What is the pass mark for the DHA General Dentist exam?

DHA's CBT Guideline prints 60 percent for General Dentist (GEN5301), 65 for Implantology, 60 for specialists and 70 for consultants. DHA can change the pass score without updating the guideline.

How many questions are in the DHA dentist exam?

General Dentist, Implantology and the specialist titles have 150 questions in a stated 3 hours that includes registration. Consultant titles have 100 questions. DHA says the format is Multiple Choice Questions.

What topics are on the DHA dentist exam?

For General Dentist DHA lists 12 areas, such as periodontics, endodontics, implant surgery, restorative dentistry, patient education and ethics. It publishes no weights, so you cannot tell how many questions each area has.

Is the DHA dentist exam half shared topics?

DHA does not say so. Its list for General Dentist is mostly dental areas, with anaesthesia and pain management, patient education and ethics. Shared clinical topics may still appear, but DHA gives no split, so do not plan around a fixed share.

Does Meddex offer full mock exams for dentists?

Not yet. Meddex has dentist questions and subject tests, and a free ten-question assessment, but the dentist bank is too small for full-length 150-question mocks written for the role.

Are there official DHA sample questions for dentists?

No official sample set was found in the guideline or on the DHA pages we read. DHA says sharing assessment questions is not allowed, so be careful with anyone selling past questions.

Dentists

DHA exam for dentists.

The official format and content areas for dentist titles, and an honest account of what Meddex covers for dentists.

Short answer: DHA lists 17 dentist titles in its CBT Guideline (Updated Sep 2026). General Dentist is 150 questions in 3 hours, including registration time, with a 60 percent pass score. Specialists are 60 percent and consultants 70 percent with 100 questions. The guideline names 12 areas for General Dentist, with no weights.

Dentist titles at a glance (official)

General Dentist (GEN5301): 150 questions, 3 hours including registration, pass score 60 percent.
Implantology (IMP4411): 150 questions, 3 hours, pass score 65 percent.
Specialist titles (8): 150 questions, 3 hours, pass score 60 percent.
Consultant titles (7): 100 questions, 3 hours, pass score 70 percent.

General, specialist and consultant titles

General Dentist and Implantology are 150 questions in 3 hours, at 60 and 65 percent. The 8 specialist titles (endodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, oral surgery, orthodontics, paediatric dentistry, periodontics, prosthodontics and restorative dentistry) are 150 questions at 60 percent. The 7 consultant titles are 100 questions at 70 percent.

DHA says the stated time includes the registration, the process introduction and the exam content, so you have less than the full time for answering. It reports pass or fail only, and it can change the content, the format or the pass score without updating the guideline. A title that is not in the guideline is assessed orally, so check the mode of exam for your title in Sheryan.

Dentists: General Dentist and Implantology
Title	Code	Questions	Time	Pass score
General Dentist Twelve coverage headings, no weights.	GEN5301	150	3 hours	60 percent
Implantology	IMP4411	150	3 hours	65 percent

Dentists: specialist titles
Title	Code	Questions	Time	Pass score
Specialist Endodontics	END5021	150	3 hours	60 percent
Specialist Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	OMS5351	150	3 hours	60 percent
Specialist Oral Surgery	ORS5941	150	3 hours	60 percent
Specialist Orthodontics	ORD5211	150	3 hours	60 percent
Specialist Pediatric Dentistry	PED5911	150	3 hours	60 percent
Specialist Periodontics	PER5131	150	3 hours	60 percent
Specialist Prosthodontics	PRO5051	150	3 hours	60 percent
Specialist Restorative Dentistry	RES5221	150	3 hours	60 percent

Dentists: consultant titles
Title	Code	Questions	Time	Pass score
Consultant Endodontics	CEN5022	100	3 hours	70 percent
Consultant Oral Surgery	COR6082	100	3 hours	70 percent
Consultant Orthodontics	COD6072	100	3 hours	70 percent
Consultant Pediatric Dentistry	CPE5912	100	3 hours	70 percent
Consultant Periodontics	PRI5772	100	3 hours	70 percent
Consultant Prosthodontics	CBR6032	100	3 hours	70 percent
Consultant Restorative Dentistry	CRE5222	100	3 hours	70 percent

The official content areas for General Dentist

The guideline lists 12 areas and no percentages. The Assessment Manual says results use the number of correct answers and the weighting of each domain, but DHA does not publish the weights. Note that the list is mostly dental, with anaesthesia and pain management, patient education and ethics alongside the clinical areas. It does not list a general medicine section.

Anesthesia and Pain Management
Oral Medicine/Oral Surgery
Periodontics
Temporomandibular Joint
Endodontics
Implant Surgery
Restorative Dentistry
Orthodontics/Pediatric Dentistry
Cosmetic
Deformities and Orthognathic Surgery
Patient Education
Ethics

Qualification and experience for the title

The PQR (April 2025, table 10) asks a General Dentist for a BDS, DMD, DDS or equivalent, completion of a one-year internship and two years of clinical experience. A Specialist needs a recognised specialty qualification from the PQR table, and the experience depends on the tier of that qualification. For non-UAE nationals with a Tier 3 qualification the table asks for three years of experience after qualification. Consultants need two years (Tier 1) or five years (Tier 2) after qualification, and the Tier 3 cell says "Cannot attain the title", with a footnote for people enrolled in a recognised Tier 3 programme before June 2017.

The PQR also says applicants with a specialty qualification but without the specialty experience may be accepted as General Dentists, apart from some specialties. A break in practice of more than three years brings CME or CPD requirements, and DHA generally does not license people with a gap of more than five years. The exam equivalency tables for dentists name particular countries and qualifications, and the exemption covers the exam only.

What Meddex covers today

Meddex has 109 questions tagged for dentists. 28 of them sit in the eight dentist subjects written for this role. The rest are the shared clinical core that every profession sees, such as medical emergencies, infection control, pharmacology and ethics. Counts come from the question bank when the site is built.

The eight subjects (anaesthesia and pain, oral surgery with implants, oral medicine with radiology and the temporomandibular joint, periodontics, endodontics, restorative and cosmetic dentistry, paediatric dentistry with orthodontics, and prosthodontics) are Meddex's own grouping of DHA's 12 areas, not DHA's list. The dentist bank is small, and it is built around General Dentist. There is nothing written specifically for specialist or consultant exams.

Full-length mocks are not offered for this role yet. They need a bank large enough to fill a 150-question paper with questions written for the profession, and the bank is not there yet. You can practise by subject, and the free assessment gives you ten mixed questions and your weakest areas. None of this is a promise of a pass. The questions are original, not DHA questions, and DHA publishes no sample set.

How to revise, without guessing the weights

Because the official list is mostly dental, do not assume the exam is half dentistry and half shared topics. That split appeared in an older Meddex guide and DHA does not state it. Go through the twelve headings once and mark each as strong, fair or weak. Start with the weak ones, then move to timed sets.

Two longer guides go deeper: one on revising as a dentist and one with a four-week revision plan.

Longer guides for dentists: Revising for the DHA exam as a dentist, DHA exam for dentists: a four-week revision plan.

Read these yourself. They are DHA's own documents.

Meddex is an independent preparation platform and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), Prometric, UAE University or the National Institute of Health Specialties (NIHS). Always confirm exam details on the official websites. Last reviewed 16 October 2026.

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