HESI DENTAL HYGIENE EXAMINATION
TEST 2026 COMPLETE QUESTION BANK
400+ QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
ANSWERS AND RATIONALES
⩥ acute. Answer: sudden, intense
⩥ adhere. Answer: To hold fast or stick together
⩥ adverse. Answer: Undesired, possibly harmful
⩥ aegis. Answer: control, protection
⩥ ambivalent. Answer: uncertain, having contradictory feelings
⩥ assent. Answer: To give consent; to agree
⩥ audiable. Answer: able to be heard
⩥ bilateral. Answer: present on two sides
, ⩥ cardiac. Answer: of or relating to the heart
⩥ cavity. Answer: An opening or an empty area
⩥ cease. Answer: come to an end or bring to an end
⩥ chronology. Answer: order of events as they occurred; timeline
⩥ compensatory. Answer: offsetting or making up for something
⩥ concave. Answer: Rounded inward
⩥ concise. Answer: brief and to the point
⩥ Consistency. Answer: degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is
in relation to how it flows
⩥ constrict. Answer: To draw together or become smaller
⩥ contingent. Answer: dependent
TEST 2026 COMPLETE QUESTION BANK
400+ QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
ANSWERS AND RATIONALES
⩥ acute. Answer: sudden, intense
⩥ adhere. Answer: To hold fast or stick together
⩥ adverse. Answer: Undesired, possibly harmful
⩥ aegis. Answer: control, protection
⩥ ambivalent. Answer: uncertain, having contradictory feelings
⩥ assent. Answer: To give consent; to agree
⩥ audiable. Answer: able to be heard
⩥ bilateral. Answer: present on two sides
, ⩥ cardiac. Answer: of or relating to the heart
⩥ cavity. Answer: An opening or an empty area
⩥ cease. Answer: come to an end or bring to an end
⩥ chronology. Answer: order of events as they occurred; timeline
⩥ compensatory. Answer: offsetting or making up for something
⩥ concave. Answer: Rounded inward
⩥ concise. Answer: brief and to the point
⩥ Consistency. Answer: degree of viscosity; how thick or thin a fluid is
in relation to how it flows
⩥ constrict. Answer: To draw together or become smaller
⩥ contingent. Answer: dependent
