Pitt bench test coming up? See the 5 crown checkpoints
See what to fix on your crown prep before the bench test
Photograph your typodont prep, get scored on 5 checkpoints, fix the one it says to fix next.
- Occlusal reduction
- 1.0–2.0 mm
- Checkpoint 1 · Even over the whole surface
- Axial taper
- ≤ 12° per wall
- Checkpoint 2 · Each wall from the line of draw
- Margin and line angles
- 0.5–1.5 mm
- Checkpoint 3 · Smooth, continuous, rounded
- Adjacent tooth
- No contact
- Checkpoint 4 · No contact or damage
- Putty clearance
- ≥ 1.0 mm
- Checkpoint 5 · Room read on the putty index
Your prep, scored, with the step to fix it.
Each miss names the lesson step that covers it, so the number and the lesson point at the same mistake.
1Your prepPhotograph it on your typodont: occlusal, buccal, lingual.
- Occlusal reduction
- 1.0–2.0 mm
- Axial taper
- ≤ 12° per wall
- Margin and line angles
- 0.5–1.5 mm
- Adjacent tooth
- No contact
- Putty clearance
- ≥ 1.0 mm
2Scored on 5 checkpointsWithin or outside each range, in numbers.
3The crown it has to seatFix the checkpoint the score names in a 3D lesson, then score again.
The full gold crown on #30, step by step.
Six steps from depth grooves to the putty index, each with the diamond to use and the target it has to meet. Start with the checkpoint your score names.
Find your school.
Each school’s bench test page lists only the procedures that school published, with its source and the date we read it.
$99 for 90 days. One payment.
No auto-renew, 14-day refund. Your first score is free with an account. Student seat $149 a year.
Running a class? Faculty use it free and see which checkpoint each student misses most. Create a class code
Questions about scoring, price and classes
What do I photograph?
Three photos of the prep on your school typodont: occlusal, buccal and lingual, at the same distance and light, plus the sectioned putty index for clearance.
Does it score against my school’s bench test?
It scores your crown prep on 5 checkpoints against the 2026–27 published crown-prep criteria for a molar, not your school’s own grading. Your school’s page shows the procedures, clock and teeth it published, with the source. 26 programs are listed.
What happens at my second scored prep?
Your first score is free with an account. The second asks for $99 for 90 days, one payment, no auto-renew, with a 14-day refund.
See pricingCan my class use it?
Yes. Faculty use Osler Press free: create a class code, assign lessons, and see each checkpoint’s within-criteria rate across the class and which checkpoint each student misses most. Students join with the code; a $149 a year seat opens the full library.
Create a class codeIs this an exam result?
No. Practice feedback against the 2026–27 published crown-prep criteria (molar). Not an exam or admissions result; your program and examiners decide.