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🇧🇭 Bahrain Dental Licensure Exam (NHRA) – Complete Guide (2025)

Overview, eligibility & application, blueprint, scoring/results, resources, and exam-day instructions.

1) Exam Overview

✅ Authority: National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA), Bahrain
✅ Format: 150 MCQs, computer-based (Prometric)
✅ Duration: 3 hours (180 minutes)
✅ Style: Clinically oriented, case-based, often with images/radiographs
✅ Marking: No negative marking

*Always verify latest details with NHRA before applying.

2) Eligibility & Application

Eligibility

BDS or equivalent (recognized)
Completed 1-year internship
2–3 years post-internship experience (for foreign-trained)

Application Process

Apply via NHRA Mehan Portal
Complete DataFlow (PSV)
Upload: degree, transcripts, internship, experience letters, good standing, passport
Receive eligibility code → book via Prometric

3) Exam Blueprint (150 Questions)

Domain	Qs	%
Restorative Dentistry & Endodontics	38	25%
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery	30	20%
Periodontics	23	15%
Prosthodontics	23	15%
Pediatric Dentistry	15	10%
Orthodontics	15	10%
Basic Sciences	8	5%
Total	150	100%

*Distribution may evolve; consult NHRA’s latest blueprint.

4) Scoring & Results

✅ Pass mark: 60%
✅ Results: immediate pass/fail at Prometric center
✅ Attempts: max 4 attempts over 3 years
✅ After 4 fails: 6-month retraining + 2 further attempts
✅ Validity: Eligibility/licensure letter = 5 years

5) Recommended Resources

Textbooks

Operative Dentistry, Endodontics, Oral Surgery, Prosthodontics, Periodontics, Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics.

Practice

Bahrain-specific Prometric-style MCQs
Case-based practice
Mock exams: 150 Qs / 3h

6) Exam Day Instructions

✅ Arrive ≥ 30 min early at Prometric
✅ Bring passport + NHRA eligibility code + confirmation
✅ No electronic devices or personal items
✅ Computer-based; answers can be reviewed/changed within time

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