Free DHA Pediatric Dentistry mock test
12 original exam-style questions from our Pediatric Dentistry bank, timed at the exam’s own pace, scored against the 60% DHA pass mark. They span 7 of the 9 blueprint domains, so you will see exactly where you are weakest - free, no sign-up.
Sit 12 original exam-style questions at real exam pace
These are 12 original questions taken from our Pediatric Dentistry bank, spread across 7 of the 9 domains of the published blueprint. You get 72 seconds per question, which is exactly the pace of the real PED5911 exam (14 minutes for 12). At the end you will see which domains you are weakest in, and the full worked reasoning for every question.
- 12
- questions
- 14:24
- time limit
- 60%
- DHA pass mark
A short diagnostic cannot predict whether you will pass - only the real exam does that. It will show you, honestly, where you currently stand.
What the real Pediatric Dentistry licensing exam looks like
Candidates for a Pediatric Dentistry licence in the UAE sit a computer-based multiple-choice examination - DHA exam code PED5911, delivered through Prometric for DHA, MOHAP and SHA, and through Pearson VUE for DOH Abu Dhabi. The DHA pass mark is 60% (DHA CBT Guideline, Sep 2026); other authorities set their own, so confirm yours before booking. The result is reported to you as pass or fail only - your score is never released.
Pass marks at a glance: DHA exam codes and pass marks for all written exams in one sourced table.
The paper is built to a published blueprint, which is why a domain-by-domain diagnostic is more useful than a raw percentage. Your questions above were drawn from across Behaviour Guidance, Sedation and Anesthesia, Dental Trauma, Growth, Development and Eruption, Pulp Therapy and 3 more - the same areas the real paper weights.
Before you can book the exam at all you need Dataflow primary source verification of your degree, licence and experience, which typically runs several weeks. Candidates routinely underestimate this and end up sitting the exam sooner after study than they planned. Check where you stand with our free eligibility checker or confirm whether your title even requires an exam using the Prometric exam checker.
You get three attempts in total across all UAE authorities - not three each - under the Unified Professional Qualification Requirements. At roughly AED 1,030 per attempt, plus the licensing delay each failure adds to your visa and start date, the cost of going in underprepared is not really the exam fee.
What is on the Pediatric Dentistry exam: the full blueprint
The published blueprint splits into 9 domains and 52 testable sub-topics. The diagnostic above samples across them, which is why its breakdown maps onto the structure the real paper is built from.
- Growth, Development and Eruption~10%6 topics
- Behaviour Guidance, Sedation and Anesthesia~12%6 topics
- Caries Risk and Prevention~14%6 topics
- Restorative Dentistry for Children~12%6 topics
- Pulp Therapy~14%7 topics
- Dental Trauma~14%6 topics
- Interceptive Orthodontics and Space Management~8%5 topics
- Special Health Care Needs and Oral Pathology~8%5 topics
- Child Protection, Ethics and Infection Control~8%5 topics
- Questions
- 150 multiple-choice (DHA PED5911)
- Duration
- 3 hours, including registration
- DHA pass mark
- 60% - reported as pass or fail only
Figures for the DHA exam, from the DHA CBT Guideline, Sep 2026. DOH, MOHAP, SCFHS, QCHP, NHRA and OMSB set their own length, timing and pass mark. See the DHA exam guide and pass marks for every DHA exam.
A worked Pediatric Dentistry exam question
Every question in the diagnostic and in the paid bank is written to this standard: a clinical stem, four plausible options and the reasoning for the answer, with its source.
Behaviour Guidance, Sedation and Anesthesia
Which behaviour guidance technique describes the procedure in age-appropriate words, demonstrates it, and then performs it?
- AVoice control
- BDistraction
- CTell-show-doCorrect
- DDesensitisation by modelling
Why: Tell-show-do shapes behaviour through verbal explanation, demonstration and then completion of the procedure. Voice control alters volume and tone to gain attention and does not include demonstration.
Source: AAPD Behavior Guidance for the Pediatric Dental Patient
Pediatric Dentistry sample questions with answers
4 more original exam-style Pediatric Dentistry questions, worked in full. They are not real or recalled exam questions, and none of them is in the diagnostic above, so sit that first if you have not.
Question 1 · Behaviour Guidance, Sedation and Anesthesia
A child refuses treatment, cries forcefully and shows extreme negativism. What is the Frankl behaviour rating?
- ARating 2, negative
- BRating 1, definitely negative
- CRating 3, positive
- DRating 4, definitely positive
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Rating 1, definitely negative
Frankl rating 1 describes refusal with forceful crying and extreme negativism. Rating 2 is reluctance with some evidence of negativism but without extreme behaviour.
Reference: McDonald and Avery's Dentistry for the Child and Adolescent, 11th ed.
Question 2 · Dental Trauma
After replanting an avulsed mature permanent incisor (closed apex), when should root canal treatment begin?
- AOnly if a sinus tract develops
- BAfter 6 months of review
- CBefore replantation, outside the mouth
- DWithin 2 weeks of replantation
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Within 2 weeks of replantation
With a closed apex the pulp will not revascularise, so endodontic treatment should begin within 2 weeks to prevent infection-related resorption. Waiting for signs allows inflammatory resorption to progress.
Reference: IADT Guidelines for the Management of Traumatic Dental Injuries 2020
Question 3 · Dental Trauma
A 14-year-old has a horizontal root fracture in the middle third of a permanent central incisor with coronal displacement. After repositioning, how long is the flexible splint left?
- A2 weeks
- B4 months
- CNo splint is needed
- D4 weeks
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. 4 weeks
Middle-third root fractures are splinted flexibly for 4 weeks; cervical-third fractures may need up to 4 months. Two weeks is the splinting time for avulsion and subluxation.
Reference: IADT Guidelines for the Management of Traumatic Dental Injuries 2020
Question 4 · Child Protection, Ethics and Infection Control
A 4-year-old has a torn upper labial frenum and bruises of different ages on both cheeks, with an inconsistent history. What is the dentist's correct action?
- ADocument and refer via local child protection procedures
- BConfront the parent and demand an explanation
- CTreat the injury and take no further action
- DWait for a second visit to confirm the suspicion first
Show answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Document and refer via local child protection procedures
Dentists have a duty to document findings and refer suspected abuse through the designated safeguarding pathway. Confronting the parent can place the child at greater risk.
Reference: AAPD Policy on Child Abuse and Neglect
How to use this diagnostic properly
- 1Sit it cold, once. Do not look anything up. A diagnostic you help yourself through tells you nothing. The number you get is only useful if it is honest.
- 2Read every rationale - especially the ones you got right. Getting a question right by elimination is not the same as knowing it. The worked reasoning is free above, whether or not you buy anything.
- 3Work weakest domain first. The breakdown orders your domains worst-first for exactly this reason. Studying what you are already good at feels productive and moves nothing.
- 4Re-sit under full exam conditions later. The real paper is far longer than this and stamina matters. Full-length timed papers are what the paid bank is for.