1. What Are the Diagnostic Tools You Should Do Before Planning a FPD?

Sample Assay Questions

1.  What are the diagnostic tools you should do before planning a FPD?

2.  How do you evaluate potential abutments for FPD?

3.  How do you manage tilted molar abutment?

4.  What is cantilever design?

5.  What is Pier abutment and how it affects your planning?

6.  What are the determinants of mandibular movement?

7.  What is the difference between Centric Relation, Maximum intercuspation, and Centric Occlusion?

8.  What are occlusal interferences?

9.  What are the criteria for the optimal occlusion?

10. What are the different types of dental articulators?

11. What are the different types of occlusion?

12. What are the principles of tooth preparation?

13. What are the factors affect retention and resistance in tooth

preparation?

14. Where to place your finish line in relation to the gingiva, when

and why?

15. What are the types of finish margin and when to use each one?

16. How do you prepare for full veneer crown and what are the

differences between the PFM and full metal preparation?

17. How do you restore extensively damaged vital teeth?

18. How do you restore endodontically treated teeth?

19. What are the steps of preparing post space for parapost system?

20. What are the different techniques for fabrication of provisional

restoration?

21. How many types of impression materials do you know? Give

examples.

22. How do you do metal try- in?

23. What do you do in the final appointment for PFM cementation?

24. What are the different pontic designs?

25. What are the properties of the ideal impression material?

26. What are the properties of the ideal dental cement?

27. What are the properties of the ideal provisional material?

28. Whet is Maryland bridge and when indicated?

29. What are the different layers of veneering porcelain?

30. What are the consequences of insufficient labial reduction in PFM

preparation?

31. What are the consequences of overcontoured restoration?

32. Why it is necessary to have provisional restoration?

33. What are the indications and the contraindications

restoration?

34. What are the advantages and disadvantages of resin-retained

fixed partial denture?

35. What are the steps of cast post and core preparation?

36. How do you check the occlusion of unglazed PFM?

37. How do you do tissue retraction?

38. How do you make an upper final impression for abutments #16 &

#14?

39. How to evaluate path of insertion?

40. How to manage an overerupted tooth?

41. When to do elective RCT?

42. What should the clinician do if the metal FPD is rocking?

43. How does porcelain bond to metal?

44. What are the properties of the ideal porcelain material?

45. What are the contraindications of FPD?

46. What are the treatment options for missing maxillary lateral

incisor?

47. What is the effect of ground porcelain on tooth structure? How to

prevent it?

48. What are the different types of connectors?

49. Is it necessary to use custom tray for making an impression for 3-

unit FPD? Why?