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Dental Academy

Recommended Books
This is the list of books we recommend you should read during your preparation for the MDS
entrance exams.
• Important books: book that are essential for theory/1st reference
• Reference books: books that you don’t need to buy or keep but can consult if required

MCQ books that you must have Important Synopsis Books

• Neeraj Wadhawan (AIPGDEE II)
• Neeraj Wadhwan (NEET MDS Pattern)
• Dental Pulse or Gowri Shanker (Dental
Pulse is preferred)
(You can buy these books at a later stage of
preparation)
• Arvind Arora: General pathology,
Microbiology
• Govind Garg/Sparsh Gupta:
Pharmacology
• Vivek Jain: PSM and Biostatistics

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SUBJECT IMPORTANT BOOKS REFERENCE BOOK
NO.

1. Anatomy BD Chaurasia Grays; Snells

2. Histology IB Singh Di Fiore’s

3. Embryology IB Singh, my chapters in Dr. OP Sperber

Kharbanda’s book

4. Physiology Khurana or Sembhulingam Ganong

5. Biochemistry Lippincotts Harper’s

6. Dental Materials Phillip’s or Mannapallil Craigs

7. Pathology Harsh Mohan for dental Robbins

8. Pharmacology KD Tripathi Goodman & Gillman,

Lippincotts

9. Microbiology Ananthanarayanan Jawetz

10. Dental anatomy Wheelers --

11. Oral Histology Ten Cates or Orbans Avery

12. General Medicine --- Davidson

13. General Surgery ---- Bailey & Love, S Das

14. Oral pathology Shafers Neville

15. General Anesthesia Ajay Yadav Millers

16. Community Dentistry Soben Peter ---

17a. PSM K Park’s

17b. Biostatistics BK Mahajan ---

18. Prosthodontics: CD Zarb & Bolender (Bouchers) ---

19. Prosthdontics (RPD + FPD) Nallaswami Mc Crackens (RPD),

Shillinberg (FPD)

20. Conservative dentistry Sturdevant ---

21. Endodontics Nisha Garg Cohen, Torabinejad

22. Orthodontics Bhalajhi, Proffit OP Kharbanda

23. Pedodontics Shobha Tandon/ Mc Donalds/ Aarthi

Rao

24. Periodontics Carranza Listgarten

25. Oral surgery Neelima Malik (1st preference), Vinod Kapoor, Laskin
Kruger

26. Oral medicine Shafers is adequate Burkets

27. Oral radiology White and Pharaoh