This free NBDHE study guide walks through the highest-yield content the tests, organized by the official structure — a 200-item and a 150-item , for 350 items in all.[1]
It is interactive, not a wall of text: every module has worked clinical scenarios, high-yield tables, labeled diagrams, and built-in flashcards, taught the way the NBDHE is actually tested — the anatomy and biomedical science that underlie practice, the clinical , and the radiographic, preventive, and community-health knowledge a hygienist applies every day.
Read it module by module, then round out your prep with our practice questions and flashcards. The NBDHE is the written board exam required for dental hygiene licensure in the United States; passing it (plus a clinical/regional exam and your state's requirements) lets you practice as a registered dental hygienist.
NBDHE Exam Snapshot
| Detail | NBDHE |
|---|---|
| Items | 350 multiple-choice (200 discipline-based + 150 case-based) |
| Components | Component A (discipline-based) + Component B (case-based, 12–15 cases) |
| Time | About 9 hours — a single computer-based test day |
| Delivery | Computer-based at Pearson VUE; offered year-round |
| Scoring | Pass/Fail on a scale of 49–99; passing score 75 (criterion-referenced) |
| Eligibility | Enrolled in or graduated from a CODA-accredited dental hygiene program |
| Exam fee | ~$425 (dated anchor — verify on the JCNDE application) |
| Certifying body | Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations (JCNDE), ADA |
The discipline-based component is 200 items and the case-based component is 150, so the disciplines you learn first are reused throughout the patient cases. Within Component A, Provision of Clinical Dental Hygiene Services is by far the largest area (about 115 items), so periodontology, radiology, and prevention deserve the most study time, followed by the Scientific Basis (about 61) and Community Health/Research (about 24).[1]
Percentages are each area’s share of all 350 items.[1] This guide teaches the disciplines as five study modules and finishes by showing how the case-based component reuses them, so the structure matches the JCNDE blueprint.
How the NBDHE Is Built
The NBDHE assesses your ability to understand basic biomedical and dental-hygiene science and to apply it in a problem-solving context. It is delivered in two components on one test day.[1]
- ~61 · Scientific Basis (anatomy, physiology, biochem/nutrition, microbiology, pathology, pharmacology)
- ~115 · Provision of Clinical Dental Hygiene Services (assessment, radiographs, perio, prevention, professional responsibility)
- ~24 · Community Health & Research Principles
- 12–15 patient cases, each with a patient history, dental & periodontal charting, and radiographs.
- Items integrate the disciplines into a problem-solving, process-of-care context for that specific patient.
- Cases span child, adolescent, adult, geriatric, periodontal, medically compromised, and special-needs patients.
- Component A — Discipline-based (200 items) — stand-alone questions across the Scientific Basis for Dental Hygiene Practice, the Provision of Clinical Dental Hygiene Services, and Community Health/Research Principles.
- Component B — Case-based (150 items) — 12 to 15 patient cases, each with a patient history, dental and periodontal charting, and radiographs, with item clusters that ask you to assess, diagnose, plan, treat, and evaluate that specific patient.
Because Component B integrates everything, the most efficient path is to build the discipline knowledge first and then practice applying it to whole cases. The exam is scored Pass/Fail on a standardized scale from 49 to 99, with 75 the minimum passing score.[2]
Oral & General Anatomy
Anatomy, histology, and embryology sit inside the Scientific Basis for Dental Hygiene Practice (about 61 discipline-based items).[1] They are the foundation for everything else — you cannot interpret a radiograph, plan anesthesia, or recognize pathology without knowing the normal structures first.
Head & Neck Anatomy
The is the headline structure: it provides general sensation to the teeth and divides into three branches — V1 ophthalmic, V2 maxillary (the maxillary teeth and palate), and V3 mandibular (the mandibular teeth, lower lip, and the anterior two-thirds of the tongue). V3 also carries the motor supply to the muscles of mastication.[3]
Know the muscles of mastication (masseter, temporalis, medial and lateral pterygoid), the major foramina through which nerves and vessels pass, and the salivary glands (parotid, submandibular, sublingual). The facial nerve (CN VII) carries taste for the anterior tongue and controls facial expression — a classic point of confusion with the trigeminal.
| Nerve | Type | Dental relevance |
|---|---|---|
| V — Trigeminal | Sensory + motor (V3) | General sensation to ALL teeth; motor to muscles of mastication |
| VII — Facial | Sensory + motor | Taste to anterior 2/3 tongue; muscles of facial expression |
| IX — Glossopharyngeal | Sensory + motor | Taste and sensation to posterior 1/3 of the tongue; gag reflex |
| XII — Hypoglossal | Motor | Motor to the muscles of the tongue |
Dental Anatomy & Morphology
Know tooth numbering (the Universal system numbers permanent teeth 1–32 starting at the maxillary right third molar), the difference between anterior teeth (incisors and canines — cutting and tearing) and posterior teeth (premolars and molars — grinding), and the surfaces (mesial, distal, facial, lingual, occlusal/incisal). Root morphology matters for instrumentation and radiographic interpretation — for example, maxillary first molars usually have three roots.[3]
Histology & Embryology
The tooth is built from four tissues. is the hardest, most mineralized tissue, covering the crown; it is acellular and avascular, so it cannot repair itself. forms the bulk of the tooth and carries tubules that transmit sensitivity. covers the root and anchors the periodontal ligament. The holds the nerves and blood vessels.
The Periodontium
The is the tooth’s support system: the gingiva, the , the cementum, and the alveolar bone. Understanding the normal attachment apparatus — the junctional epithelium, the gingival sulcus, the PDL fibers — is what lets you recognize, in the clinical modules, when disease has destroyed it.[3]
Checkpoint · Oral & General Anatomy
Question 1 of 10
Which cranial nerve provides general sensory innervation to the teeth, gingiva, and the anterior two-thirds of the tongue?
Biomedical Sciences
The rest of the Scientific Basis covers physiology, biochemistry and nutrition, microbiology and immunology, pathology, and pharmacology.[1] These are the mechanisms behind disease and treatment.
Physiology
Know the body systems at a working level — cardiovascular (blood pressure, the cardiac cycle), respiratory, endocrine (especially diabetes and its oral effects), and the role of saliva in buffering acid, remineralizing enamel, and clearing food. Reduced salivary flow (xerostomia) sharply raises caries risk.[3]
Biochemistry & Nutrition
Nutrition is high-yield because diet drives caries. Fermentable carbohydrates, and the frequency of their intake, feed acid production — frequency matters more than total amount. Know the roles of key vitamins and minerals: vitamin C for collagen and gingival health, vitamin D and calcium for mineralization, and the link between deficiency states and oral findings.[3]
Microbiology & Immunology
Dental is a — a structured bacterial community in a matrix. Cariogenic bacteria such as Streptococcus mutans ferment sugar into acid that causes , while plaque at the gingival margin triggers the inflammatory response of gingivitis. The host immune response is protective but, when chronic, contributes to the tissue destruction of periodontitis.[3]
Pink, firm, stippled gingiva. Probing depths 1–3 mm, no bleeding on probing, no attachment loss or bone loss.
Plaque-induced inflammation. Red, swollen gingiva; bleeding on probing (the earliest reliable sign). NO attachment or bone loss — fully reversible.
Inflammation extends to the attachment apparatus. Clinical attachment loss, true periodontal pockets, and radiographic bone loss — not reversible, but manageable.
Severe attachment and bone loss, deep pockets, furcation involvement, mobility, and possible tooth loss.
General & Oral Pathology
Recognize common oral lesions and the signs that warrant referral. The most important modifiable risk factors for oral squamous cell carcinoma are tobacco and alcohol — and used together their effect is synergistic. Features concerning for malignancy include a non-healing ulcer, induration, fixation, and an irregular red-white lesion; any suspicious lesion is referred for biopsy.[3]
Pharmacology
are the highest-yield pharmacology topic. They reversibly block nerve conduction; a such as epinephrine slows absorption, prolongs anesthesia, reduces bleeding, and raises the allowable dose. You must be able to track the total milligrams delivered against the maximum recommended dose to avoid systemic toxicity.[3]
| Class | Example | Hygiene relevance |
|---|---|---|
| Local anesthetics | Lidocaine, articaine | Track total mg vs the maximum dose; toxicity is CNS then cardiovascular |
| Vasoconstrictors | Epinephrine | Prolongs anesthesia; cautious dosing in cardiovascular disease |
| Analgesics | Ibuprofen (NSAID), acetaminophen | NSAIDs first-line for dental pain; watch bleeding/GI/renal cautions |
| Antibiotics | Amoxicillin | Premedication regimen for at-risk cardiac patients |
| Anticoagulants | Warfarin, DOACs | Bleeding risk — review the medical history before treatment |
Checkpoint · Biomedical Sciences
Question 1 of 10
The single most significant modifiable risk factor most strongly associated with oral squamous cell carcinoma is which of the following?
Clinical Dental Hygiene
Provision of Clinical Dental Hygiene Services is the largest discipline-based area (~115 items) and the heart of the case-based component.[1] It is the clinical : assess the patient, form a dental hygiene diagnosis, plan, treat, and evaluate.
Collect data: medical/dental history, vital signs, extra/intraoral exam, periodontal charting, radiographs, and risk factors.
Analyze the data to identify the patient's unmet needs and problems within the dental hygiene scope of practice.
Set goals with the patient and select interventions — instrumentation, prevention, education — and a prognosis.
Deliver the care: scaling/root planing, fluoride/sealants, oral-hygiene instruction, and supportive services.
Re-assess to determine whether goals were met, then decide on continued care or referral (and document everything).
Assessing the Patient
Assessment starts with the medical and dental history — it drives every later decision (premedication, drug interactions, contraindications). Take vital signs, perform an extra- and intraoral exam (including an oral cancer screening), chart existing conditions, and complete a full periodontal assessment. The history is the single most important data source for patient safety.[3]
Periodontology & Classification
The key distinction is between — reversible inflammation with no attachment or bone loss — and , where the attachment apparatus has been destroyed, producing , true pockets, and radiographic bone loss. is the earliest reliable sign of inflammation.[3]
is measured from the gingival margin to the base of the pocket; is measured from the fixed to the pocket base and is the truer measure of support lost, because the margin moves with swelling or .
| Finding | Health | Gingivitis | Periodontitis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Probing depth | 1–3 mm | May increase (pseudo-pocket) | True pockets, often ≥4 mm |
| Bleeding on probing | Absent | Present | Present |
| Attachment loss | None | None | Present (the defining feature) |
| Radiographic bone loss | None | None | Present |
| Reversible? | — | Yes | No (but manageable) |
Instrumentation & Care
removes plaque and from the crown and smooths the root surface. Effective, safe instrumentation depends on a stable (finger rest), the correct working end and cutting edge, proper adaptation and angulation, and controlled strokes. add high-frequency vibration with a water lavage to disrupt biofilm, with specific cautions (for example, cardiac pacemakers and certain restorations).[3]
Checkpoint · Clinical Dental Hygiene
Question 1 of 10
What is the earliest clinically detectable sign of plaque-induced gingivitis?
Radiology, Prevention & Professionalism
The rest of the Provision of Clinical Services area covers dental radiology, preventive agents, pain and anxiety management, and professional responsibility — all heavily reused in the case-based component.[1]
Dental Radiology
The — receptor parallel to the tooth, beam perpendicular — produces the most accurate image. Know the technique errors cold: excessive vertical angulation causes (too short), insufficient vertical angulation causes (too long), and incorrect horizontal angulation causes overlap. Apply — fast receptors, collimation, and protective shielding — to keep exposure minimal.[3]
Preventive Agents
prevents caries chiefly through topical mechanisms: it promotes , forms acid-resistant fluorapatite, and inhibits bacterial metabolism. Community water fluoridation is optimized at about 0.7 ppm; excess during tooth development causes . block the pits and fissures of posterior teeth where decay starts, and moisture control during placement is critical.[4][5]
Pain & Anxiety Management
Beyond local anesthesia, manages mild-to-moderate anxiety; it is titratable and recovers quickly, but it requires a scavenging system and adequate ventilation, and is relatively contraindicated in conditions such as severe COPD or first-trimester pregnancy. Always end with 100% oxygen to prevent diffusion hypoxia.[3]
Professional Responsibility & Emergencies
Know your , informed consent, confidentiality, and the core ethical principles (autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice). Recognize when is indicated for at-risk cardiac patients, and be ready for medical emergencies — (fainting) is the most common: stop, place the patient supine, ensure an airway, and give oxygen.[5]
Checkpoint · Radiology, Prevention & Professionalism
Question 1 of 10
What is the recommended final step at the conclusion of nitrous oxide-oxygen sedation to prevent diffusion hypoxia?
Community Health & the Case-Based Component
Community Health/Research Principles is the smallest discipline-based area (~24 items), but it is reliably tested.[1] This module also covers how to actually work the 150-item case-based component.
Community Health & Indices
Community dental health applies prevention to populations: needs assessment, program planning, implementation, and evaluation. Know the major — the index counts Decayed, Missing (from caries), and Filled permanent teeth as a measure of a population’s caries experience (lowercase dmft for primary teeth), plus the plaque and gingival indices. Community water fluoridation is the classic population-level preventive program.[4]
Research & Biostatistics
You need a working grasp of evidence and statistics. Know the measures of central tendency — the mean (average, sensitive to outliers), the median (middle value, better for skewed data), and the mode (most frequent) — plus (does the test measure what it intends?) versus (is it consistent?), and the basics of study design and evidence-based practice.[3]
| Term | Meaning | Watch for |
|---|---|---|
| Mean | Arithmetic average of all values | Pulled by outliers/skew |
| Median | Middle value of ordered data | Best for skewed data |
| Mode | Most frequently occurring value | A data set can have more than one |
| Validity | Measures what it intends to | An accurate but inconsistent test is still invalid |
| Reliability | Gives consistent results | Consistent ≠ correct |
Working the Patient Cases
The case-based component gives you a patient — a history, a dental and periodontal chart, and radiographs — and a cluster of items. Read the entire case first, anchor on the medical history (it changes everything), interpret the charting and radiographs together, and answer through the lens of the : what does assessment reveal, what is the dental hygiene diagnosis, what is the safest plan, and how would you evaluate it? The questions reuse the very disciplines you studied above.[1]
Checkpoint · Community Health & the Case-Based Component
Question 1 of 10
In a DMFT index score, what does the letter M represent?
How to Use This Study Guide
Work through the guide module by module. After each one, check it off in the contents to raise your exam-readiness score, then drill the same content in our free practice questions and flashcards — active recall and timed practice are what move knowledge into exam-day performance.
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Step 1
Build the anatomy foundation — the trigeminal nerve, the tooth tissues, and the periodontium — so the clinical and radiographic content has something to attach to.
- 2
Step 2
Learn the biomedical mechanisms: plaque biofilm and caries, oral pathology and cancer risk, and pharmacology (especially local anesthetics and dosing).
- 3
Step 3
Master Clinical Dental Hygiene — the process of care, the gingivitis/periodontitis distinction, CAL vs probing depth, and instrumentation. This is the largest area.
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Step 4
Cover radiology (the angulation errors), prevention (fluoride and sealants), pain management, and professional responsibility and emergencies.
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Step 5
Add community health and biostatistics, then practice the case-based component on full patient cases — read the whole case, anchor on the history, apply the process of care. Aim for 80%+.
- Build disciplines first, then cases. Component B reuses everything in Component A — there is no separate set of case facts to memorize.
- Weight your time toward clinical services. Provision of Clinical Dental Hygiene Services (~115 items) is the biggest discipline-based area; periodontology and radiology recur everywhere.
- Lock in the high-yield traps. CAL vs probing depth, gingivitis vs periodontitis, foreshortening vs elongation, and local-anesthetic dosing are repeatable points.
- Anchor on the medical history. In a patient case it determines premedication, contraindications, and how disease behaves.
- Then prove it. When a module feels easy, confirm it with our practice questions and flashcards.
Common questions dental hygiene candidates search and get asked — each answered briefly and backed by an official source (JCNDE/ADA, NIH, or CDC). Tap any card to test yourself.
NBDHE Concept Questions
NBDHE Glossary
Key dental hygiene terms in one place. Hover any dotted term throughout the guide for its definition; the full list is below.
- NBDHE
- National Board Dental Hygiene Examination — the JCNDE/ADA written board exam a dental hygiene graduate must pass for licensure in the United States.
- JCNDE
- Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations — the body, under the American Dental Association, that develops and administers the NBDHE.
- discipline-based component
- Component A of the NBDHE: 200 stand-alone multiple-choice items across the basic and clinical dental-hygiene disciplines.
- case-based component
- Component B of the NBDHE: 150 items built around 12–15 patient cases, each with a patient history, charting, and radiographs.
- process of care
- The systematic dental-hygiene framework — assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation (ADPIE).
- dental hygiene diagnosis
- The hygienist's identification of a patient's unmet needs and problems within the dental-hygiene scope of practice, based on the assessment data.
- trigeminal
- Cranial nerve V — the main sensory nerve of the face and the nerve that supplies sensation to the teeth, via its V1, V2, and V3 branches.
- enamel
- The hardest, most mineralized tissue of the body, covering the crown of the tooth; acellular and unable to repair itself.
- dentin
- The mineralized, tubule-containing tissue beneath enamel and cementum that forms the bulk of the tooth.
- cementum
- The mineralized tissue covering the root that anchors the periodontal ligament fibers to the tooth.
- periodontal ligament
- The connective-tissue fibers (PDL) that attach the cementum of the root to the alveolar bone.
- periodontium
- The supporting structures of the tooth — gingiva, periodontal ligament, cementum, and alveolar bone.
- biofilm
- A structured community of bacteria in a matrix on a surface; dental plaque is an oral biofilm.
- plaque
- The soft, sticky bacterial biofilm on the tooth surface that drives both caries and gingival inflammation.
- calculus
- Hardened, mineralized plaque (tartar) firmly attached to the tooth; it must be removed by instrumentation.
- caries
- Tooth decay — demineralization of the tooth by acid from bacterial fermentation of dietary sugars.
- demineralization
- Loss of mineral (calcium and phosphate) from the tooth surface caused by acid, the start of a caries lesion.
- remineralization
- Redeposition of mineral into a demineralized tooth surface, promoted by fluoride and saliva.
- gingivitis
- Plaque-induced inflammation of the gingiva with no attachment or bone loss — reversible.
- periodontitis
- Inflammation that has destroyed the attachment apparatus, producing clinical attachment loss and bone loss — not reversible.
- bleeding on probing
- Bleeding when a periodontal probe is inserted into the sulcus — the earliest reliable clinical sign of gingival inflammation.
- probing depth
- The distance from the free gingival margin to the base of the sulcus or pocket, measured with a periodontal probe.
- clinical attachment level
- CAL — the distance from the cementoenamel junction (a fixed point) to the base of the pocket; the truest measure of support lost.
- CEJ
- Cementoenamel junction — the line where the enamel of the crown meets the cementum of the root; the fixed reference for clinical attachment level.
- recession
- Apical migration of the gingival margin that exposes the root surface.
- furcation
- The area where the roots of a multi-rooted tooth divide; involvement here signals advanced bone loss.
- scaling and root planing
- SRP — the instrumentation that removes plaque and calculus from the crown (scaling) and smooths the root (root planing).
- ultrasonic
- A powered scaler that uses high-frequency vibration and a water spray (lavage) to remove calculus and biofilm.
- fulcrum
- The finger rest that stabilizes the hand during instrumentation so the clinician has control of the working stroke.
- paralleling technique
- The preferred intraoral radiographic technique, with the receptor parallel to the tooth and the beam perpendicular, for an accurate image.
- ALARA
- As Low As Reasonably Achievable — the principle of minimizing radiation exposure to the patient and operator.
- foreshortening
- A radiographic image that appears too short, caused by excessive vertical angulation of the beam.
- elongation
- A radiographic image that appears too long, caused by insufficient vertical angulation of the beam.
- fluoride
- An ion that prevents caries by promoting remineralization, forming acid-resistant fluorapatite, and inhibiting bacteria.
- fluorosis
- Mottling/discoloration of enamel from excess fluoride ingestion during tooth development.
- sealant
- A resin coating placed in the pits and fissures of posterior teeth to block decay-causing bacteria.
- local anesthetic
- A drug (such as lidocaine) that reversibly blocks nerve conduction to produce a loss of sensation for treatment.
- vasoconstrictor
- An agent (such as epinephrine) added to a local anesthetic to slow absorption, prolong anesthesia, and reduce bleeding.
- nitrous oxide
- An inhalation sedative-analgesic gas (N₂O/O₂) used to manage mild-to-moderate dental anxiety.
- premedication
- Prophylactic antibiotics given before invasive treatment to patients at highest risk of infective endocarditis.
- syncope
- Fainting — usually a vasovagal reaction; the most common medical emergency in the dental office.
- ADPIE
- The five-step process of care: Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation.
- DMFT
- An epidemiological caries index counting permanent teeth that are Decayed, Missing (from caries), or Filled (lowercase dmft for primary teeth).
- index
- A numerical measure used in epidemiology and clinical care to quantify oral conditions (for example DMFT, plaque index, gingival index).
- validity
- Whether a measurement actually measures what it is intended to measure.
- reliability
- Whether a measurement gives consistent, reproducible results.
- scope of practice
- The range of services a dental hygienist is legally and professionally permitted to perform.
NBDHE Study Guide FAQ
The NBDHE has 350 multiple-choice items in two components: Component A, the discipline-based component, has 200 stand-alone items (about 61 Scientific Basis, 115 Provision of Clinical Dental Hygiene Services, and 24 Community Health/Research), and Component B, the case-based component, has 150 items built around 12 to 15 patient cases.
The NBDHE is reported Pass/Fail on a standardized scale score that ranges from 49 to 99, and the minimum passing score is 75. The scale score is not the raw number of questions answered correctly; the JCNDE does not release the raw number needed to pass because it varies by exam form.
The NBDHE is a single computer-based test day of roughly nine hours, including a tutorial, the two components, and an optional scheduled break between them. It is delivered at Pearson VUE test centers and is offered year-round. Plan for a full day at the testing center.
Component A covers the disciplines: Scientific Basis for Dental Hygiene Practice (anatomy, physiology, biochemistry/nutrition, microbiology, pathology, pharmacology), Provision of Clinical Dental Hygiene Services (assessment, radiographs, periodontology, prevention, professional responsibility), and Community Health/Research Principles. Component B applies that knowledge to patient cases with histories, charting, and radiographs.
To sit for the NBDHE you must be enrolled in, or have graduated from, a dental hygiene program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). Eligibility is verified through your program. Confirm current requirements and timing on the JCNDE application, as policies change.
Component A is the discipline-based component — 200 stand-alone questions that test the disciplines individually. Component B is the case-based component — 150 questions grouped under 12 to 15 patient cases, each with a patient history, dental and periodontal charting, and radiographs, that ask you to apply the disciplines to one patient.
Study by component. Build the discipline knowledge first — anatomy, the biomedical sciences, and clinical dental hygiene — because the case-based component reuses all of it. The largest discipline-based area is Provision of Clinical Dental Hygiene Services, so weight periodontology, radiology, and prevention heavily, then practice working full patient cases. Drill with our free practice questions and flashcards after each module.
Yes. The JCNDE allows retakes subject to its current policy, which generally includes a waiting period (commonly 90 days) before a retest and a limit on total attempts. Always verify the current retake rules and any documentation requirements on the JCNDE website before reapplying.
Yes — the full guide, the glossary, the concept questions, the practice questions, and the flashcards are 100% free with no account required.
References
- 1.Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations (JCNDE). “National Board Dental Hygiene Examination (NBDHE) — Overview & Candidate Guide.” American Dental Association. ↑
- 2.Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations (JCNDE). “NBDHE Results & Scoring (scale 49–99, passing score 75).” ADA. ↑
- 3.National Institutes of Health / National Library of Medicine. “StatPearls & MedlinePlus (oral anatomy, periodontology, radiology, pharmacology).” NIH/NLM. ↑
- 4.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “Community Water Fluoridation & Oral Health.” CDC. ↑
- 5.American Dental Association (ADA). “Clinical Recommendations: Sealants, Fluoride & Antibiotic Prophylaxis.” ADA. ↑
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