DHA Dental Exam Preparation Online 2026: The GEN5301 General Dentist Question Bank with Image-Based Questions, Specialist Dental Banks, Timed Mocks, a 6-Week Plan and Costs
How dentists prepare online for the DHA Prometric dental exam in 2026: the GEN5301 paper's format and blueprint, the 5,500-question chaptered bank with clinical photographs and radiographs, specialist banks for prosthodontics, periodontics and endodontics, three timed mocks, a six-week plan and the cost in AED, INR, PKR and EGP.
The DHA dental exam differs from every other Gulf paper in one way: a large share of the questions carry a clinical photograph or a radiograph. Candidates who prepare only from text get caught by images they have to read in seventy seconds. This guide covers the paper, the bank and a plan built around image practice.
The DHA dental exam
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Exam code | GEN5301 General Dentist; specialists sit their specialty code |
| Format | About 150 single-best-answer MCQs in 3 hours, many with images |
| Pass mark | About 60% for general dentists; specialty papers 60 to 70% |
| Fee | About USD 280, roughly INR 24,500 (DHA fees) |
The same code is used by MOHAP and SHA, and the blueprint matches SCFHS (SDLE), QCHP, NHRA and OMSB (GCC dentist exam guide, SDLE guide).
The blueprint
- Restorative and operative dentistry, and endodontics: the largest share.
- Prosthodontics: complete and partial dentures, crowns and bridges, occlusion, implant basics.
- Periodontics.
- Oral surgery, oral medicine and oral pathology, including red-flag lesions.
- Paediatric dentistry and orthodontics.
- Oral radiology, infection control, local anaesthesia, medical emergencies in the chair, ethics.
The GEN5301 bank, and the specialist banks
The General Dentist bank has about 5,500 questions in 55 chapters, with clinical images where the exam uses them and a detailed explanation on every question, plus three full-length timed mocks and unlimited retries for three months. Chapter 1 is a free 15-question preview.
Specialists should use the bank for their title: Prosthodontics (about 3,250 questions), Periodontics (about 2,150), Endodontics (about 1,800), and the orthodontics, paediatric dentistry and oral surgery banks on the exams page. Specialist recognition is explained in the specialist dentist guide. Dental hygienists and assistants sit their own papers: Dental Hygienist and Dental Assistant.
Fifteen free questions in the exam style are in dentist sample questions.
A six-week plan with image practice
| Week | Focus |
|---|---|
| 1 | Free preview, baseline block, restorative and operative dentistry |
| 2 | Endodontics and prosthodontics; one radiograph-reading session a day |
| 3 | Periodontics, oral surgery, oral medicine and pathology; mock 1 |
| 4 | Paediatric dentistry, orthodontics, radiology, infection control |
| 5 | Weakest three domains from mock 1; medical emergencies and local anaesthesia doses; mock 2 |
| 6 | Error log review, mock 3 four days out, rest |
For every image question you get wrong, write down what you should have looked at first. Image reading is a habit, and it builds in days, not weeks.
What it costs
| Item | USD | AED | INR | PKR | EGP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Dentist or specialist dental bank, 3 months, 3 mocks | USD 64.99 | about AED 239 | about INR 5,700 | about PKR 18,200 | about EGP 3,200 |
| DHA dental exam fee (for comparison) | about USD 280 | about AED 1,030 | about INR 24,500 | about PKR 78,500 | about EGP 13,700 |
Prices are in US dollars and shown before checkout; home-currency figures use fixed rates (USD 1 = INR 88, PKR 280, PHP 57, EGP 49) and your card issuer sets the final conversion. Access runs for three months from activation.
Before and after the exam
Titles, Sheryan and DataFlow are in the DHA licence for dentists. After you pass, follow how to get a dentist job in Dubai and join the dentist talent pool. Abu Dhabi candidates sit the DOH paper at Pearson VUE with the same content (DOH dentist licence).
Frequently asked questions
How many questions are in the DHA dental exam?
About 150 in 3 hours for the general dentist paper, many with clinical photographs or radiographs.
What is the DHA dental exam pass mark?
About 60% for general dentists; specialist papers use 60 to 70% depending on the title.
Does the DHA dental exam have image-based questions?
Yes. Practising with image-based questions is the single biggest difference between candidates who pass and those who do not.
Which exam code is the DHA general dentist exam?
GEN5301 General Dentist, the same code used by MOHAP and SHA.
Is there a free DHA dental question bank?
Chapter 1 of the General Dentist bank is free with explanations, and the dentist sample questions article has 15 more.
Practice banks for this exam
Chapter-wise MCQs with written reasoning on every question, and timed mocks at the real pass mark.