CDCA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | NEWEST
2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
1. How often to update Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996
(HIPAA) form Answer - at least once every three years
1. If pt allergic to Penicillin, what antibiotic do you give? Answer - IFALLERGIC
TO PENICILLIN, GIVE: Clindamycin 600 mg 1 hour before the procedure and 300
mg 6 hours after the procedure.
Antibiotic prophylaxis (no allergens) Answer - Amoxicillin 2 g 1 hour before the
procedure and 1.5 g 6 hours after the procedure.
if allergic to penicillin Answer - Clindamycin 600 mg 1 hour before the
procedure and 300 mg 6 hours after the procedure.
for extraction, how long should you wait to take antibiotics after surgery
Answer - 6 weeks
IF HIGH RISK PATIENT (prosthetic valve or surgical shunt): Answer - Ampicillin
2g IV and Gentamicin 80 mg IV 30 minutes before procedure
repeat in 8 hours
,administer ______ mg of ____________ for pt that is allergic to penicillin
Answer - 600mg of clindamycin
to scale an implant using a ultrasonic... Answer - use plastic tipped ultrasonic
on high, medium or low
OR no power scaler at all
_______ magnetostrictive ultrasonic should be used on a ______ power for
plaque biofilm
and a _______ power for hard calculus Answer - thin
low
high
hard or heavy calculus that is embedded into the root surface is NOT efficiently
removed if you Answer - stoke at it with the side of a thin tip on low power
what antibiotic do you administer through IV to treat MRSA Answer -
vancomycin
mesonathic Answer - mesial buccal cusp of max 1st molar is occluding with the
mesial buccal groove of the mandibular first molar
Retronathic Answer -
retronathic division 1 Answer -
, class 2 division 2 Answer - one or more of the maxillary central incisors are
lingually inclined or retruded
class 3 occlusion prognathic profile Answer - Mesiobuccal cusp of maxillary
first permanent molar is distal to buccal groove of mandibular 1st permanent
molar.
Firm mass under tongue on floor of the mouth (with no blue hue) Answer -
Ranula
Ranula Answer - Large mucocele on floor of mouth
neoplasm Answer - new growth (tumor) floor of the mouth
what teeth are present in the mouth at age 6 Answer -
what teeth are present at age 9 Answer -
what teeth are present at age 12 Answer -
mesiodens Answer - Supernumerary tooth between two permanent maxillary
central incisors
dens in dente (dens invaginatus) Answer - "tooth within a tooth"
*invagination of the crown or tooth that is lined with enamel
Dens Evaginatus Answer - - Looks like an extra cusp or a talon
- Comes out of the tooth
2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
1. How often to update Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996
(HIPAA) form Answer - at least once every three years
1. If pt allergic to Penicillin, what antibiotic do you give? Answer - IFALLERGIC
TO PENICILLIN, GIVE: Clindamycin 600 mg 1 hour before the procedure and 300
mg 6 hours after the procedure.
Antibiotic prophylaxis (no allergens) Answer - Amoxicillin 2 g 1 hour before the
procedure and 1.5 g 6 hours after the procedure.
if allergic to penicillin Answer - Clindamycin 600 mg 1 hour before the
procedure and 300 mg 6 hours after the procedure.
for extraction, how long should you wait to take antibiotics after surgery
Answer - 6 weeks
IF HIGH RISK PATIENT (prosthetic valve or surgical shunt): Answer - Ampicillin
2g IV and Gentamicin 80 mg IV 30 minutes before procedure
repeat in 8 hours
,administer ______ mg of ____________ for pt that is allergic to penicillin
Answer - 600mg of clindamycin
to scale an implant using a ultrasonic... Answer - use plastic tipped ultrasonic
on high, medium or low
OR no power scaler at all
_______ magnetostrictive ultrasonic should be used on a ______ power for
plaque biofilm
and a _______ power for hard calculus Answer - thin
low
high
hard or heavy calculus that is embedded into the root surface is NOT efficiently
removed if you Answer - stoke at it with the side of a thin tip on low power
what antibiotic do you administer through IV to treat MRSA Answer -
vancomycin
mesonathic Answer - mesial buccal cusp of max 1st molar is occluding with the
mesial buccal groove of the mandibular first molar
Retronathic Answer -
retronathic division 1 Answer -
, class 2 division 2 Answer - one or more of the maxillary central incisors are
lingually inclined or retruded
class 3 occlusion prognathic profile Answer - Mesiobuccal cusp of maxillary
first permanent molar is distal to buccal groove of mandibular 1st permanent
molar.
Firm mass under tongue on floor of the mouth (with no blue hue) Answer -
Ranula
Ranula Answer - Large mucocele on floor of mouth
neoplasm Answer - new growth (tumor) floor of the mouth
what teeth are present in the mouth at age 6 Answer -
what teeth are present at age 9 Answer -
what teeth are present at age 12 Answer -
mesiodens Answer - Supernumerary tooth between two permanent maxillary
central incisors
dens in dente (dens invaginatus) Answer - "tooth within a tooth"
*invagination of the crown or tooth that is lined with enamel
Dens Evaginatus Answer - - Looks like an extra cusp or a talon
- Comes out of the tooth
