19 subjects… 4 years :D 1 year internship.. Doyou think you can read those again..!!

SUBJECT WISE BOOKS
19 subjects… 4 years :D 1 year internship.. Do
you think you can read those again..!! I doubt..at
least not without taking a break.. and the subject
wise books are going to help you out in covering
the topics in that 365 days… there are lot many..
the most imp books are mentioned here.
1) DENTAL PULSE
Surely… the name goes right. Its indeed a PULSE
OF THE MDS ENTRANCE SUCCESS. I am sure. This
would be the first book which all will buy at the
start of preparation of entrance.. It won’t be
surprising to see it in every students hand as soon as the student enters the internship.
The book consists most of the old questions, well-arranged and in a well retain-able manner.
Currently the 4th ed being marketed. It is available in two volumes. The basic and the clinical
one.. you will almost find all the old question of entrance papers with limited explanation
which surely is very easy to revise. In fact, this book is the one which needs to be read till
the last moment of exam..
Friends…so you finally brought the book and now have planned to read it.. but how??.. let me
help you out..
1st reading
Never read the synopsis at first… wonder why?? Hmmm. The most important factor for
preparation of entrance is the stress or tension… we are more efficient when our bottom is on
fire;) ..isn’t it? ..what’s the logic of reading synopsis and reading the questions.. obviously..
you will answer more in the first attempt. But.. if you read without the synopsis and try to
answer question then I am sure around 80% students will be able to answer only 60 out of 100
question.. and yeh.. you will also feel that you won’t be to crack the entrance.. but.. NO Fear..
it’s exactly this fear which is needed at the start… but not to quit!!!.. scoring at the first
attempt is not a criteria. WHAT MATTERS IS THE END!!! . The initial score gives you a baseline
on which you can compare your successive scores after revision. Hope you got my point:)
Never mark any question in 1st reading in the question section ... just mark important point in
the explanation. Why???.. I will tell you why a bit later.
The basic aim of reading a book for the first time is to get an idea about the type of topics
which is imp and to get an idea how different the entrance is from the UG theory preparation..
marking 100 question 100 does not mean you will get a rank for sure.. remember.. there are
around 10 books with around 10,000 questions which u need to remember and the question in
the next exam will have new one too.,.
2nd revision
When you start the 2nd reading make sure you read synopsis but don’t try more time in
remembering synopsis.. what’s imp in the initial reading is.. you need to enter the
competition. That’s only possible by remembering the old question.. you can gain knowledge
later.. start answering the questions more...read the explanation more rather than the
synopsis. Still don’t mark any question. Just mark the imp points in the explanation.
Successive revision.
When you finish around 4 revisions , then mark the questions which you always tend to
forget.. I believe that the human brain will surely will not able to store some questions no
matter how many times you read. .I am sure you will experience it.. this is mostly because
there are some questions which lacks logic, or no reference or completely different than what
we have read in our BDS days. Now mark those question and during successive revisions give
more imp for them.. why?? Believe me.. these are the questions which will be asked more in
exam and most of the time students go wrong here.
Now the imp question is how to remember those difficult question without any logic..you need
to find a word in that question and link it to the answer.so in next revisions whenever you
come to that marked question you will see that word and you need to remember what was the
answer.. I am sure..This helps :)
So basically this is how you need to read the Pulse..the marking part also applies to the other
books which I wont be repeating in the following matter.
One strange question which I have been asked by many student… SIR.. IS PULSE SUFFICIENT
FOR SECURING A RANK? OR FEW STUDENTS ALSO ASKED ME WHETHER PULSE AND PAST
DENTAL PAPERS ARE ENOUGH FOR EXAM?
I really don’t know what to answer.. but I would like to tell you one .. first of all.. nobody
knows how will be the exam or which type questions will come in to the exam. The pattern
changes every year.. but yes.. new question means.. its new for all.. so whats imp is you need
to remember all old questions and gain some extra knowledge.
Getting a rank is not imp.. Getting a top rank Is most imp . Getting a branch which you hate will
make you compromise for whole life..but also remember getting a seat also imp. I am just
telling you that when you have chance to get good rank then make a complete heart effort.
Work for success.. don’t ask for short cut..
But yes.. state exams are bit easy.. and it will be great if you don’t restrict it to only one book
and when you actually have more time and you can get a good rank by putting some more
effort.. YOU DON’T KNOW UNLESS YOU TRY!!
Although the explanation and well arranged matter surely needs a appraisal from any student
but I would also advise aspirants to gain some extra knowledge rather than just limiting your
self to it.
2) DENTEST BY Dr GOWRISHANKAR
Bible of Dentistry.. THE AUTHOR IS CONSIDERED AS A PIONEER IN THE FIELD OF MDS
ENTRANCE BOOKS. It has been around 16 years since the book is in market.. the book surely is
one of its kind.. Infact in many states students start reading from the DENTEST first..Why??..
no book will ever give you so clear explanation which is extremely important in order to
understand how to answer. Reading Dentest will clear your confusion and gives you extra
knowledge. Its almost equal to reading most of the regular books.. I have seen students
avoiding reading the explanation part..May be sometimes even I had done the same thing
during my preparation.. but it was after AIIMS I realized that the answers of new questions can
be found in the explanatory part. Yes the book is kind of big.. but if you are not reading theory
and planning for an awesome rank in State or Comed entrance or any Deemed university.. I
DOUBT. I might have been able to get rank in most of the exams.. but surely this book had
made a big contribution In getting me a 6th rank in state.
It was during my preparation when I made a list of correction in which I tried to compare the
answers from pulse and Dentest.. I found many mistakes. Recently I got chance to go through
it again... and it was surprising to know that some most controversial question answers were
rightly explained in the Dentest than the Pulse.. but yes.. surely the editing was not great that
time.. it had many mistakes. but. Recently the new 5th ed of Basic Volume has been released
and it is well arranged and colourful than the earlier. And regarding the Clinical
Edition..hoping to see it soon with new modification. And another imp point...the Dentest has
many new question and there is a good amount of chance that it will be asked in exam.
1ST READING.
Read everything.. GET TO THE DEPTH OF EXPLANATION.. UNDERSTAND IT.. FEEL THE
ANSWER!!!. Mark imp points from the explanation. Get to know what exactly the subject is
about..:)
Successive reading..
In the end of this blog I will surely try to give you a plan regarding the order of reading many
books…but after reading Pulse and Dentest at least 3 times , then you need to mark the new
questions which is absent in the Pulse. And do give more imp to them. Try to compare the
answer from Pulse and Dentest.. Weigh the logic between ..and then accept the answer.
3) BHATIA
During my time.. I had read Bhatia. I wont be able tell you much about this book as I had not
gone through it completely but yes.. the book surely had very good synopsis part which
according to my seniors.
4) RITU DUGGAL
Has some of the finest question specially for Ortho and Pedo.. but lacks references.. but guys..
during my time when I got 18th in PG,I the questions were lifted from the above subjects of
the book.
5) MANISHA PRABHAKAR
AIPG Perio questions are directly lifted from here.. and that to in order.. do read the Perio
part .



6) JATIN KARLA
Consists only of Oral Pathology question .. kind of similar to reading Shafer’s .. During my
time Oral path was lifted from here.. good question for ORAL PATHOLOGY
Friends. There are lot many other books.. but I guess when you are in internship you hardly
have time to read all the books. Or at least it was true in my case.
So I guess this much is enough for subject wise books.
BOOKS WITH YEAR WISE PAPERS
It is extremely important that you revise question in year
wise manner and not just in subject wise …WHY??
During my time.. when I read the Pulse and the Dentest 2-3
times.. there was a visual memory in my brain..and by the
time I came to the first question .. my brain already knew
what was the next question.. and basically because of this I never used to concentrate as
much as I used to concentrate at initial reading.. and because of this I used to make many
mistake..
One imp point which we need to remember is.. its easy to remember questions when its from
the same subject. But what’s important to know is.. in exams questions appear randomly.. and
YOU BRAIN NEEDS TO BE TRAINED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT JUMPS FROM ANATOMY TO
PHYSIOLOGY IN 2 SEC, IT JUMPS FROM CONSERVATIVE TO ORAL SURGERY IN 2 SEC ,.. I hope
you got my point. That’s only possible when YOU solve the question in a year wise papers.
So here are the few important books which have entrance papers arranged year wise
1) DENTAL BYTES
You will never get a book having so many question papers .. NEVER!!!.. infact the book had
most of the papers from 1991 it self.. it almost has everything.. PGI, AIIMS,
AIPG,MAHRASHTRA , JIPMER, and lot lot lot. But yes.. The old edition had explanation only
for only recent papers. I had done the corrections of 8th ed.. and surely my seniors also made
a great contribution for its correction. It has been 3 years I have sent it thousands. Now it’s
the 10th ed. Me and my friend Gaurav have even contributed to it .. it also has references ..it
does have my corrections and of many too. The new edition has references and
explanation ..but you wont find old papers I guess before 2005 in the new edition.. anyway you
if you need then you can get it from the publisher.
I have been always told by many students that it has lot many mistakes even I was one time..
But the difference between me and them ?? when I got a seat.. I made an sincere effort to send
them to the author and many students. And infact those were the initial steps which gave me
some name in the field of entrance.
It’s a difficult task to obtain so many papers and the author had made a sincere effort to give
it to so many those are always looking for the early release of papers… atlest we need to
appreciate it rather than just complaining. I am sure a student who has read the subject wise
book properly, will easily identify such mistakes..Pls do send the correction to the respected
authors. Help others. Help you juniors. Help your friends. It makes a difference in your life.
It’s a must buy book.
2) DENTAL EXPLORER
It was a good book during my time. Indeed it was the only book which had recent BHU and
PGI questions papers and surely made a great contribution for many. In fact it was Dr Gaurav
Verma one of the author of Dental explorer.. Hope I am not wrong.. who started the community
of TIPS FOR MDS PREPARATION ON ORKUT. Which I continued later. Thanks for taking such a
great initiative. The book is now authored by Dr. Gyanander Attresh.
I really don’t have much idea about the recent edition. I am sure the new aspirants can always
through some light on it.
3) DENTAL QUEST
It was around March when me and my friend Dr Gaurav Ram Chandani came up with an idea of
writing a book. The Dental Quest has been appreciated by many which had AIPG,
MHCET,KCET,COMED 2011 paper and AIIMS NOV 2010 paper. The copies were sold rapidly.. but
soon we do found few mistakes which were mostly in AIPG paper and were due to editing part.
We did make an effort to send the correction to many. I have seen many students giving a
positive review regarding our book and also appreciated by many coaching institutes.. there
were some harsh comment like we being greedy of money. ;) its indeed strange to get such
comments about a book which gives 5 papers just 140/-.. in fact a movie costs more than the
book. Never mind we are always ready to take such comments in a positive way and out
heartfelt thanks to all those who loved it for sure.
I am sure many of you won’t find much explanation in Aipg 2011 paper as it consisted many
repeated questions. But I am sure the other papers will make a big difference in your entrance
as it has the explanation arranged in point to point wise from latest books and in fact the
exact references.. I am sure you won’t find such a good explanation in any other papers. It’s a
sincere effort by me and my friend which even today gets lot many hits on Facebook page.
Do request for the correction if you don’t have it yet.. we are always ready to send it to.
Apart from this.. There is
DENTAL INSIGHT
DENTAL UPDATE
And lot many !!!!!
MEDICAL BOOKS.
Now.. you must be wondering why the hell we
should read the medical papers!!!.. guys.. let’s all
accept one fact.. we are bit weak for the basic
subjects question of AIPG.. the questions are
really HI-FI.. but the good thing.. most of them
are repeated from the medical papers.. The guy
who aims AIPG , will surely read the medical
question papers.. Common guys.. it’s like you
already have your question papers in your hand.. be smart enough to do it before exam. In my
exam around 20 to 30 question were a direct lift from medical part.. Chromosome for Cat Eye
Syndrome?? Do you think you can answer that?? But it was lifted from recent AIPG medical
part.
SO there are lot many medical books.. but here are the once I read ,,and almost everybody
reads even today too.
1) MUDHIT KHANNA
Contains AIPG papers arranged year wise and subject wise too.. Hats off to authors.. the
amount of depth they have given in the books is surely appreciated by all.. but One fact you
all need to remember… We don’t have to dive so much.. but yes..at the end you have to
remember at least question and answers…
Now.. I know.. you all take the Mudhit khanna and read Anatomy, Physiology and all those
which we read in our BDS days.. But that’s not enough.. The examiners knows that you will
read that.. but the hard work counts more too.. The rank holders push themselves an extra
mile.. REMEMBER. . Pharmac question are there in Gynecology subject,.. syndrome question are
there in Pediatric too.. And believe me .. these are the question which will be asked in the
exam for sure.. and for those who don’t read those subject will surely feel the exam paper
really difficult.. it took me only 10 min to answer those repeated question.. I lost marks in the
dental part.. if you want to be in at least below 300 in those 8k students.. then ..U need to do
all the question.. but how??
Read all questions at first reading.. mark which are related ,, or if in case even if you think it
might be 60% related to us.. you don’t have to read lower limb questions.. that’s not related ..
but Parmac question can be always asked from any subject.. you cant say no to that.. BE
SMART!!!.. read it many times.. and make sure,, in the end you know at least know question
and answer. That’s A REASONABLE DEAL I GUESS
Regarding the explanation.. reading the explanation makes your basic strong.. .. you can also
get good charts for Pharmac in the book.. Community explained very nicely in the old
volumes.. READ THAT!!!
For exam sake.. you need to do at least last 5 years of Medical AIPG papers!!!
MAKE AN EFFORT TO TEST YOU SELF. DON’T LOOSE THE BATTLE SOON.. PUSH YOUR SELF TO
KNOW YOUR TRUE STRENGTH.
2) AIIMS PAPER
There is Amit Ashish. also you get lot many individual books for single papers like SPEED etc..
etc.. you need to do at least 3 years of AIIMS medical papers and also.
BELIEVE IN YOUR SELF..AND THAT BELIEF WILL MAKE IT
POSSIBLE!!!
KEEP READING :)