Overseas Registration Examination

ORE Part 2 Format and Content

The ORE part 2 consists of four practical sections:
1. An operative test on a dental manikin. You will be required to perform three procedures over a period of three hours. These procedures will primarily involve the preparation and restoration of teeth, but may also include other procedures where appropriate simulation can allow assessment of operative skills. Commonly used instruments and materials will be made available to candidates. 2. An Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) will test candidates clinical skills and may include history and assessment, communication skills (such as explanation of problems and treatment plans) judgement and decision making, ethics and attitudes of candidates, clinical examination. The series of stations may cover aspects of the following; behavioural sciences, human disease, law, ethics and professionalism, clinical dentistry, restorative dentistry, orthodontics, preventative dentistry, dental public health, comprehensive oral care, oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral microbiology, dental radiology and imaging. 3. A diagnostic and treatment planning examination. This involves an actor who will provide an appropriate history together with relevant additional information such as photographs, radiographs, study models or results of other special tests. The exercise might involve any aspect of clinical dentistry. You will not carry out an intra-oral examination of the actor. You will be expected to consider findings and possible treatment options 4. A practical examination in medical emergencies including cardiopulmonary resuscitation using a resuscitation manikin.

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