Theory Examination Candidate Handbook

© 1998 – 2026 National Dental Assisting Examining Board 18 Any refunded fees will be credited back to the credit card used at the time of payment. Refund cheques or credits towards alternate cards will not be permitted. ✓ Appeal Fee: $260.00 CAD. Test Security The NDAEB maintains strict security of the content of the examination before, during and after the examination. Please refer to the section Rules of Conduct During the Exam in this handbook. All examination materials are protected by copyright ©. Duplication or copying of exam materials in any manner is strictly prohibited. If copying, recording, or any form of cheating is detected—or if evidence of such misconduct is disclosed at any time, including after examination results have been released or an NDAEB Certificate has been issued— all individuals involved, including those who engaged in, assisted with, or were complicit in the misconduct, shall receive a failing grade for the examination. Furthermore, any NDAEB Certificate previously issued shall be revoked. References Subject matter for exam questions is based on the NDAEB Domain Description for Dental Assisting, included in this Candidate Handbook. All exam questions are referenced to one of the publications listed below. The NDAEB does not require candidates to purchase any specific textbook for study purposes. Referenced in no particular order, are the materials used by the NDAEB to validate examination questions: 1. Modern Dental Assisting, 14th Edition, Bird and Robinson (2024), ISBN978-0-323-82440-8 2. Wilkins’ Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist 13th edition (Selection Chapters from Wilkins’ Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist, 13th Edition), Customer Edition, Jones & Bartlett Learning (2020), ISBN: 9781-284-01465-5 3. Dental Assisting: A Comprehensive Approach, 6th Edition (2023), ISBN: 9780357709726 4. Canadian Dental Assistants Association (CDAA). (Retrieved 2024). Code of Ethics: https://cdaa.ca/cdaa-code-of-ethics 5. (Retrieved 2025). Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS): https://whmis.org WHMIS – Pictograms: CCOHS: WHMIS - Pictograms WHMIS - Hazard Classes and Categories: CCOHS: WHMIS - Hazard Classes and Categories WHMIS – Labels: CCOHS: WHMIS - Labels 6. Health Canada. (Retrieved 2023). Radiation Protection in Dentistry – Recommendation Safety Procedures for the Use of Dental X-Ray Equipment – Safety Code 30 (2022): https://www.canada.ca/en/healthcanada/services/environmental-workplace-health/reports-publications/radiation/radiation-protection-dentistryrecommended-safety-procedures-use-dental-equipment-safety-code-30.html

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