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