National Entry Level Dental Assistant (NELDA) Certification
Credential Source Contact Information
- Source Company Name:
- Dental Assisting National Board Inc. (DANB)
- Contact:
- Jackie Urban, Director of Certification Operations
- Phone:
- 312.280.3465
- Email:
- jurban@danb.org
- Website:
- www.danb.org
Credential Contractor
- Credential Contractor:
- Same as source
- Contact:
- Same as source
- Phone:
- Same as source
- Email:
- Same as source
Test Administration
- Test Site:
-
- School: Online
- Paper & Pencil
- No
- Can the instructor take this test?:
- No
- Cost Per Test:
$400
- Additional information:
DANB’s National Entry Level Dental Assistant (NELDA) certification is ideal for those who are starting out in their dental assisting careers. There are three exams to pass to earn DANB’s NELDA certification, and earning this certification puts you on the path to become a certified dental assistant.
To earn the NELDA, students must pass all three DANB examinations: Anatomy, Morphology and Physiology [AMP], Infection Control Examination [ICE], and Radiation Health and Safety [RHS].
Candidates can apply for accommodations in the online application or using the accommodations request form if applying by mail or fax.
Possible Preparatory Courses
Timing
- Multiple test sessions:
- No
- Time of day
- No
- Order of tasks
- No
- Planned breaks during test
- No
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- No
Setting
- Test location
- No
- Adaptive or special furniture
- No
- Special lighting
- No
Presentation
- Written directions accompanying oral directions
- No
- Specific verbal prompts
- No
- Visual aids
- No
- Amplification equipment
- No
- Headphones, earmuffs, or earplugs
- No
- Large-print test
- No
- Braille test
- No
- Read-aloud test
- No
- Audio test
- No
- Interpreting/transliterating testing directions
- No
- Interpreting/Transliterating the test
- No
Response
- Enlarged copy of the answer document
- No
- Communication board or choice cards
- No
- Examiner records responses
- No
- Brailler
- No
- Word processor or word processor with speech-to-text
- No
- Augmentative communication device
- No
- Word prediction software
- No
- Spelling aids
- No
- English dictionary
- No
- Dictation using a recording device
- No
- Dictation to a scribe
- No
- Read back student response
- No
- Calculator and arithmetic tools
- No
- Calculator with additional functions
- No
- Math aids
- No
- Dry erase board
- No
- Additional writing implements
- No
- Audio test
- No
- Bilingual dictionary
- No
- Dictation to a scribe
- No
- English dictionary
- No
- Examiner records responses
- No
- Flexible Schedule
- No
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- No
- Multiple test sessions
- No
- Read-aloud test
- No
- Test directions delivery
- No
- Visual aids
- No
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