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This fourth edition of Questions and Answers for Dental Nurses has been completely rewritten to accommodate the huge changes and updates that have occurred in the fields of dentistry, dental nursing and oral health since the publication of the third edition 10 years ago. The questions provided are based on the content of the textbook Levison’s Textbook for Dental Nurses 12th Edition, which incorporates those changes and updates, in areas such as infection control and decontamination, oral health promotion and restorative dentistry, as well as legislative and regulative changes. The Levison textbook covers the full curriculum of the National Examining Board for Dental Nurses’ (NEBDN) qualification, the National Diploma. The styles of the questions in this book follow those of the written components of the National Diploma – namely, one of five single best answer multiple choice questions (MCQs) and extended matching questions (EMQs). Full details of both question types with worked examples are given in the next section.

Students wishing to sit the National Diploma examination must first complete a course of study with a training provider accredited by NEBDN, part of which involves the full completion of the Record of Experience portfolio while in their training workplace. They may then sit the written component of the examination and, if successful at this stage, they will be eligible to undertake the practical component of the examination, the objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs), an overview of which is also given in the next section. A pass awarded in the OSCEs will complete the National Diploma examination, and successful candidates may then proceed to apply and become registered professional dental nurses with the General Dental Council (GDC).

This book is designed to be used throughout the student’s training course mainly as a revision aid for topics from each area of the curriculum, but ideally it should also become a useful resource in stimulating students’ thought processes to enable them to understand those topics more fully. With the MCQs, by providing an explanation of the reason why just one answer out of the five choices is the single best option to a question, it is hoped that the student is able to consider the relevant topic from a different perspective than that of the bare facts laid out in the textbook. The format should encourage the student to apply a good depth of knowledge of the topic to the question, logically consider the five options and correctly reason which option is the best answer to that particularly worded question. The EMQs require the student to analyse the question scenario, then apply their reasoning skills to determine and match one, or more, correct answer options for that question scenario. This modern educational style of questioning is a welcome successor to the old‐style MCQs that often required students to learn facts about a topic by rote.

Ideally then, students using this book while undertaking their training should become inquisitive about their areas of study and want to learn not just HOW to carry out a task but understand WHY they are carrying it out. Once qualified, this inquisitiveness will stand them in good stead to undergo regular continuing professional development within their scope of practice and become lifelong learners.