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MDS Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics covers cariology and operative/restorative dentistry, dental materials science, pulp-dentin biology, and the full span of endodontic diagnosis and treatment including primary root canal treatment, retreatment, surgical endodontics and regenerative/vital pulp therapy. The university exit examination follows the DCI/NDC MDS Course Regulations 2017 pattern: four theory papers, a clinical exam with one long case and two short cases drawn from operative and endodontic procedures on patients, and a viva voce, each requiring a minimum of 50%.
The books most residents actually buy. These are the editions in circulation now, with a note on whether each is read through, kept as a reference, or opened only for the viva.
Journal club and the recent-advances questions come from here. Follow one Indian and two international titles properly rather than skimming all of them.
Three years, most of it spent in the clinic and on the dissertation. The order below is what works for most MDS Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics residents.
Master applied basic sciences together with pulp-dentin biology, dental materials science and cariology from the opening chapters of Sturdevant's and Cohen's, register the dissertation synopsis with the ethics committee, and begin structured pre-clinical skill-building in cavity and access-cavity preparation.
Build an independent clinical caseload in direct and indirect restorations and routine root canal treatment while cross-referencing Grossman's and Nisha and Amit Garg's for step-by-step protocols, collect dissertation data, and present endodontic case-based seminars and journal clubs.
Take on complex retreatment, surgical endodontic and regenerative/vital pulp therapy cases using Cohen's and Ingle's for depth, complete and submit the dissertation, and revise Grossman's and Textbook of Endodontics for the university theory, clinical and viva examinations.
Methodology, reporting standards and source material examiners expect you to have used.
Cases, procedures and stations that come up again and again.
University-conducted final MDS examination under DCI/NDC MDS Course Regulations 2017: four 3-hour theory papers (two specialty, one applied basic sciences, one essay), a clinical exam with one long case and two short cases drawn from operative/endodontic patients, and a viva voce; a minimum of 50% is required separately in theory and in practical/clinical plus oral.
The titles on this page are the ones residents and departments actually use, each with the edition in circulation now. Start with the first one listed and add the references as your reading deepens.
Cohen's Pathways of the Pulp by Louis H. Berman, Kenneth M. Hargreaves (eds) is the usual anchor. The single most cited endodontic reference in Indian MDS exam preparation, especially for pulp biology, diagnosis and treatment planning.
University-conducted final MDS examination under DCI/NDC MDS Course Regulations 2017: four 3-hour theory papers (two specialty, one applied basic sciences, one essay), a clinical exam with one long case and two short cases drawn from operative/endodontic patients, and a viva voce; a minimum of 50% is required separately in theory and in practical/clinical plus oral.
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