International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry

Table. 3. Table 3

Average pass rate for national board certification

Year	Average	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Apply	48,473	53,449	55,250	46,010	45,145	42,513
Testing	45,823	50,273	52,035	43,320	42,889	40,598
Pass	34,322	31,303	37,169	34,033	35,229	33,874
Pass rate	74.9%	62.2%	71.4%	78.6%	82.1%	83.4%