Membership of the Joint Dental Faculties (MJDF) Syllabus

Membership of the Joint Dental Faculties (MJDF) covers 8 subjects: Clinical Examination, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning, Operative Dentistry, Endodontics and Prosthodontics, Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery and Dental Emergencies, Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Human Disease, Pharmacology and Medical Emergencies, Professionalism, Law, Ethics and Practice Management and Health Promotion, Prevention and Infection Control. Together they contain 35 chapters and 142 named topics.

The full Membership of the Joint Dental Faculties (MJDF) outline breaks down into 35 chapters, 142 topics and 66 sub-topics. Operative Dentistry, Endodontics and Prosthodontics is the largest single subject with 22 topics across 5 chapters.

Roughly 120 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 6 weeks.

Yes — 433 question-and-answer flashcards across 8 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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