NEET MDS - How to prepare for Oral Pathology & Medicine?

In NEET MDS Preparation process, your Oral pathology knowledge needs to be sound. Without knowledge in oral pathology, a lot of your final year may not make sense. A lot of overlaps exist between oral pathology, oral medicine, periodontics, and endodontics. In this article, we bring you the standard books to refer & most important topics which cater under the topic Oral Pathology & Medicine along with few preparation tips.

Given below are the list of Questions MERITERS experts will answer that are essential for an effective and efficient preparation:

What is the subject wise Weightage?
Which Books to refer?
How much Time should be allocated to the subject?
How much Time should be allocated to each Topic?
How many times should the subject be Revised?
What is the Ideal time to Start the subject?
What are the Important Topics for NEET MDS?
Types of Questions asked?

What is the subject wise Weightage?

20-22/240 Questions (9%)

Standard books to refer:

Shafer's Textbook of Oral Pathology

Author : B Sivapathasundharam

INR 1,750

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Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, 3e (Neville, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology)

Author : Brad W. Neville DDS, Douglas D. Damm DDS, Carl M. Allen DDS MSD, Jerry Bouquot DDS MSD

INR 1,995

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Burket's Oral Medicine

Author : Michael Glick

INR 1,753

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How much Time should be allocated for the Subject?

Theory reading � 4 Days
MCQ Practice- 20 Days

How much Time should be allocated to each Topic?

Theory reading � 4-5 Hours
MCQ Practice- 8-10 Hours

How many Times should the subject be Revised?

8-10 times revision is required

What is the Ideal time to Start the subject?

Mid way in the preparation
After completing 7-10 subjects

Oral Pathology & Medicine � Important Topics

UNIT	MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS
Developmental Disturbances	Developmental disturbances of Teeth Developmental disturbances size Shape Developmental disturbances of Face Developmental disturbances of Tongue Tongue Developmental disturbances of Face Developmmental disturbances of Jaw
Benign And Malignant Tumours Of Oral Cavity	General consideration Precancerous lesions and conditions Basal cell carcinoma Squamous cell carcinoma TNM staging Treatment modalities Verrucous carcinoma Hemangioma KAPOSI 's sarcoma Nevi Melanoma Neoplasm of Muscles, Nerve tissue Multiple myeloma Connective tissue tuomours of Jaw Burkitt's lymphoma
Diseases Of Salivary Glands	Mucocele and Ranula Mickulz's disease and Sjogren syndrome Pleomorphic adenoma Warthin's tumor Cylindroma Oncocytic adenoma
Dental Caries	Theories of dental caries Etiologies of dental caries Stephan's curve Classification of dental caries Histopathological zones of Dentine Histopathology od dental caries (Enamel caries)
Pulp And Periapical Infections	Classification of periapical infection Cellulitis Ludwig's angina Osteomyelitis
Physical And Chemical Injuries	Physical And Chemical Injuries Pigmentations Regressive alterations of teeth Mucocele Other physical and Chemical Injuries.
Diseases Of Bones & joints	Osteogenesis imperfecta Osteopetrosis Achondroplasia Osteoporosis Cherubism Fibrous dysplasia Paget's disease Cleidocranial dysplasia CGCG Syndromes associated with bone Osteosarcoma
Diseases Of Nerves & Muscles	Trigeminal Neuralgia Glossopharyngela neuralgia Bells palsy Syndromes associated with nerve pathology Disease of Muscular or connective tissue origin
Skin And Vesiculobullous Lesions	Skin lesions Ectodermal dysplasia Lichen planus Erythema multiforme Classification of vesiculobullous lesions 5Psoriasis Miscellaneous
Bacterial Infections	Sinus Botryomycosis Sarcoidosis Syphilis Actinomycosis Leprosy
Viral Infections	Herpes Simplex Virus Herpes Zoster Cox sackie virus Paramyxovirus Apthous ulcers
Mycotic Infections	Candidiasis Histoplasmosis Mucormycosis Phycomycosis
Oral Aspects Of Metabolic Diseases	Vitamin D deficiency Hyperparathyroidism Hyperpituitarism Hand Schullar christian disease Hypophosphatasia Amyloidoisosi and other disease
Tongue Disorders	Tongue Disorders
Pigmentation	Pigmentation
Diseases Of Blood	Hemophilia Von Willebrand's disease Types of anaemia Aplastic anaemia Thrombocytopenic purpura Leukemia Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous	Miscellaneous