UPSC Dental Surgeon Syllabus 2024: Exam Pattern PDF, Books

UPSC Dental Surgeon Syllabus 2024: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) releases the syllabus and exam pattern for the concerned exams on its official website for the candidate’s reference. Interested and eligible candidates can apply online through the official website when the notification for it is made available and can check the UPSC Recruitment and UPSC Admit Card pages to keep track of the events.

However, the information concerning the UPSC Dental Surgeon syllabus 2024 and exam pattern of the Dental Surgeon examination is provided below for the convenience of the applicants. The candidates are asked to adhere to it. In addition, the applicants are requested to read the sarkari exam pages and get a free job alert on the available vacancies and recruitment procedures.

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UPSC Dental Surgeon Syllabus 2024 Overview

An overview of the UPSC Dental Surgeon syllabus 2024 is given in the table below. Candidate are advised to go through the reference books shared below to prepare for their exams.

UPSC Dental Surgeon Syllabus 2024

The topics included in the UPSC Dental Surgeon 2024 syllabus are shared below. Candidates are advised to go through each and every topic to prepare for the exam.

General Knowledge:

• Human Development Programs
• Indian Agriculture
• Economy
• Recent trends in Science and Technology
• Ecology and Environment
• Food processing
• Transportation and Service Sectors
• Indian Society
• Industry
• Heritage & Culture
• Natural Resources
• Food Adulteration
• Polity
• Trade etc.

Anatomy:

• General Anatomy
• The general disposition of thoracic
• Medical Genetics
• Respiratory
• General Embryology and Systemic embryology
• Abdominal and Pelvic Organs
• Head and Neck Structures and alimentary
• Clinical Anatomy
• Histology of basic tissues

Oral Pathology:

• Case history recording
• Dental Anatomy and Histology
• Viral Diseases affecting the oral cavity
• Regressive Alterations of Teeth
• Healing of Oral Wounds
• Child Psychology
• Dental Radiology
• Growth and Development
• Dental Caries
• Diseases of Blood & Blood-Forming Organs
• Development Disturbances of Hard Tissue
• Physical & Chemical Injuries
• Diseases of Pulp and Periapical tissues
• Caries
• Oral Infection – Spread
• Bacterial & Fungal

Orthodontics:

• Mechanics of Orthodontics
• Introduction to Orthodontics
• Oro-Facial Growth and Development
• Post Treatment Concepts
• Treatment Planning
• Malocclusion
• Orthodontic Diagnosis

Dental Material:

• Impression Materials
• Dental Implants
• Dental Ceramics
• Denture base resins
• Dental polymers
• Gypsum products
• Investments and casting procedure
• Physical properties of Dental Materials
• Inlay casting waxes
• Mechanical properties of Dental Materials
• Structure of matter and principles of adhesion
• Casting Alloys

Pedodontics & Dentistry:

• Child Psychology
• Dental Radiology
• Dental Anatomy and Histology
• Growth and Development
• Dental Caries
• Case history recording

UPSC Dental Surgeon Exam Pattern 2024

The Dental Surgeon exam will be an offline exam and the questions will be mostly objective-type. The subjects included in the exam are mentioned in the table below.

UPSC Dental Surgeon Exam 2024 Preparation Tips

To ace the UPSC Dental Surgeon examination, candidates can follow the preparation tips mentioned below.

• Practice the previous year’s question paper for outstanding exam patterns and the difficulty level of the exam.
• Give mocks at regular intervals to track your progress.
• Make a timetable for each subject and focus more on the weak subjects.

UPSC Dental Surgeon Exam 2024 Reference Books

Candidates can follow these books to prepare for the UPSC Dental Surgeon exam 2024.

• Pg dental examination review by George
• Series Anatomy for Dental Students by CBS Publishers & Distributors
• Wheeler’s Dental Anatomy, Physiology and Occlusion
• Bansal– Series Anatomy for Dental Students

UPSC Dental Surgeon Syllabus 2024 FAQs

Other Government Exams Syllabus

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• RSMSSB Syllabus
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• UPSC Syllabus
• APPSC Syllabus
• BPSC Syllabus
• MPPSC Syllabus

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