Puerto Rico Examination Date

CITA will be administering the CITA examination at the UPR School of Dentistry August 29-30, 2008.

Mississippi Examination Date Change

The UMC School of Dentistry has changed, due to School scheduling, the dates of the August Mississippi CITA
dental and dental hygiene examinations.  The examinations will be administered as follows:

August 8, 2008 - Dental Patient Based and Dental Hygiene

August 9, 2008 - Dental Manikin Based Examination

(The application deadline of June 2nd will be honored for all initial applications.)

State Added

The state of Kansas will now recognize the CITA examination for licensure purposes.

Revision to Professional Liability Insurance Requirement

Effective for CITA examinations administered on or after February 5, 2008 candidates will not longer be required to obtain
professional liability insurance before being allowed to take a CITA dental or dental hygiene examination.  CITA has
purchased a blanket Professional Liability Insurance policy that covers all dental and dental hygiene candidates,
and their assistants, for all CITA examinations.  The cost of that coverage is included in CITA’s examination fee. 

Candidates who have purchased a policy in anticipation of an upcoming examination should contact their agent to see if a premium refund is possible. 

Patient-Based Manual Update (12/27/2007)

Pages 64-66 of the Patient-Based 2008 Examination Manual have been updated to clarify tooth requirements for the
Amalgam and Composite Procedures.

Manikin Manual Update (11/14/2007)

Pages 54 and 55 of the Manikin-Based 2008 Examination Manual have been updated to reflect a Ceramic Crown Preparation on Tooth #9. 

Revised Examination Fee and Filing Requirements 

First Time Test Takers - For the 2007-2008 CITA Examination Series all candidates, including junior and senior pre-graduation student candidates, who are filing to take a CITA examination for the first time must file a complete application, along with the required filing fees, not less than ninety (90) days before the date of the examination the candidate wishes to take.   

All candidates who are filing to take the CITA examination for the first time must submit a filing fee of $1,600 with the application.  This $1,600 filing fee requirement includes junior pre-graduation student candidates who are filing to take the Manikin portion of the examination.  For those junior student candidates eight hundred dollars ($800) of that $1,600 payment will be allocated to the initial Manikin Based examination and the remaining $800 will be applied to any subsequent retest or to the Patient Based examination taken during the following year. 

 Retest Examinations:  Candidates who are filing for a retest opportunity must file a complete application, along with the required filing fees, not less than thirty (30) days before the date of the examination the candidate wishes to take.  However, seating for retest candidates who file less than ninety (90) days before the examination date will be filled based from the remaining seats available after seating has been assigned for those candidates who filed more than ninety (90) days before the date of the examination.      

Candidates who have failed either Part II and/or III (Session 1) or Part IV and/or V (Session 2) must pay a retest examination fee of $800 for each testing session but not for each Part.