DANB GENERAL CHAIRSIDE EXAMINATION 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTION GRADED A+
✔✔Straight attachment - ✔✔is most commonly used for laboratory procedures, to trim
provisionals and additional acrylic prostheses made outside of the mouth.
✔✔Contra-angle attachment - ✔✔this attachment holds latch type rotary instruments,
endo files, prophylaxis cups and mandrels.
✔✔169 - ✔✔Tapered fissure plain cut.
✔✔699 - ✔✔tapered fissure cross cut.
✔✔330 - ✔✔Pear. Initial entry into tooth structure.
✔✔Wheel Shaped Bur - ✔✔is used for anterior crown preparations and can be used to
adjust and shape occlusal surfaces.
✔✔Acrylic Bur - ✔✔the bur most commonly used in the laboratory.
✔✔Short acting local anesthetic - ✔✔an anesthetic that can last from 60 to 180
minutes.
✔✔Intermediate acting local anesthetic - ✔✔an anesthetic that can last from 120 to 240
minutes. this is the most common.
✔✔Topical Anesthetic - ✔✔should remain on the site for a minimum of 15 to 30
seconds and a maximum of 1 to 2 minutes for optimal results.
✔✔Vasoconstrictors - ✔✔Epinephrine, levonorderfin and neo-cobefrin are....
✔✔Anterior Palatine nerve - ✔✔provides anesthesia in the posterior portion of the hard
palate.
✔✔Nasopalatine nerve block - ✔✔which produces anesthesia in the anterior hard
palate.
✔✔Local infiltration - ✔✔is completed by injecting into a small, isolated area.
✔✔Field block - ✔✔refers to the injection of anesthetic near a larger terminal nerve
branch. When two or three teeth are being restored.
✔✔Nerve Block - ✔✔anesthesia for quadrant dentistry.
, ✔✔Inferior alveolar block - ✔✔the patient will experience numbness over half of the
lower jaw including tongue and lip.
✔✔incisve nerve block - ✔✔given in the mental foramen and numb the anterior
mandibular teeth and premolars.
✔✔Hypervenilation - ✔✔plenty of oxygen but not enough carbon dioxide.
✔✔Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis - ✔✔Long term disease from abuse of lung
tissue
Smoking, toxic fumes
Causes overproduction of mucus
Destroys bronchioles & alveoli
Patients know of their condition and may keep their medication & oxygen close by
✔✔Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis Symptoms - ✔✔Pink puffer vs. Blue Bloater"
SOB, wheezing, coughing, anxiety, unable to speak clearly
✔✔Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis Treatment - ✔✔Assess responsiveness, CABs,
& V/S
Place in position of comfort
Oxygen 2-6 lpm O2 by N/C titrated to SpO2 > 94% (may not tolerate a mask)
✔✔Hyperventilation - ✔✔Period of rapid & deep breathing, often in response to pain,
anxiety, or stress (generally benign)
Plenty of oxygen, but removes too much carbon dioxide
Can also be caused by dangerous conditions - pulmonary embolism, diabetic
ketoacidosis, stroke
✔✔Hyperventilation Symptoms - ✔✔Rapid, deep breathing; tingling sensation in face &
hands; cramping in hands & feet; chest pain
✔✔Hyperventilation Treatment - ✔✔Assess responsiveness, CABs, & V/S
Place in position of comfort
Talk to patient & encourage to breathe slowly through nose; get patient to talk to you
Oxygen (by mask)
DO NOT have patient breathe into a paper bag
✔✔Seizures - ✔✔Sudden change in sensation, behavior, or movement from electrical
discharge in the brain
Types - grand mal, petit mal, partial
✔✔Seizure Causes - ✔✔Causes - epilepsy, stroke, brain tumor or injury, hypoxia, fever,
hypoglycemia, infection, metabolic imbalances, drugs, alcohol
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTION GRADED A+
✔✔Straight attachment - ✔✔is most commonly used for laboratory procedures, to trim
provisionals and additional acrylic prostheses made outside of the mouth.
✔✔Contra-angle attachment - ✔✔this attachment holds latch type rotary instruments,
endo files, prophylaxis cups and mandrels.
✔✔169 - ✔✔Tapered fissure plain cut.
✔✔699 - ✔✔tapered fissure cross cut.
✔✔330 - ✔✔Pear. Initial entry into tooth structure.
✔✔Wheel Shaped Bur - ✔✔is used for anterior crown preparations and can be used to
adjust and shape occlusal surfaces.
✔✔Acrylic Bur - ✔✔the bur most commonly used in the laboratory.
✔✔Short acting local anesthetic - ✔✔an anesthetic that can last from 60 to 180
minutes.
✔✔Intermediate acting local anesthetic - ✔✔an anesthetic that can last from 120 to 240
minutes. this is the most common.
✔✔Topical Anesthetic - ✔✔should remain on the site for a minimum of 15 to 30
seconds and a maximum of 1 to 2 minutes for optimal results.
✔✔Vasoconstrictors - ✔✔Epinephrine, levonorderfin and neo-cobefrin are....
✔✔Anterior Palatine nerve - ✔✔provides anesthesia in the posterior portion of the hard
palate.
✔✔Nasopalatine nerve block - ✔✔which produces anesthesia in the anterior hard
palate.
✔✔Local infiltration - ✔✔is completed by injecting into a small, isolated area.
✔✔Field block - ✔✔refers to the injection of anesthetic near a larger terminal nerve
branch. When two or three teeth are being restored.
✔✔Nerve Block - ✔✔anesthesia for quadrant dentistry.
, ✔✔Inferior alveolar block - ✔✔the patient will experience numbness over half of the
lower jaw including tongue and lip.
✔✔incisve nerve block - ✔✔given in the mental foramen and numb the anterior
mandibular teeth and premolars.
✔✔Hypervenilation - ✔✔plenty of oxygen but not enough carbon dioxide.
✔✔Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis - ✔✔Long term disease from abuse of lung
tissue
Smoking, toxic fumes
Causes overproduction of mucus
Destroys bronchioles & alveoli
Patients know of their condition and may keep their medication & oxygen close by
✔✔Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis Symptoms - ✔✔Pink puffer vs. Blue Bloater"
SOB, wheezing, coughing, anxiety, unable to speak clearly
✔✔Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis Treatment - ✔✔Assess responsiveness, CABs,
& V/S
Place in position of comfort
Oxygen 2-6 lpm O2 by N/C titrated to SpO2 > 94% (may not tolerate a mask)
✔✔Hyperventilation - ✔✔Period of rapid & deep breathing, often in response to pain,
anxiety, or stress (generally benign)
Plenty of oxygen, but removes too much carbon dioxide
Can also be caused by dangerous conditions - pulmonary embolism, diabetic
ketoacidosis, stroke
✔✔Hyperventilation Symptoms - ✔✔Rapid, deep breathing; tingling sensation in face &
hands; cramping in hands & feet; chest pain
✔✔Hyperventilation Treatment - ✔✔Assess responsiveness, CABs, & V/S
Place in position of comfort
Talk to patient & encourage to breathe slowly through nose; get patient to talk to you
Oxygen (by mask)
DO NOT have patient breathe into a paper bag
✔✔Seizures - ✔✔Sudden change in sensation, behavior, or movement from electrical
discharge in the brain
Types - grand mal, petit mal, partial
✔✔Seizure Causes - ✔✔Causes - epilepsy, stroke, brain tumor or injury, hypoxia, fever,
hypoglycemia, infection, metabolic imbalances, drugs, alcohol
