CDCA OSCE 2026 CORE EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔list 5 symptoms of high blood sugar - ✔✔1. thirsty
2. blurry vision
3. dry skin
4. feeling weak / tierd
5. needing to pee alot
✔✔pt in waiting room falls unconscious....what do you do first - ✔✔call 911 or tell
someone to call 911
✔✔what do you second - ✔✔check the persons airway, breathing and pulse
if necessary begin CPR
✔✔what is median rhomboid glossitis - ✔✔Erythematous, rhomboid shaped, midline of
post/dorsal tongue
✔✔what is the treatment for median rhomboid glossitis - ✔✔anti fungal medication or
nothing
✔✔what should be avoiding in pregnant women - ✔✔giving fluoride supplements
✔✔distal portion of mesial root debridement
what insturment should be used - ✔✔use a DISTAL curet (13/14)
✔✔how is 2% of NaF (sodium fluoride) delivered to a patient - ✔✔in a tray
comes in foam or gel
4 minute application for an adult
no eating or drinking for 30 minutes
, ✔✔when would you give a 5% sodium FL varnish (5% NaF) - ✔✔1. desensitizing
exposed roots
2. caries prevention
3. .3 - .5ml application
4. retained for 24-48 hours
✔✔X-ray of ramus of mandible - ✔✔
✔✔coronoid process x ray - ✔✔
✔✔articular eminence xray - ✔✔
✔✔zygomatic process - ✔✔
✔✔where is tooth T located - ✔✔lower right quad where permanent tooth 29 is
✔✔pic of dirty teeth with supra calculus and inflammation
what instrument should you use - ✔✔scaler / ultrasonic
✔✔what insturment should you NOT use for heavy calculus - ✔✔gracey
✔✔x ray median palatine suture - ✔✔
✔✔where do bluish green extrinsic staining come from - ✔✔inhaling metallic dust from
occupational exposure
✔✔brown green staining on maxillary anteriors is from - ✔✔could be from smoking or
tobacco
if its a child it could be nasyths membrane
✔✔torus plantinus - ✔✔benign, midline mass in hard palate
✔✔lesion on torus plantinus - ✔✔ulcer - if it has a red halo
✔✔angular chelitis is caused by... - ✔✔candida albicans (thrush)
and B12 deficiency
✔✔if the blood pressure of a patient is 156/ 120 what should you do - ✔✔1. defer tx
2. refer to physician or ER
✔✔Film Bending - ✔✔
✔✔GV Black Class I - ✔✔pits and fissures
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔list 5 symptoms of high blood sugar - ✔✔1. thirsty
2. blurry vision
3. dry skin
4. feeling weak / tierd
5. needing to pee alot
✔✔pt in waiting room falls unconscious....what do you do first - ✔✔call 911 or tell
someone to call 911
✔✔what do you second - ✔✔check the persons airway, breathing and pulse
if necessary begin CPR
✔✔what is median rhomboid glossitis - ✔✔Erythematous, rhomboid shaped, midline of
post/dorsal tongue
✔✔what is the treatment for median rhomboid glossitis - ✔✔anti fungal medication or
nothing
✔✔what should be avoiding in pregnant women - ✔✔giving fluoride supplements
✔✔distal portion of mesial root debridement
what insturment should be used - ✔✔use a DISTAL curet (13/14)
✔✔how is 2% of NaF (sodium fluoride) delivered to a patient - ✔✔in a tray
comes in foam or gel
4 minute application for an adult
no eating or drinking for 30 minutes
, ✔✔when would you give a 5% sodium FL varnish (5% NaF) - ✔✔1. desensitizing
exposed roots
2. caries prevention
3. .3 - .5ml application
4. retained for 24-48 hours
✔✔X-ray of ramus of mandible - ✔✔
✔✔coronoid process x ray - ✔✔
✔✔articular eminence xray - ✔✔
✔✔zygomatic process - ✔✔
✔✔where is tooth T located - ✔✔lower right quad where permanent tooth 29 is
✔✔pic of dirty teeth with supra calculus and inflammation
what instrument should you use - ✔✔scaler / ultrasonic
✔✔what insturment should you NOT use for heavy calculus - ✔✔gracey
✔✔x ray median palatine suture - ✔✔
✔✔where do bluish green extrinsic staining come from - ✔✔inhaling metallic dust from
occupational exposure
✔✔brown green staining on maxillary anteriors is from - ✔✔could be from smoking or
tobacco
if its a child it could be nasyths membrane
✔✔torus plantinus - ✔✔benign, midline mass in hard palate
✔✔lesion on torus plantinus - ✔✔ulcer - if it has a red halo
✔✔angular chelitis is caused by... - ✔✔candida albicans (thrush)
and B12 deficiency
✔✔if the blood pressure of a patient is 156/ 120 what should you do - ✔✔1. defer tx
2. refer to physician or ER
✔✔Film Bending - ✔✔
✔✔GV Black Class I - ✔✔pits and fissures
