1. A key aspect in the successful working of the dental team is for the majority of patients to be seen by a dentist for a full mouth assessment first, before possibly referring to another team member. Which one of the following treatments can be provided without the input of a dentist first?

2. A father has brought his 14-year-old son to the surgery for a dental examination, expressing concern that the teenager’s upper canine teeth have still not erupted. Which one of the following radiographs would you lay out for the dentist to use?

3. Under the ‘Scope of Practice’ document produced by the General Dental Council (GDC), dental nurses may be able to carry out additional duties under certain circumstances. Under which one of the following circumstances would such additional duties be acceptable?

4. A key part of the dental nurse’s chairside role is to accurately record the dictated clinical findings during an oral health assessment. Which one of the following is information not recorded by the dental nurse?

5. A patient has arrived for the restoration of the carious lower left second molar tooth using amalgam, and the dentist has asked you to set up the surgery for the procedure. Which one of the following items would you lay out for the dentist to use?

6. When any member of the dental team is providing care for a patient, it is always advisable for a second GDC registered team member to be present. In which one of the following circumstances may this not be possible?

7. Before taking an impression of a tooth which has been prepared for a crown, the dentist may need to ensure that the preparation margins are clearly visible. Which one of the following items should you anticipate that the dentist will require for this purpose?

8. All members of the dental team are expected to work together in the best interests of the patient at all times. Which one of the following documents provides guidance for all members to achieve this aim?

9. The dentist is carrying out root canal therapy on the upper left second premolar tooth. All the caries has been removed and the dentist now needs to gain access to the root canal. Which one of the following items should you anticipate that the dentist will require?

10. A newly qualified and registered dental nurse begins work at your dental surgery, and is appointed as your mentor during your training towards qualification. You are then asked to carry out tasks for which you have received no training. Which one of the following is responsible for your possible errors while carrying out these tasks?

11. Throughout their dental career, all dental personnel are required to act in the best interests of the patient. Unfortunately, a small minority of dental team members fail to follow this requirement at all times. Before statutory registration of DCPs began, only the dentist would have been held responsible for these failures. Which one of the following terms best describes this fact?

12. Patients have a right to expect that their dental records remain confidential to the dental surgery and that information is not released to a third party without their permission. The dental team are legally obliged to comply with this requirement, under all except which one of the following regulations?

13. At the fit stage of denture construction, the patient will attend for the final insertion of the completed dentures and be given advice on care and wear instructions. Which one of the following items would you anticipate the dentist to require at this stage of denture construction?

14. The dentist is completing root canal therapy on the lower right lateral incisor tooth. You have mixed a suitable root filling material. Which one of the following items should you anticipate that the dentist will require so that the material can be inserted into the canal?

15. If a dental nurse believes that another team member’s actions may put a patient at risk, he or she has a duty to raise a concern. Which one of the following GDC Standards key principles does this relate to?

16. A 50-year-old patient attends the surgery for an apicectomy procedure on the upper left central incisor. Once local anaesthesia has been applied and taken effect, the dentist will need to gain access to the root apex to carry out the procedure. Which one of the following instruments should you anticipate that the dentist will use to raise the mucoperiosteal flap?

17. When a dental nurse has raised a concern about a serious matter, he or she is protected from retaliation in some circumstances under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998. Which one of the following circumstances describes where this protection will not apply?

18. An elderly patient attends the surgery for an alveolectomy procedure of the lower alveolar ridge. Once a periosteal flap has been raised, the dentist will carry out the removal of any sharp spicules of bone, so that any future denture can be worn comfortably. Which one of the following instruments should you anticipate that the dentist will use for this procedure?

19. When various members of the dental team are required to communicate with patients, it is important that they all give the same message so that the patient does not become confused. Which one of the following methods is used to achieve this?

20. During the restoration of a particularly deep cavity in the upper left first premolar tooth, the dentist must carefully remove the caries overlying the pulp chamber, without causing an exposure. Which one of the following instruments should you anticipate that the dentist will require?

21. Patients are entitled to expect that the dental team will keep any information held about them confidential – this is called the duty of confidentiality. Which one of the following is the exception to this duty?

22. When a tooth has been traumatised or attacked by cariogenic bacteria, it often results />