CDCA exam questions review Q&As
(Verified Answers) 2026
1. How often to update Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
✅
1996
(HIPAA) form - correct answer at least once every three years
✅
1. If pt allergic to Penicillin, what antibiotic do you give? - correct answer
IFALLERGIC TO PENICILLIN, GIVE: Clindamycin 600 mg 1 hour before the
procedure and 300 mg 6 hours after the procedure.
Antibiotic prophylaxis (no allergens) - correct answer ✅Amoxicillin 2 g 1 hour
before the procedure and 1.5 g 6 hours after the procedure.
✅
if allergic to penicillin - correct answer Clindamycin 600 mg 1 hour before the
procedure and 300 mg 6 hours after the procedure.
answer ✅
for extraction, how long should you wait to take antibiotics after surgery - correct
6 weeks
✅
IF HIGH RISK PATIENT (prosthetic valve or surgical shunt): - correct answer
Ampicillin 2g IV and Gentamicin 80 mg IV 30 minutes before procedure
repeat in 8 hours
answer ✅
administer ______ mg of ____________ for pt that is allergic to penicillin - correct
600mg of clindamycin
to scale an implant using a ultrasonic... - correct answer
ultrasonic on high, medium or low
✅use plastic tipped
,CDCA exam questions review Q&As
(Verified Answers) 2026
OR no power scaler at all
_______ magnetostrictive ultrasonic should be used on a ______ power for
✅
plaque biofilm
and a _______ power for hard calculus - correct answer thin
low
high
removed if you - correct answer
power
✅
hard or heavy calculus that is embedded into the root surface is NOT efficiently
stoke at it with the side of a thin tip on low
✅
what antibiotic do you administer through IV to treat MRSA - correct answer
vancomycin
mesonathic - correct answer ✅mesial buccal cusp of max 1st molar is occluding
with the mesial buccal groove of the mandibular first molar
Retronathic - correct answer ✅
retronathic division 1 - correct answer ✅
class 2 division 2 - correct answer
are lingually inclined or retruded
✅one or more of the maxillary central incisors
, CDCA exam questions review Q&As
(Verified Answers) 2026
✅
class 3 occlusion prognathic profile - correct answer Mesiobuccal cusp of
maxillary first permanent molar is distal to buccal groove of mandibular 1st
permanent molar.
answer ✅
Firm mass under tongue on floor of the mouth (with no blue hue) - correct
Ranula
Ranula - correct answer ✅ Large mucocele on floor of mouth
neoplasm - correct answer ✅ new growth (tumor) floor of the mouth
what teeth are present in the mouth at age 6 - correct answer ✅
what teeth are present at age 9 - correct answer ✅
what teeth are present at age 12 - correct answer ✅
mesiodens - correct answer
maxillary central incisors
✅ Supernumerary tooth between two permanent
dens in dente (dens invaginatus) - correct answer ✅"tooth within a tooth"
*invagination of the crown or tooth that is lined with enamel
(Verified Answers) 2026
1. How often to update Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
✅
1996
(HIPAA) form - correct answer at least once every three years
✅
1. If pt allergic to Penicillin, what antibiotic do you give? - correct answer
IFALLERGIC TO PENICILLIN, GIVE: Clindamycin 600 mg 1 hour before the
procedure and 300 mg 6 hours after the procedure.
Antibiotic prophylaxis (no allergens) - correct answer ✅Amoxicillin 2 g 1 hour
before the procedure and 1.5 g 6 hours after the procedure.
✅
if allergic to penicillin - correct answer Clindamycin 600 mg 1 hour before the
procedure and 300 mg 6 hours after the procedure.
answer ✅
for extraction, how long should you wait to take antibiotics after surgery - correct
6 weeks
✅
IF HIGH RISK PATIENT (prosthetic valve or surgical shunt): - correct answer
Ampicillin 2g IV and Gentamicin 80 mg IV 30 minutes before procedure
repeat in 8 hours
answer ✅
administer ______ mg of ____________ for pt that is allergic to penicillin - correct
600mg of clindamycin
to scale an implant using a ultrasonic... - correct answer
ultrasonic on high, medium or low
✅use plastic tipped
,CDCA exam questions review Q&As
(Verified Answers) 2026
OR no power scaler at all
_______ magnetostrictive ultrasonic should be used on a ______ power for
✅
plaque biofilm
and a _______ power for hard calculus - correct answer thin
low
high
removed if you - correct answer
power
✅
hard or heavy calculus that is embedded into the root surface is NOT efficiently
stoke at it with the side of a thin tip on low
✅
what antibiotic do you administer through IV to treat MRSA - correct answer
vancomycin
mesonathic - correct answer ✅mesial buccal cusp of max 1st molar is occluding
with the mesial buccal groove of the mandibular first molar
Retronathic - correct answer ✅
retronathic division 1 - correct answer ✅
class 2 division 2 - correct answer
are lingually inclined or retruded
✅one or more of the maxillary central incisors
, CDCA exam questions review Q&As
(Verified Answers) 2026
✅
class 3 occlusion prognathic profile - correct answer Mesiobuccal cusp of
maxillary first permanent molar is distal to buccal groove of mandibular 1st
permanent molar.
answer ✅
Firm mass under tongue on floor of the mouth (with no blue hue) - correct
Ranula
Ranula - correct answer ✅ Large mucocele on floor of mouth
neoplasm - correct answer ✅ new growth (tumor) floor of the mouth
what teeth are present in the mouth at age 6 - correct answer ✅
what teeth are present at age 9 - correct answer ✅
what teeth are present at age 12 - correct answer ✅
mesiodens - correct answer
maxillary central incisors
✅ Supernumerary tooth between two permanent
dens in dente (dens invaginatus) - correct answer ✅"tooth within a tooth"
*invagination of the crown or tooth that is lined with enamel
