EFDA exam Practice Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
If you change your name or address, how many days do you have to inform the board?
- ✔✔10 days
tooth info (misc) - ✔✔*teeth composed of calcium, phosphorus, and other minerals
*Teeth and bones are both hard, white and heavy with calcium, but that doesn't make
them one and the same
* hardest part of the human body , teeth mostly consist of a calcified tissue called
dentine
*dentin and cellular cementum can heal itself/grow new tissue
*enamel can NOT regrow or heal itself
difference between tooth and bone - ✔✔*bones contain calcium, phosphorus, sodium
and other minerals, but mostly consist of the protein collagen(Collagen is a living,
growing tissue that gives bones their a flexible framework that allows them to
withstand pressure)
* bones are still not as strong as teeth
*a bone fracture can potentially regrow itself BUT a tooth fracture can not (the tooth
cant grow a new part of a missing tooth but can create tertiary dentin)
Once you pass the boards, what title can you use on business forms? - ✔✔EFDA
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,What can you do as an EFDA - ✔✔*place rubber dam
*place matrix
*place wedge
*place cavity liners and bases
*place amalgam
*carve amalgam
*place composite
*place sealant
*coronal polish
*fluoride treatment
What CANT you do as an EFDA - ✔✔*diagnose
*treatment plan
*cut hard or soft tissue
*prescribe drugs
*sign lab slips
*approve final occlusion
*do a direct pulp cap
*cement FINAL restorations
*administer anesthesia
*take final impressions
*CANT work if dentist isn't in office
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, *doctor has to check all restorations
if you suspect child abuse with a patient what do you do? - ✔✔Report to supervisor or
call hotline
what is C.E? - ✔✔Contiuing education
*10 hours every 2 years
*license is renewed every 2 years
*fee for renewal is $25.00
How many tooth surfaces are there on a tooth and what are they? - ✔✔5 surfaces
*mesial
*distal
*facial/buccal
*lingual
*occlusal/incisal
PRIMARY TEETH: how many teeth in a quadrant?
how many teeth in an arch? - ✔✔5 teeth in quadrant
10 in arch
20 total
PERMANENT TEETH: how many teeth in quadrant?
how many teeth in arch? - ✔✔8 in quadrent
16 in arch
32 total
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Answers 100% Pass
If you change your name or address, how many days do you have to inform the board?
- ✔✔10 days
tooth info (misc) - ✔✔*teeth composed of calcium, phosphorus, and other minerals
*Teeth and bones are both hard, white and heavy with calcium, but that doesn't make
them one and the same
* hardest part of the human body , teeth mostly consist of a calcified tissue called
dentine
*dentin and cellular cementum can heal itself/grow new tissue
*enamel can NOT regrow or heal itself
difference between tooth and bone - ✔✔*bones contain calcium, phosphorus, sodium
and other minerals, but mostly consist of the protein collagen(Collagen is a living,
growing tissue that gives bones their a flexible framework that allows them to
withstand pressure)
* bones are still not as strong as teeth
*a bone fracture can potentially regrow itself BUT a tooth fracture can not (the tooth
cant grow a new part of a missing tooth but can create tertiary dentin)
Once you pass the boards, what title can you use on business forms? - ✔✔EFDA
© EMILY CHARLENE YEAR 2025-2026, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
,What can you do as an EFDA - ✔✔*place rubber dam
*place matrix
*place wedge
*place cavity liners and bases
*place amalgam
*carve amalgam
*place composite
*place sealant
*coronal polish
*fluoride treatment
What CANT you do as an EFDA - ✔✔*diagnose
*treatment plan
*cut hard or soft tissue
*prescribe drugs
*sign lab slips
*approve final occlusion
*do a direct pulp cap
*cement FINAL restorations
*administer anesthesia
*take final impressions
*CANT work if dentist isn't in office
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, *doctor has to check all restorations
if you suspect child abuse with a patient what do you do? - ✔✔Report to supervisor or
call hotline
what is C.E? - ✔✔Contiuing education
*10 hours every 2 years
*license is renewed every 2 years
*fee for renewal is $25.00
How many tooth surfaces are there on a tooth and what are they? - ✔✔5 surfaces
*mesial
*distal
*facial/buccal
*lingual
*occlusal/incisal
PRIMARY TEETH: how many teeth in a quadrant?
how many teeth in an arch? - ✔✔5 teeth in quadrant
10 in arch
20 total
PERMANENT TEETH: how many teeth in quadrant?
how many teeth in arch? - ✔✔8 in quadrent
16 in arch
32 total
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