The Candidate Guide contains policy and procedure information intended to be helpful for all candidates, regardless of the examination they will challenge. All candidates are responsible for reading and applying the information provided in the guide throughout their experience through the examination process.
Candidates for licensure are strongly encouraged to read all official materials before the examination day. Below, you’ll find access to downloadable guides and videos about the ADEX Dental and Dental Hygiene examinations. For information about computerized examinations, see Test Prep for Computerized Examinations below.
Criteria Sheets, manuals and forms for each exam type are accessible from the respective Exam page.
Check out these videos for “a day in the life” of experience for the Dental and Dental Hygiene ADEX licensure exams and more. Be sure to follow us on YouTube.
Registration for computerized examinations is easy. Learn more on our Computerized Examination Registration page.
These examinations are based on concepts taught and accepted by educational institutions accredited by the American Dental Association or Canadian Commission on Dental Accreditation. Any current textbook relevant to the subject matter of the examination utilized in such institutions is suitable as a study reference.
OSCE is an Objective Structured Clinical Examination. They are a measurement of diagnosis, treatment planning, and related clinical judgment skills of licensure candidates. Simulation of patient situations is made through photographs, radiographs, images that can be enlarged or focused, charting, laboratory data, and other technology.
The CDCA-WREB-CITA delivers the ADEX computerized OSCE examinations to Dental and Dental Hygiene candidates. Delivered to candidates nationwide, it is the oldest, continuously maintained, independent, third-party OSCE in dentistry. It was first computerized in 2001. This page will help prepare you for the computerized examinations. For information regarding the Dental Therapy OSCE (DT OSCE) click here.
Questions appearing on the ADEX DSE and CSCE OSCE are in the form of many item types. They include multiple-choice (single response); multiple choice (multiple response), extended match, drop down, fill in the blank, hot spot, and drag and drop questions. The health-sector testing industry first saw AITs more than a decade ago. CDCA-WREB-CITA Subject matter experts and psychometricians have evaluated AITs, and believe with their inclusion, components of the ADEX blueprint will be presented in a context that adds increased fidelity with respect to the practice of dentistry.
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