National Registration Examination Syllabus – NRE for Dental Graduate | 2024

PMDC designs the National Registration Examination syllabus for dental graduates according to their discipline.

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Discipline in Dental NRE syllabus

The theory (MCQs) component of the Dental NRE will comprise of the following disciplines:

• Science of Dental Materials
• Pharmacology, including Dental Therapeutics
• Community and Preventive Dentistry
• General Surgery
• General Medicine
• Periodontology
• Oral Medicine, Diagnosis, and Radiology
• Operative dentistry, including pediatric Dentistry & Endodontics
• Prosthodontics
• Oral Surgery
• Orthodontics

Applied clinical aspects of Preclinical disciplines and topics not explicitly stated will be assessed
along with the relevant Clinical Science topics.

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WEIGHTAGE OF DISCIPLINES IN THE THEORY (MCQS) COMPONENT OF THE DENTAL NRE

Total MCQs: 200	# of MCQs
Science of Dental Materials	15
Pharmacology, including Dental Therapeutics	10
Community and Preventive Dentistry	15
General Surgery	5
General Medicine	5
Periodontology	20
Oral Medicine, Diagnosis, and Radiology	25
Operative Dentistry including Paediatric Dentistry & Endodontics	45
Prosthodontics	25
Oral Surgery	25
Orthodontics	10
Total	200

CLINICAL SKILLS EXAMINATION CSE

CSE aims to assess the essential clinical skills that would include interpretation of clinical data,including the diagnostic data, formulation of diagnosis, and development of management plans.

CSE would also include clinical examination skills and key procedural skills’
The format of CSE will be similar to that of an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE).

The duration of CSE Session 1 shall be approximately 2–3 hours (including the initial briefing) and will consist of 15 stations. Each CSE session-1 station shall be assigned 6-10 minutes, with 2 minutes for the changeover.

The duration of CSE Session-2 shall be approximately 3 hours (including the initial briefing) and will consist of 3 stations, 50 minutes per station.

The details about the content and conduct of CSE (duration. number of stations, pass percentage, and the number and type of mandatory stations, if any) remain subject to change at the discretion of PM&DC. Provided, any such change is notifiable and displayed on the PM&DC website at least 6 weeks prior to the date of commencement of the CSE.

Distrihution of discinlines for CSE

The distribution of disciplines for stations for CSE will be as follows:

S. No.	Areas	CSE Session-1	CSE Session-2
1	Professional & Multidisciplinary Skills	5
2	Periodontology	2
3	Operative Dentistry, Endodontics & Pediatric Dentistry	2	1
4	Prosthodontics	2	1
5	Oral Surgery & Oral Medicine	2	1
6	Orthodontics	1
7	Medical & Dental Emergencies	1
	Total	15	3

SYLLABUS FOR THE THEORY (MCQs) COMPONENT OF THE DENTAL NRE

Applied clinical aspects of preclinical disciplines and topics not explicitly stated will be assessed along with the relevant clinical sciences topics.

SCIENCE OF DENTAL MATERIALS

• General Properties
• Impression materials
• Gypsum products for Dental Casts
• Dental Waxes
• Casting
• Polymers
• Adhesion
• Dental Composites
• Dental Cements
• Dental Amalgam
• Metal and Alloys in Dentistry
• Ceramics
• Endodonticmaterials
• Wear (Abrasion, Erosion & Attrition) Finishing and polishing materials
• Dental Implants
• Preventive Dental Materials

PHARMACOLOGY, INCLUDING DENTAL THERAPEUTICS

• Analgesics and Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
• Antibacterial. Antifungal and Antiviral Drugs relevant to Dentistry
• Antiseptics and disinfectants
• Chemicals used in mouth rinses
• Dentifrices and Fluoride
• Drug Prescribing
• Endodontic medicaments
• Extraction socket medicaments
• Local Anesthesia and Vasoconstrictors: Use, Side Effects, Adverse effects and
• toxicity
• Topical Haemostatics
• Periodontal medicaments
• Sedation & anxiety Reduction Protocols in dentistry
• Therapeutics for medical emergencies in dental practice

COMMUNITY AND PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY

• Prevention of Oral and Dental Diseases
• Dental Health Care Delivery System
• Behavioural Sciences
• Prevention of Oral and Dental Diseases
• Dental Health Care Delivery System
• Behavioural Sciences
• Research Methodology

GENERAL MEDICINE

• Hypertension
• Ischemic Heart Disease & Angina
• Infective Endocarditis
• Cardiac Arrest
• Syncope
• Bronchial Asthma
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Blood Borne Disease including HIV, Hepatitis B and C
• Anaemias
• Bleeding & Clotting Disorders

PERIODONTOLOGY

• Normal Periodontium
• Classification of Gingival and Periodontal Diseases
• Aetiology of Gingival and Periodontal Diseases
• Gingival and Periodontal Diseases
• Periodontal examination, investigations and documentation
• Diagnosis & Treatment plan of periodontal disease
• Plaque control
• Non-surgical Periodontal therapy
• Surgical Principles and Procedures
• Interdisciplinary Periodontics
• Periodontology and Implant maintenance

ORAL MEDICINE, DIAGNOSIS AND RADIOLOGY

• The Oral Mucosa
• Principles of oral medicine: assessment and investigation of patients
• Infections of the gingiva and oral mucosa
• Oral Ulceration
• Diseases of the lips and tongue and disturbances of taste and halitosis
• Swellings of the face and neck
• Salivary glands and saliva
• Inflammatory overgrowths, developmental and benign lesions, and pigmentation of the oral mucosa
• Precancerous Lesions and Conditions
• Gastrointestinal diseases
• . Blood and nutrition, endocrine disturbances, and renal disease
• Immunodeficiency, hypersensitivity, autoimmunity and oral reactions to drugtherapy
• Facial Pain and neurological disturbances
• Temporomandibular disorders
• Chronic and Psychogenic orofacial problems
• Medical emergencies in dentistry
• Radiology

OPERATIVE DENTISTRY INCLUDING PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY & ENDODONTICS

OPERATIVE DENTISTRY

• Cross infection Control
• Evaluation & history-taking
• Radiographs
• Cariology
• Amalgam
• Dental Adhesion
• Composite
• Non-Carious Tooth Surface Loss
• Ultra Conservative Aesthetic Procedures
• Indirect Partial Coverage Restorations
• Occlusal Adjustment in Single Tooth Restoration
• Trauma

ENDODONTICS

PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

• Patient Assessment
• Early Childhood Caries (ECC)
• Fluorides
• Pit and Fissure Sealants
• Vital Pulp Therapy, Pulpectomy & Regenerative Endodontics
• Restorations
• Local Anaesthesia
• Child Psychology & Behaviour Management
• Developmental Anomalies of the teeth and Acquired Disturbances