1|P age
DENTAL JURISPRUDENCE COMPREHENSIVE
BUNDLED EXAMS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS, REVISED EDITION 2025/2026 (LATEST
VERSION)
Damages - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - pecuniary compensation,
recompense or satisfaction for an injury sustained, or as otherwise expressed,
the pecuniary consequences which the law imposes for the breach of some duty
or the violation of some right.
Damage - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - loss, hurt or harm which results from
injury.
ACTUAL & COMPENSATORY DAMAGES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ -
Damages awarded to a person as compensation or indemnity for pecuniary loss
suffered by him as he has duly proved
MORAL DAMAGES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - Include physical
suffering, mental anguish, fright, serious anxiety, besmirched reputation,
wounded feelings, moral shock, social humiliation, and similar injury.
Purpose of awarding moral damages - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - Not
intended to enrich the complainant in order to punish
the defendant but for the reparation of the spiritual status quo ante.
NOMINAL DAMAGES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - small sums fixed by
the court without regard to the extent of the harm done to the injured party.
Nominal damages cannot co-exist with actual or compensatory damages.
,2|P age
TEMPERATE OR MODERATE DAMAGES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ -
more than nominal but less than compensatory, and may be recovered when the
court finds that some pecuniary loss has been suffered but its amount cannot be
proved with certainty.
LIQUIDATED DAMAGES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - Damages agreed
upon by the parties to a contract, to be paid in case of breach thereof.
EXEMPLARY OR CORRECTIVE DAMAGES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
- Damages imposed by way of example or correction for the public good, in
addition to the moral, temperate, liquidated or compensatory damages.
DAMAGES IN CASE OF DEATH - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - amount of
damages for death caused by a crime or quasi-delict shall be at least Php
50,000.00, even though there may have been mitigating circumstances and
without need of further proof.
PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - Evidence so
strong that the party is guilty - no further investigation is necessary. standing
alone, unexplained or contradicted, is sufficient to
maintain the proposition.
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - Any compelling
evidence that is so strong that it cannot be disputed or discounted. Proof
establishing guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
CORROBORATIVE EVIDENCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - evidence
that supplements and strengthens already existing evidence. additional evidence
of a different kind and character from that already given, tending to prove the
same point
,3|P age
CUMULATIVE EVIDENCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - Testimony that
is offered to prove what has already been proven by other evidence. additional
evidence of the same kind and character proving the same fact.
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - Evidence that can
be legally and properly introduced in a civil or criminal trial. one that is relevant
(has value in reason to prove) and competent (not excluded by law)
MATERIAL EVIDENCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - That which is
relevant to the specific case and forms a substantive part of the case presented
or that has a legitimate and effective influence on the decision of the case.
directed to prove a fact or issue as determined by the rules of substantive law
and pleadings.
CREDIBLE EVIDENCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - information about a
topic that is consistent with other facts and comes from expert sources that are
impartial and fair. admissible and believable evidence, worthy of belief.
BEST EVIDENCE RULE - "Original Document Rule" or "Primary Evidence
Rule" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - the original of a document or writing is
the best evidence of such document or writing and must be produced unless the
original is lost, destroyed, unavailable or unobtainable
EXPERT WITNESS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - a person who is permitted
to testify at a trial because of special knowledge or proficiency in a particular
field that is relevant to the case. gives testimony on matters of which he has
plenty of experience about and what will be given is his opinion evidence.
HEARSAY EVIDENCE RULE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - excludes
witness testimony that proceeds not from the personal knowledge of the witness
but instead from the repetition of what was said or written outside court by
another person, and is offered for the purpose of establishing the truth of what
was written or said
, 4|P age
RIGHTS INHERENT IN THE PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ - - right to refuse treatment
- Right to limit the practice of dentistry
- Right to withhold information *
- Right to dental documents *
- Right to reputation - The most important
right of the dentist.
RIGHTS INCIDENTAL TO THE PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ - - Right to be paid for dental services rendered;Article 1
Section 5, Code of Ethics
- Right of exemption from execution of instruments and library
- Right to hold certain positions in public and private services
- Right to perform certain services
- Right to associate
CODE OF ETHICS FOR DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS AND
DENTAL TECHNOLOGISTS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - ARTICLE I -
DUTY TO THE COMMUNITY
ARTICLE II - DUTY TO THE PROFESSION
ARTICLE III - PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
ARTICLE IV- DISCIPLINARY ACTION
ARTICLE I Section 1. DUTY TO THE COMMUNITY - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ - Primary Duty - To give his professional service to the best
of his capabilities in accordance with established standards of care and by
conducting himself in a manner befitting a professional of high esteem.
DENTAL JURISPRUDENCE COMPREHENSIVE
BUNDLED EXAMS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS, REVISED EDITION 2025/2026 (LATEST
VERSION)
Damages - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - pecuniary compensation,
recompense or satisfaction for an injury sustained, or as otherwise expressed,
the pecuniary consequences which the law imposes for the breach of some duty
or the violation of some right.
Damage - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - loss, hurt or harm which results from
injury.
ACTUAL & COMPENSATORY DAMAGES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ -
Damages awarded to a person as compensation or indemnity for pecuniary loss
suffered by him as he has duly proved
MORAL DAMAGES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - Include physical
suffering, mental anguish, fright, serious anxiety, besmirched reputation,
wounded feelings, moral shock, social humiliation, and similar injury.
Purpose of awarding moral damages - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - Not
intended to enrich the complainant in order to punish
the defendant but for the reparation of the spiritual status quo ante.
NOMINAL DAMAGES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - small sums fixed by
the court without regard to the extent of the harm done to the injured party.
Nominal damages cannot co-exist with actual or compensatory damages.
,2|P age
TEMPERATE OR MODERATE DAMAGES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ -
more than nominal but less than compensatory, and may be recovered when the
court finds that some pecuniary loss has been suffered but its amount cannot be
proved with certainty.
LIQUIDATED DAMAGES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - Damages agreed
upon by the parties to a contract, to be paid in case of breach thereof.
EXEMPLARY OR CORRECTIVE DAMAGES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
- Damages imposed by way of example or correction for the public good, in
addition to the moral, temperate, liquidated or compensatory damages.
DAMAGES IN CASE OF DEATH - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - amount of
damages for death caused by a crime or quasi-delict shall be at least Php
50,000.00, even though there may have been mitigating circumstances and
without need of further proof.
PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - Evidence so
strong that the party is guilty - no further investigation is necessary. standing
alone, unexplained or contradicted, is sufficient to
maintain the proposition.
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - Any compelling
evidence that is so strong that it cannot be disputed or discounted. Proof
establishing guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
CORROBORATIVE EVIDENCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - evidence
that supplements and strengthens already existing evidence. additional evidence
of a different kind and character from that already given, tending to prove the
same point
,3|P age
CUMULATIVE EVIDENCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - Testimony that
is offered to prove what has already been proven by other evidence. additional
evidence of the same kind and character proving the same fact.
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - Evidence that can
be legally and properly introduced in a civil or criminal trial. one that is relevant
(has value in reason to prove) and competent (not excluded by law)
MATERIAL EVIDENCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - That which is
relevant to the specific case and forms a substantive part of the case presented
or that has a legitimate and effective influence on the decision of the case.
directed to prove a fact or issue as determined by the rules of substantive law
and pleadings.
CREDIBLE EVIDENCE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - information about a
topic that is consistent with other facts and comes from expert sources that are
impartial and fair. admissible and believable evidence, worthy of belief.
BEST EVIDENCE RULE - "Original Document Rule" or "Primary Evidence
Rule" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - the original of a document or writing is
the best evidence of such document or writing and must be produced unless the
original is lost, destroyed, unavailable or unobtainable
EXPERT WITNESS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - a person who is permitted
to testify at a trial because of special knowledge or proficiency in a particular
field that is relevant to the case. gives testimony on matters of which he has
plenty of experience about and what will be given is his opinion evidence.
HEARSAY EVIDENCE RULE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - excludes
witness testimony that proceeds not from the personal knowledge of the witness
but instead from the repetition of what was said or written outside court by
another person, and is offered for the purpose of establishing the truth of what
was written or said
, 4|P age
RIGHTS INHERENT IN THE PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ - - right to refuse treatment
- Right to limit the practice of dentistry
- Right to withhold information *
- Right to dental documents *
- Right to reputation - The most important
right of the dentist.
RIGHTS INCIDENTAL TO THE PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ - - Right to be paid for dental services rendered;Article 1
Section 5, Code of Ethics
- Right of exemption from execution of instruments and library
- Right to hold certain positions in public and private services
- Right to perform certain services
- Right to associate
CODE OF ETHICS FOR DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS AND
DENTAL TECHNOLOGISTS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ - ARTICLE I -
DUTY TO THE COMMUNITY
ARTICLE II - DUTY TO THE PROFESSION
ARTICLE III - PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
ARTICLE IV- DISCIPLINARY ACTION
ARTICLE I Section 1. DUTY TO THE COMMUNITY - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ - Primary Duty - To give his professional service to the best
of his capabilities in accordance with established standards of care and by
conducting himself in a manner befitting a professional of high esteem.
