Cambodia Dentistry Exit Exam case studies
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The Cambodia Dentistry Exit Exam is the national assessment that dental graduates in Cambodia are expected to pass before practising independently, and it functions as the bridge between the university curriculum and licensure through the Ministry of Health. It is intended for final-year students at Cambodian dental schools and for graduates returning to sit the examination, including those who trained abroad and need recognition of their qualification. The Cambodia Dentistry Exit Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 4,784 words.
1Night pain in a lower molar three hours from home
A 41-year-old woman attends a provincial referral clinic in Kampong Cham with a 5-day history of severe spontaneous pain in the lower right first molar (tooth 46), pain that wakes her at night and lingers about 30 seconds after cold drinks. She reports partial relief with paracetamol 500 mg plus ibuprofen 400 mg, but the pain now radiates to the ear.
1,025 words, about 5 min2A non-healing tongue ulcer in a tobacco chewer
A 57-year-old farmer from a rural district near Battambang presents with a painless sore on the left side of his tongue present for 3 months. He has chewed tobacco mixed with slaked lime for about 30 years and smokes roughly 15 hand-rolled cigarettes a day.
967 words, about 5 min3Open bite after a motorcycle collision
A 27-year-old man is brought to a provincial hospital emergency department 6 hours after a motorcycle collision. He has a laceration over the chin, a 3-mm anterior open bite that was not present before the accident, and cannot bring his back teeth together.
844 words, about 4 min4A 10-mm overjet, two episodes of incisor trauma, and a mother who wants to wait
An 11-year-old girl attends with her mother. She has a Class II division 1 malocclusion with a 10-mm overjet, a 6-mm overbite with palatal impingement, incompetent lips and a lower lip trap; the lower lip rests behind the upper incisors.
955 words, about 5 min5Extraction request in a hypertensive patient on aspirin after a TIA
A 68-year-old man attends a rural clinic requesting removal of tooth 36, which is heavily broken down, necrotic and unrestorable, with a periapical radiolucency and intermittent pain. He has type 2 diabetes on metformin and hypertension on amlodipine 10 mg; he also takes aspirin 100 mg daily and took today's dose.
993 words, about 5 min