) administered by a single
resident is A Confirmation of Resident Treated
Cases (pdf) Director and/or Chairperson is
assure that the cases presented meet these
2. Components of the Initial Certification Exam
Board Case Oral Examination (BCOE)
Case Examination (CRE)
Case Oral Examination (CROE)
3.
for the Initial Certification Exam
Examination component requires six (6) Case
of three (3) cases with a DI of
(3) cases with a DI of ten (10) or
The six case presentations must contain:
• at least one (1) non-surgical case treated with four
(4) extractions that demonstrate effective
space closure (identified as UExtraction Case") .