Dental Therapist practice interview
Preventive oral care, permitted restorative procedures, infection control, patient education and timely referral. Practise the 5 questions interviewers ask for this role with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
Free with an Intaviu account: 320 credits a month, at 10 credits a minute of practice. Private: interview creators never see them.
- Junior
- 15 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
This interview tests safe preventive and restorative oral care within a dental therapist's scope. The panel wants clear clinical boundaries, dependable infection prevention and a patient-friendly approach to consent, anxiety and oral health education.
How to prepare
- Review common oral findings and when they require referral to a dentist.
- Revise instrument processing, surface cleaning and protective equipment routines.
- Practise giving simple brushing, interdental cleaning and diet advice.
- Prepare examples of supporting an anxious adult or child during care.
- Check the relevant official professional body's current registration and practising requirements.
Common mistakes
- Claiming you would perform treatment outside your permitted scope.
- Describing infection control without covering instrument processing.
- Giving oral health advice that is too general for the patient's problem.
What to expect
A real first-round interview
5 questions the way interviewers ask for this role, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 4 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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