Diploma of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (MFDS) Syllabus

Diploma of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (MFDS) covers 6 subjects: Clinical Dentistry and Patient Management, Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine and Pathology, Medical and Pharmacological Foundations, Dental Public Health, Prevention and Special Care, Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics and Professionalism, Ethics, Law and Practice Governance. Together they contain 27 chapters and 131 named topics.

The full Diploma of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (MFDS) outline breaks down into 27 chapters, 131 topics and 80 sub-topics. Clinical Dentistry and Patient Management is the largest single subject with 26 topics across 5 chapters.

Roughly 115 hours for one full pass. That estimate allows about 45 minutes per topic plus 12 minutes per sub-topic, so it is first-pass coverage — revision, past papers and mock tests sit on top of it. At 3 hours a day that is about 5 weeks.

Yes — 356 question-and-answer flashcards across 6 decks, one per subject, written against this syllabus. A sample of every deck is readable on this site for free, and the complete decks are in the Examius app.

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