MDS Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics

Part 2: 

PAPER I:  CONSERVATIVE DENTISTRY

  1. Examination, diagnosis and treatment plan
  2. Occlusion as related to conservative dentistry, contact, contour, its significance.
  3. Separation of teeth, matrices, used in conservative dentistry.
  4. Dental caries – epidemiology, recent concept of etiological factors, pathophysiology.
  5. Histopathology, diagnosis, caries activity tests, prevention of dental caries and management –  recent methods.
  6. Hand and rotary cutting instruments, development of rotary equipment, speed ranges, hazards.
  7. Dental bur and other modalities of tooth reparation – recent developments (air abrasions,  Lasers etc)
  8. Infection control procedures in conservative dentistry, isolation equipments etc.
  9. Direct concepts in tooth preparation for amalgam, composite, GIC and restorative techniques, failures and management.
  10. Direct and indirective composite restorations.
  11. Indirect tooth coloured restorations – ceramic, inlays and onlays, veneers, crowns, recent
  12. Advances in fabrication and materials.
  13. Tissue Management
  14. Impression procedures used for indirect restorations.
  15. Cast metal restorations, indications, contraindications, tooth preparation for class 2 inlay, onlay full crown restoration
  16. Restorative techniques, direct and indirect methods of fabrication including  materials used for fabrication like inlay wax, investment  materials and
  17. Direct gold restorations.
  18. Recent advances in restorative materials and procedures.
  19. Management of non-carious  lesion.
  20. Advance knowledge of minimal intervention dentistry.
  21. Recent advances in restoration of endodontically treated teeth and grossly mutilated teeth
  22. Hypersensitivity, theories, causes and management
  23. Lasers in Conservative Dentistry
  24. CAD-CAM & CAD-CIM in restorative dentistry
  25. Dental imaging and its applications in restorative dentistry (clinical photography)
  26. Principles of esthetics
    1. Color
    2. Facial analysis
    3. Smile design
    4. Principles of esthetic integration
    5. Treatment planning in esthetic dentistry

PAPER – II :  ENDODONTICS

  1. Rationale of endodontics
  2. Knowledge of internal anatomy of permanent teeth, anatomy of root apex and its implications in endodontic treatment.
  3. Dentin and pulp complex.
  4.  Pulp and periapical pathology
  5.  Pathobiology  of periapex
  6.  Diagnostic procedure – recent advances and various aids used for diagnosis –
  7.  Orofacial dental pain emergencies: endodontic diagnosis and management
  8.  Case selection and treatment planning
  9.  Infection control procedures used in Endodontics  (aseptic techniques such as rubber dam, sterilization of instruments etc)
  10. Access cavity preparation – objectives and principles
  11.  Endodontic instruments and instrumentation – recent developments, detailed description of  hand, rotary, sonic, ultra sonic etc.,
  12. Working length determination / cleaning and shaping of root canal system and recent development in techniques of canal preparation.
  13.  Root canal irrigants and intra canal  medicaments used including non – surgical Endodontics  by calcium hydroxide.
  14.   Endodontic microbiology.
  15.  Obturating materials, various obturation techniques and recent advances in obturation of root canal.
  16.  Traumatic injuries and management – endodontic treatment for young permanent teeth.
    1. Pediatric  Endodontics – treatment of immature apex.
  17. Endodontic surgeries, recent developments in techniques and devices, endoosscous
    1. Endodontic implants – biology of bone and wound healing.
  18.  Endoperio interrelationship,  endo + Perio lesion and management
  19.  Drugs and chemicals used in Endodontics
  20.  Endo emergencies and management.
  21.  Restoration of endodontically treated teeth, recent advances.
  22.  Geriatric Endodontics
  23.  Endo emergencies and management
  24.  Biologic response of pulp to various restorative materials and operative procedures.
  25.  Lasers in Endodontics.
  26.  Multidisciplinary approach to endodontics situations.
  27.  Endodontics radiology – digital technology in endodontics practice.
  28. Local anesthesia in endodontics.
  29.  Procedural errors in endodontics and their management.
  30.  Endodontics failures and retreatment.
  31.  Resorptions and its management.
  32.  Microscopes in endodontics.
  33.  Single visit endodontics, current concepts and controversies.
Paper III:
1. Descriptive and Analysing type question.