Preparing for the Overseas Registration Examination (ORE) Part 2 requires more than memorising facts—it demands strong clinical reasoning, communication skills, ethical decision-making, and evidence-based patient management in line with current UK dental practice.
This page provides a growing collection of FREE ORE Part 2 practice questions designed to reflect the style and standard of the real examination conducted by the General Dental Council (GDC).
Each question is presented as a realistic clinical scenario, similar to those encountered in the ORE Part 2 written assessment. Every question includes five single best answer (SBA) options, followed by a concise explanation based on current UK guidance and standard dental textbooks.
What You’ll Practise
- Clinical decision-making
- Diagnosis and treatment planning
- Medical emergencies in dental practice
- Oral surgery
- Restorative dentistry
- Endodontics
- Prosthodontics
- Periodontology
- Paediatric dentistry
- Orthodontics
- Oral medicine
- Oral pathology
- Dental radiology
- Cross-infection control
- Pharmacology and prescribing
- Safeguarding
- Consent and capacity
- GDC ethics and professionalism
- Medical risk assessment
- Management of medically compromised patients
- UK dental legislation and guidance
Based on UK Guidance
All explanations are developed using current UK guidance and respected textbooks, including:
- GDC Standards for the Dental Team
- SDCEP
- BNF
- NICE Guidance
- Delivering Better Oral Health (DBOH)
- HTM 01-05
- IR(ME)R
- Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry
- Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Neville’s Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
- Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology
- Sturdevant’s Art and Science of Operative Dentistry
- Malamed’s Handbook of Local Anesthesia
Whether you’re preparing for the ORE Part 2 for the first time or revising before the examination, these questions are designed to strengthen your clinical judgment and improve your confidence with UK-style dentistry.
Bookmark this page, as new ORE Part 2 practice questions and mock exam scenarios are added regularly.
