OSCE Dental Hygiene Final Exam Latest
2025/2026 Complete Questions with Correct
Answers GRADED A+
1. ASA 1: Normal, Healthy
2. ASA 2: Pt. with mild systemic diseases.
-Allergies
-Controlled hypertension
-Asthma
-Mild obesity
-Pregnancy
-Cigarette smoking without COPD
-Diabetes without systemic effects
3. ASA 3: Pt. with severe systemic disease and some functional limitation.
-Controlled disease of more than one body system
-Controlled CHF
-Poorly controlled hypertension
-Morbid obesity
-Respiratory Problems (COPD)
-Stable angina
4. ASA 4: Pt with severe systemic disease that is a constant threat to life.
-Possible risk of death
,-Unstable angina
-Symptomatic COPD and CHF
5. ASA 5: Moribund patient not expected to survive for more than 24 hours
without surgery.
6. ASA 6: Brain dead pt.
7. Radiolucency: Dark areas on the film. Produced by less dense structures that
allows the passage of x-rays. (i.e. cysts)
8. Radiopaque: Light areas on the film. Produced by denser structures. (i.e. Lamina
Dura)
9. Overlap: inappropriate horizontal angulation
10. Foreshortening: too much vertical angulation
11. Elongation: not enough vertical angulation
12. "V" or "Sharks fin" on pano: caused by lead collar.
13. Exaggerated smile on pano: chin tipped down too far
14. Flat smile on pano: chin tipped too far up
,15. Mandibular incisors roots blurred on pano: chin tipped too far down
16. Maxillary incisors roots blurred on pano: chin tipped too far up
he larger side
17. One side shows larger teeth/condyle: patient head is twisted (t is
the distant side)
18. White straight opacity: slumping causing ghost image of spi ne
19. Shadow over maxillary teeth: tongue not touching rough of the mouth
20. Airway shadow in an arch shape: tongue not touching rough of the mouth
ugh. Enlarged
21. Anterior teeth thicker and wider: chin placed behind the focal tro
incisors (head too far back).
22. Dark shadow on anteriors: Patient not closing lips around biting blocks.
23. Ghost image: Jewelry not removed
24. Incisive foramen on film: -Passageway for nasopalatine nerves.
-Small radiolucent oval between roots of maxillary central incisors.
25. median palatine suture: vertical radiolucent thin line in the middle of t he palate.
26. Nasal septum: -Thin wall that divides the nasal cavity into two.
-Radiopaque vertical strip.
, 27. Nasal Spine: -Projection of bone anteriorly.
and fosse
-Radiopaque triangle shape at medical palatal suture where nasal septum
meet.
2025/2026 Complete Questions with Correct
Answers GRADED A+
1. ASA 1: Normal, Healthy
2. ASA 2: Pt. with mild systemic diseases.
-Allergies
-Controlled hypertension
-Asthma
-Mild obesity
-Pregnancy
-Cigarette smoking without COPD
-Diabetes without systemic effects
3. ASA 3: Pt. with severe systemic disease and some functional limitation.
-Controlled disease of more than one body system
-Controlled CHF
-Poorly controlled hypertension
-Morbid obesity
-Respiratory Problems (COPD)
-Stable angina
4. ASA 4: Pt with severe systemic disease that is a constant threat to life.
-Possible risk of death
,-Unstable angina
-Symptomatic COPD and CHF
5. ASA 5: Moribund patient not expected to survive for more than 24 hours
without surgery.
6. ASA 6: Brain dead pt.
7. Radiolucency: Dark areas on the film. Produced by less dense structures that
allows the passage of x-rays. (i.e. cysts)
8. Radiopaque: Light areas on the film. Produced by denser structures. (i.e. Lamina
Dura)
9. Overlap: inappropriate horizontal angulation
10. Foreshortening: too much vertical angulation
11. Elongation: not enough vertical angulation
12. "V" or "Sharks fin" on pano: caused by lead collar.
13. Exaggerated smile on pano: chin tipped down too far
14. Flat smile on pano: chin tipped too far up
,15. Mandibular incisors roots blurred on pano: chin tipped too far down
16. Maxillary incisors roots blurred on pano: chin tipped too far up
he larger side
17. One side shows larger teeth/condyle: patient head is twisted (t is
the distant side)
18. White straight opacity: slumping causing ghost image of spi ne
19. Shadow over maxillary teeth: tongue not touching rough of the mouth
20. Airway shadow in an arch shape: tongue not touching rough of the mouth
ugh. Enlarged
21. Anterior teeth thicker and wider: chin placed behind the focal tro
incisors (head too far back).
22. Dark shadow on anteriors: Patient not closing lips around biting blocks.
23. Ghost image: Jewelry not removed
24. Incisive foramen on film: -Passageway for nasopalatine nerves.
-Small radiolucent oval between roots of maxillary central incisors.
25. median palatine suture: vertical radiolucent thin line in the middle of t he palate.
26. Nasal septum: -Thin wall that divides the nasal cavity into two.
-Radiopaque vertical strip.
, 27. Nasal Spine: -Projection of bone anteriorly.
and fosse
-Radiopaque triangle shape at medical palatal suture where nasal septum
meet.
