Dental/Medical Books

 

Some Dental/Medical books to help you out with the BDS journey.

ANATOMY:

BD Chaurasia’s Human Anatomy

Clinical Neuroanatomy- Richard S. Snell

Gray's Anatomy for Students

Moore Clinically Oriented Anatomy

Textbook of Anatomy- Vishram Singh

Embryology:

Langman's Medical Embryology

Histology:

difiores Atlas of histology with Functional Correlations

Textbook of Human Histology- IB Singh

PHYSIOLOGY:

Textbook of Medical Physiology- Guyton and Hall

Essentials of Medical Physiology- K. Sembulingam, Prema Sembulingam

Review of Medical Physiology- William F. Ganong

Textbook of Medical Physiology- GK Pal

Understanding Medical Physiology- RL Bijlani

A Textbook of Practical Physiology- CL Ghai

PHARMACOLOGY:

Essentials of Medical Pharmacology- K.D Tripathi

Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews Pharmacology

Clinical Pharmacology- Peter N Bennett

PATHOLOGY:

Robbins Basic Pathology

BIOCHEMISTRY:

Biochemistry- U. Satyanarayan

Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews Biochemistry

MICROBIOLOGY:

Textbook of Microbiology- Ananthanarayan and Paniker

A Textbook of Microbiology- P Chakraborty

DENTAL MATERIALS:

Phillips’ Science of Dental materials

Basic Dental Materials- John J. Manappallil

ORAL ANATOMY:

Woelfel’s Dental Anatomy

Wheeler’s Dental Anatomy, Physiology and Occlusion, 10th Ed

Concise Dental Anatomy and Morphology- James L Fuller

Oral Histology:

Orban’s Oral Histology & Embryology

Ten Cate’s Oral Histology, Development, Structure and Function

PRE- CLINICAL CONSERVATIVE/CLINICAL CONSERVATIVE DENTISTRY:

Sturdevant's Art and Science of Operative Dentistry

Preclinical Manual of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics- V. Gopikrishna

PRE- CLINICAL PROSTHODONTICS/CLINICAL PROSTHODONTICS :

Textbook of Prosthodontics- Deepak Nallaswamy

Preclinical Manual of Prosthodontics- S Lakshmi

ORAL PATHOLOGY:

Shafer's Textbook of Oral Pathology

Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology- Neville, Damn, Allen, Bouquet

GENERAL SURGERY:

SRB’s Manual of Surgery

Bailey and Love's Short Practice of Surgery

Posting: A manual on Clinical Surgery- S. Das

              Art of Clinical Surgery- Prof. Dr. Rishikesh Narayan Shrestha

GENERAL MEDICINE:

Davidson’s Principles and Practice of medicine

Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine

Posting: Hutchison’s Clinical Methods

Macleod's Clinical Examination

Clinical Methods in Medicine- SN Chugh, Eshan Gupta

ANESTHESIOLOGY:

Basic Anesthesiology- Dr. Ram Bhakta Koju

FORENSIC MEDICINE:

The Essentials of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology- Dr. K. S Narayan Reddy

Textbook of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology- Krishan Vij

ORAL MEDICINE AND RADIOLOGY:

Burket’s Oral Medicine

Textbook of Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis and Oral Radiology- Ravikiran Ongole, Praveen BN

Oral Radiology Principles and Interpretation- Stuart C. White and Michael J. Pharaoh

Textbook of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology- Freny R Karjodkar

PEDODONTICS:

Pediatric Dentistry- Shobha Tandon

Textbook of Pedodontics- Nikhil Marwah

ORTHODONTICS:

Orthodontics The Art and Science- SI Bhalajhi

Textbook of Orthodontics- Gurkeerat Singh

COMMUNITY DENTISTRY:

Park's Textbook of Preventive & Social Medicine

Essentials of Preventive & Community Dentistry- Soben Peter

PERIODONTOLOGY:

Carranza's Clinical Periodontology

ORAL SURGERY:

Handbook of Local Anesthesia- Stanley F. Malamed

Textbook of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery- Neelima Anil Malik

Peterson’s Principles of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

 

 

 

 

Outline of BDS Course of Study

Here’s a little information about the syllabus of Bachelor in Dental Surgery (BDS) Program in Tribhuvan University, Institute of Medicine who are planning to join or have joined the course. The BDS program consists of four and half years of full-time study with one year of compulsory rotating internship.

FIRST YEAR: 

1. Integrated Basic Medical Sciences:

i) Anatomy(including Embryology, Histology, Genetics, and Anthropology)

ii) Physiology

iii) Biochemistry

iv) Microbiology

v) Pathology

vi) Pharmacology

a. General Concepts

b. Neuro-Sensory System

c. Musculo-Skeletal System

2. Dental Materials Science

3. Laboratory Technique (Conservative Dentistry, Prosthodontics)

SECOND YEAR:

1. Integrated Basic Medical Sciences:

i) Anatomy(including Embryology, Histology, Genetics, and Anthropology)

ii) Physiology

iii) Biochemistry

iv) Microbiology

v) Pathology

vi) Pharmacology

a. Respiratory System

b. Cardiovascular System

c. Gastrointestinal System

d. Renal-Electrolyte System

e. Reproductive System

f. Metabolic/Endocrine System

2. Oral Anatomy

3. Laboratory Technique (Pre-clinical Prosthodontics and Pre-clinical Conservative Dentistry) 

THIRD YEAR:

1. Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

2. General Medicine

3. General Surgery

4. Anesthesiology

5. Forensic Dentistry

FOURTH YEAR FIRST PHASE:

1. Orthodontics

2. Pedodontics

3. Community Dentistry

4. Oral Medicine and Radiology

FOURTH YEAR SECOND PHASE:

1. Prosthodontics

2. Conservative Dentistry (including Endodontics)

3. Oral Surgery

4. Periodontology

FIFTH YEAR:

1. Compulsory Rotating

2. Internship of One Year Duration

(Source: Medical Education Department, Maharajganj, Kathmandu, Nepal)

What to expect in a dental college?

 

The dream to join a medical/dental college finally comes true. You are here on your first day and you think you will go around the hospital in that cool white apron hanging the imported stethoscope around your neck. Knock Knock! Sorry to wake you up. The reality is quite different. Here’s what to expect in a dental college in the beginning so that you put together all well.

Study: Of course, study will be the first and foremost thing and it’s going to be hard unquestionably. It is good to clear a misconception that there will not only be dental subjects and dental students have to study less. It is as much as your friend studying medicine. The toughness of syllabus goes increasing every year. But, the good news is you can make it with your smart work and dedication.

Practical: Practical in dentistry is a totally another universe. Obviously, do not expect to treat the patients and go to dental camps in the very first year. You will have to buy tons of materials and instruments which are going to cost a fortune and waste a kilotons of them but learn a megatons of handwork skills. Patience and perseverance are the central keys in mastering practical.

Interaction: By interaction, I mean interactions with your classmates, teachers, seniors, juniors and most importantly yourself. Your classmates are vital part of your journey as you will be spending half a decade with them and trust me, they are going to make it easier. Teachers are definitely not going to solve all your problems because you will eventually learn to do it yourself and that’s even better. Seniors are actually going to be very helpful if and only if you behave well. You can influence your juniors in the later stages. Nevertheless, the goal is not to lose yourself no matter how harsh the situation be, do good and come out all proud.

Constant MBBS versus BDS hassle: The most prevalent and the most unnecessary debate going on in any medical college (Especially South Asian Colleges). Both BDS and MBBS students are taught same subjects by the same teachers in the basic years (first year and second year) and third year (clinical). BDS students are also posted for clinical rotations in the same ward so as MBBS. It’s the fourth year that we focus more on dental subjects because we are going to be the specialists. The thing is we do not need validation from anyone, just think yourself as extraordinary and prove to be superior than your previous version to yourself.

There is much more to a medical/dental life than what I have tried to explain here. It’s a roller coaster of feelings and emotions, fun and misery, high and low and sleepless nights and sleepy days. So tighten the seat belt and embrace the journey.

About me

Hi everyone! I am a third year dental student at KIST Medical College and Teaching Hospital. As every other student, I am also stuck in Covid-19 pandemic. So I decided to do something new and here I am with my very first blog and blog post. I don’t know where this will lead to but I am sure it will be fun. I will be sharing information, tips, or any content related to dentistry and I really hope it will be useful to you. Please stay safe and happy. Lots of love. Thank you. Peace!