Dentistry for NEET PG

Dentistry is a very small part of the paper, built on oral anatomy, common oral lesions and the surgical and preventive points a physician is expected to know. A short, structured revision covers most of it.

What Dentistry covers

  • Tooth development and dental anatomy
  • Oral histology and anatomy
  • Oral pathology: cysts and odontogenic tumours
  • Caries, pulp and periodontal disease
  • Oral medicine and oral cancer
  • Oral and maxillofacial surgery and facial fractures
  • Dental materials and radiology basics
  • Orthodontics and paediatric dentistry
  • Community dentistry

A study map from the standard curriculum. Check the official bulletin for the authoritative topic list.

How to study it

  1. 1

    Learn the dental formula, eruption ages and tooth structure once, as tables.

  2. 2

    Group oral lesions by whether they are cysts, tumours or potentially malignant disorders, and learn the classic feature of each.

  3. 3

    Know the Le Fort fractures, the fluoride figures and the DMFT index as short lists.

Where students slip

  • Mixing up the odontogenic cysts and tumours that look alike on an X-ray.
  • Confusing fluorosis with caries prevention levels.

Where the Dentistry practice questions concentrate

Our 842 worked Dentistry questions fall into these areas, largest first. This shows what our practice set emphasises. It is not a prediction of the exam's weightage.

  • Oral medicine and oral cancer 67
  • Oral pathology 65
  • Community dentistry 49
  • Orthodontics and paediatric dentistry 48
  • Caries, pulp and periodontal disease 47
  • Orthodontics 41
  • Oral histology and anatomy 40
  • Tooth development and dental anatomy 40
  • Dental materials and radiology basics 37
  • Oral and maxillofacial surgery and facial fractures 32
  • Oral medicine 29
  • Periodontology 23

Browse all Dentistry worked questions

Four quick-revision cards

  • Deciduous dental formula, and how many teeth?

    Per quadrant: 2 incisors, 1 canine, 2 molars. 20 teeth in all.

  • Permanent dental formula, and how many teeth?

    Per quadrant: 2 incisors, 1 canine, 2 premolars, 3 molars. 32 teeth in all.

  • What does Hertwig's epithelial root sheath do?

    It induces root dentine formation and moulds the shape and number of the roots.

  • Which is the most highly mineralised tissue in the body?

    Enamel, about 96% inorganic.

All Dentistry flashcards · 18 Dentistry mnemonics

Try a Dentistry question

A sample item with the reasoning behind every option. Nothing here is recorded.

Dentistry · Tooth development: Hertwig's root sheath

Sample item

During tooth development, which structure induces odontoblast differentiation in the root and moulds the number and shape of the roots?

Common questions

Is Dentistry worth revising?

It carries few questions, so give it a short, focused pass after the big subjects.

What matters most?

Oral pathology, oral cancer and its risk factors, and facial fractures.