DSE OSCE COMPREHENSIVE FINAL PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
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⩥ Patient returns with pain 72 hours after extraction, what should you
do?
- tell them its normal to still feel pain
- irrigate and place eugenol soaked gauze
- open the wound and curette any remaining bone pieces
- refer them to emergency room. Answer: irrigate and place eugenol
soaked gauze
- alveolar osteitis
⩥ Tooth was extracted, patient returns with an infection. What is it?
- pericoronitis
- subperiosteal abscess
- normal healing process. Answer: subperiosteal abscess
⩥ When can you use tissue conditioner and soft reline on a complete
denture patient?
- you can do them anytime
- 1 week after delivery
,- 6 months after delivery
-1 year after delivery. Answer: anytime
⩥ After placement of an immediate denture, how long should you wait
to do a lab reline?
- anytime
- 1 week
- 6 months
- 1 year. Answer: 6 months
- allow tissue healing; conditioning/in office soft relines can be done any
time
⩥ What is the reason for the try-in of an immediate denture?
- verify aesthetics with the patient
- check the vertical dimension
- check phonetics
- verify excursive movements. Answer: check vertical dimension
- cannot verify aesthetics as some teeth remain until full mouth
extraction
⩥ Picture of a patient with a very large diastema, what do you do??
- implant
- removable partial denture
,- fixed partial denture
- leave it alone. Answer: leave it alone
⩥ Radiolucency next to a premolar on a radiograph. What should you
do?
- incision and drainage
- refer to oral surgery
- refer to endodontist
- leave it alone. Answer: refer to OMFS
- will be obvious that it is not the mental foramen or endodontic lesion
⩥ Panoramic of radiolucency at the ramus, what should you do?
- retake the image for diagnostic purposes
- incision and drainage
- refer to oral surgery
- leave it alone. Answer: refer to oral surgery
⩥ Coronal portion of canine broken, what do you do?
- conservative endo, post and core
- immediate extraction
- composite build up. Answer: conservative endo, post and core
, ⩥ Acid etching creates a chemical bond. True or false?. Answer: false -
micromechanical
⩥ After a cleaning, BOP is still present. Why?
- probing too hard
- retained subgingival plaque
- this is normal. Answer: retained subgingival plaque
- failed to remove disease causing agent
⩥ Swollen lesion on the tongue, what do you do next?
- Refer to oral surgery
- Palpate the lesion and see if its firm
- Biopsy
- Refer to oral pathology. Answer: Palpate the lesion to see if it is firm
⩥ Farmer comes in with a sore on his lower lip that has been there for a
few months but it has not been painful or bothering him. It has rolled,
raised borders and is ulcerated in the center. Likely diagnosis?
- SCC
- syphilis
- angular cheilitis
- herpes labialis. Answer: squamous cell carcinoma
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
⩥ Patient returns with pain 72 hours after extraction, what should you
do?
- tell them its normal to still feel pain
- irrigate and place eugenol soaked gauze
- open the wound and curette any remaining bone pieces
- refer them to emergency room. Answer: irrigate and place eugenol
soaked gauze
- alveolar osteitis
⩥ Tooth was extracted, patient returns with an infection. What is it?
- pericoronitis
- subperiosteal abscess
- normal healing process. Answer: subperiosteal abscess
⩥ When can you use tissue conditioner and soft reline on a complete
denture patient?
- you can do them anytime
- 1 week after delivery
,- 6 months after delivery
-1 year after delivery. Answer: anytime
⩥ After placement of an immediate denture, how long should you wait
to do a lab reline?
- anytime
- 1 week
- 6 months
- 1 year. Answer: 6 months
- allow tissue healing; conditioning/in office soft relines can be done any
time
⩥ What is the reason for the try-in of an immediate denture?
- verify aesthetics with the patient
- check the vertical dimension
- check phonetics
- verify excursive movements. Answer: check vertical dimension
- cannot verify aesthetics as some teeth remain until full mouth
extraction
⩥ Picture of a patient with a very large diastema, what do you do??
- implant
- removable partial denture
,- fixed partial denture
- leave it alone. Answer: leave it alone
⩥ Radiolucency next to a premolar on a radiograph. What should you
do?
- incision and drainage
- refer to oral surgery
- refer to endodontist
- leave it alone. Answer: refer to OMFS
- will be obvious that it is not the mental foramen or endodontic lesion
⩥ Panoramic of radiolucency at the ramus, what should you do?
- retake the image for diagnostic purposes
- incision and drainage
- refer to oral surgery
- leave it alone. Answer: refer to oral surgery
⩥ Coronal portion of canine broken, what do you do?
- conservative endo, post and core
- immediate extraction
- composite build up. Answer: conservative endo, post and core
, ⩥ Acid etching creates a chemical bond. True or false?. Answer: false -
micromechanical
⩥ After a cleaning, BOP is still present. Why?
- probing too hard
- retained subgingival plaque
- this is normal. Answer: retained subgingival plaque
- failed to remove disease causing agent
⩥ Swollen lesion on the tongue, what do you do next?
- Refer to oral surgery
- Palpate the lesion and see if its firm
- Biopsy
- Refer to oral pathology. Answer: Palpate the lesion to see if it is firm
⩥ Farmer comes in with a sore on his lower lip that has been there for a
few months but it has not been painful or bothering him. It has rolled,
raised borders and is ulcerated in the center. Likely diagnosis?
- SCC
- syphilis
- angular cheilitis
- herpes labialis. Answer: squamous cell carcinoma
