OSCE DENTAL FINAL EXAM GUIDE
2025
|MOST COMMON QUESTIONS WITH CORRECTLY
VERIFIED ANSWERS|ALREADY A+
GRADED|GUARANTEED PASS
Order to put PPE on - 1. Mask and visor
2. Wash hands
3. Gloves
Basic extraction skills station - recommended approach - You are required to inform the
examiner if you are right-handed or left-handed
1. PPE - mask and visor, wash hands, then gloves (must use correct order)
2. Select correct forceps for tooth AND handedness
3. Patient positioning
4. Operator positioning
5. Hold forceps correctly - from underneath and curve of handle resting in palm of hand
6. Apply forceps correctly - blades applied bucco-lingually into gingival crevice, vertically down
long axis of tooth
7. Remove fingers from between handles
8. Position supporting hand correctly
9. Use correct movement for forceps
10. Extract correct tooth
Forceps for extractions - upper - 94 forceps - upper right molars (UR6,7,8)
95 forceps - upper left molars (UL6,7,8)
,76 (or 76n) forceps - upper premolars (UR/L4,5)
--> can get right handed AND left handed versions of these
29 (or 29s) forceps - upper incisors and canines (UR/L1,2,3)
Forceps for extractions - lower - 73 forceps - lower molars (LR/L6,7,8)
74 (or 74n) forceps - lower premolars and canines (LR/L3,4,5)
74n forceps - lower incisors (LR/L1,2)
Patient position for extractions - Upper - head between elbow and shoulder (move chair
to highest it goes, patient at 60% back to upright
Lowers - head at elbow height, patient sat straight up
Operator position for extractions - Stood in front right for upper right, upper left and
lower left
Stood behind right for lower right
Supporting hand positioning for extractions - Upper right and upper left - finger and
thumb protecting alveolus, other fingers outside mouth
Lower left - first finger buccal and second finger lingual and thumb under jaw to support
mandible
Lower right (stood behind patient) - arm comes round patient's left shoulder, thumb lingual and
first finger buccal protecting alveolus, other fingers below jaw supporting mandible
Movement of 94/95 forceps for extractions - For upper molars
Steady buccal movements - buccal, back to midline
Until tooth gets to 45 degrees
Repeat until tooth is mobile
Then deliver buccally
NO PALATAL MOVEMENT
Movement of 76 (or 76n) forceps for extractions - For upper premolars
Steady buccal movements
Until tooth gets to 45 degrees
, When mobile, shimmy to lift tooth out
Movement of 29 (or 29s) forceps for extractions - For upper incisors/canines
Buccal movements then a slight bit of rotation to take the tooth out
Movement of 73 forceps for extractions - For lower molars
Steady buccal movements until tooth is at 45 degrees
Then figure of 8 movement (lingual and buccal) and deliver buccally
Movement of 74 (or 74n) forceps for extractions - For lower premolars/canines
Rotate until mobile
Then deliver buccally using steady buccal movement
Movement of 74n forceps for extractions - For lower incisors
Steady buccal/lingual movements until mobile maybe with some rotation
Then deliver buccally
Extra-oral examination station - recommended approach: - 1. PPE - mask and visor, wash
hands, gloves
2. Introduction to patient and explanation of procedure
3. Oral history - ask patient if they have experienced any pain/swelling around the head/neck
4. Visual inspection - soft tissue lesions (face, vermillion border, perioral), signs of ill health,
symmetry (in front, behind and above patient)
5. Muscles of mastication - looking for tenderness or spasm - bilateral palpation of masseter and
temporalis
6. Lymph nodes - state each as you progress
7. TMJ and mandibular opening - extent of opening, any deviations on opening/closing, check
TMJ for clicks/crepitus, any pain?
8. Other facial features - assess eyes/ears/neck (changes/scars/swelling)
Lymph node examination - Submental and submandibular lymph nodes
Pre-auricular and post-auricular lymph nodes
Occipital lymph nodes
2025
|MOST COMMON QUESTIONS WITH CORRECTLY
VERIFIED ANSWERS|ALREADY A+
GRADED|GUARANTEED PASS
Order to put PPE on - 1. Mask and visor
2. Wash hands
3. Gloves
Basic extraction skills station - recommended approach - You are required to inform the
examiner if you are right-handed or left-handed
1. PPE - mask and visor, wash hands, then gloves (must use correct order)
2. Select correct forceps for tooth AND handedness
3. Patient positioning
4. Operator positioning
5. Hold forceps correctly - from underneath and curve of handle resting in palm of hand
6. Apply forceps correctly - blades applied bucco-lingually into gingival crevice, vertically down
long axis of tooth
7. Remove fingers from between handles
8. Position supporting hand correctly
9. Use correct movement for forceps
10. Extract correct tooth
Forceps for extractions - upper - 94 forceps - upper right molars (UR6,7,8)
95 forceps - upper left molars (UL6,7,8)
,76 (or 76n) forceps - upper premolars (UR/L4,5)
--> can get right handed AND left handed versions of these
29 (or 29s) forceps - upper incisors and canines (UR/L1,2,3)
Forceps for extractions - lower - 73 forceps - lower molars (LR/L6,7,8)
74 (or 74n) forceps - lower premolars and canines (LR/L3,4,5)
74n forceps - lower incisors (LR/L1,2)
Patient position for extractions - Upper - head between elbow and shoulder (move chair
to highest it goes, patient at 60% back to upright
Lowers - head at elbow height, patient sat straight up
Operator position for extractions - Stood in front right for upper right, upper left and
lower left
Stood behind right for lower right
Supporting hand positioning for extractions - Upper right and upper left - finger and
thumb protecting alveolus, other fingers outside mouth
Lower left - first finger buccal and second finger lingual and thumb under jaw to support
mandible
Lower right (stood behind patient) - arm comes round patient's left shoulder, thumb lingual and
first finger buccal protecting alveolus, other fingers below jaw supporting mandible
Movement of 94/95 forceps for extractions - For upper molars
Steady buccal movements - buccal, back to midline
Until tooth gets to 45 degrees
Repeat until tooth is mobile
Then deliver buccally
NO PALATAL MOVEMENT
Movement of 76 (or 76n) forceps for extractions - For upper premolars
Steady buccal movements
Until tooth gets to 45 degrees
, When mobile, shimmy to lift tooth out
Movement of 29 (or 29s) forceps for extractions - For upper incisors/canines
Buccal movements then a slight bit of rotation to take the tooth out
Movement of 73 forceps for extractions - For lower molars
Steady buccal movements until tooth is at 45 degrees
Then figure of 8 movement (lingual and buccal) and deliver buccally
Movement of 74 (or 74n) forceps for extractions - For lower premolars/canines
Rotate until mobile
Then deliver buccally using steady buccal movement
Movement of 74n forceps for extractions - For lower incisors
Steady buccal/lingual movements until mobile maybe with some rotation
Then deliver buccally
Extra-oral examination station - recommended approach: - 1. PPE - mask and visor, wash
hands, gloves
2. Introduction to patient and explanation of procedure
3. Oral history - ask patient if they have experienced any pain/swelling around the head/neck
4. Visual inspection - soft tissue lesions (face, vermillion border, perioral), signs of ill health,
symmetry (in front, behind and above patient)
5. Muscles of mastication - looking for tenderness or spasm - bilateral palpation of masseter and
temporalis
6. Lymph nodes - state each as you progress
7. TMJ and mandibular opening - extent of opening, any deviations on opening/closing, check
TMJ for clicks/crepitus, any pain?
8. Other facial features - assess eyes/ears/neck (changes/scars/swelling)
Lymph node examination - Submental and submandibular lymph nodes
Pre-auricular and post-auricular lymph nodes
Occipital lymph nodes
