:).. It has been a quite long time since I wrote any new blogs for the
entrance . Especially after that huge success of my two blogs which
gave the new aspirants a hope in the field of entrance. Thank you
much for all those comments and shares. Whatever name currently
signifies me in the field of entrance surely is a blessing from all
those who always wished good for me , and I am sure those blogs have
been time tested and surely have contributed to pages in the success
stories of those 10,000 aspirants who read it. I can’t ask more :)
Entrance
is kind of thriller story where you can’t predict the ending without
reaching till the last scene. There will be many twists in the story.
Just like the way you meet many new people who will tell you many
different kind of preparation ways. Time is changing.. so does the
Entrance !!! Many people will tell you to read theory few will tell
you to read
MCQ
and few both. I believe that the success in entrance does not depend
completely on one year preparation. But it does not mean that a year
long preparation will not get you a seat. But there is one hard fact
which we all need to accept. You may or may not win the race. But yes..
you do have a hope in anyway which you follow. But!!! Hope is all is
what is required..
isn’t it?? :)
A
book is said to be the best friend which will guide you through the
success in the entrance exam..:) .. and just like the other friends
which you will have in your life.. some are good.. some are bad.. and
some need fine tuning…
But.. one things which everyone needs to understand here .. Commenting about the book is very easy.. but writing one???…
ITS NOT EASY.!!! TRY IT ONE DAY
The
basic difference between me and others??.. I tried to correct many
books.. l and sent the correction to the author.. After 3 years too.. I
still forward it to the student who need it.. I still try to find such
guy who will make such an effort to help others, than just commenting on
the efforts of the author. The search goes on ..!!
I
guess there are around 10- 15 books in the market which could help you
out in the field of entrance. Frankly speaking ..I HAVE NOT READ ALL OF
THOSE.. BUT YES.. I do have read most of them during my entrance
days.. and about rest of the books. ??.. I have heard and seen a bit
which I would surely share it with you. It’s my sincere request to all
those who read this blog and also for the authors of these books, not
to consider this blog as a way of brand publicity by me. I also sincere
apologies if someone finds my writing unacceptable. I whole
heartily
appreciate every small effort made by each author in coming out of the
book and would like to tell them that in my every page of dentistry they
have surely left a mark.
So here I am writing a review
on all those books and the different ways of reading in order to
improve your way of preparation and gain maximum benefit in a small
amount of time. I won’t be commenting on all the books as I don’t know
much to comment about them. But yes.. this blog will surely consider all
those books which are must to clear a
MDS entrance with a top ranks or at least which is said to be must for clearing
AIPG
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 4
th
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 2
nd
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 6
th 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 5
th
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 18
th 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 8
th
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
10
th 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.
NATIONAL BOARDS
This
is an exam for the gaining entry in to the foreign universities of USA
.. questions are lifted from it for AIPG. My earlier blog has a info
regarding this ,, thanks ot Dr.Nilesh Kadam for that contribution..
Readers are requested to read the earlier blog.
Hmmmmm..
This BLOG has already become quote long.. So I guess need to write a
new Blog in which I will be explaining the correct method of reading all
these books
Tilll Then!!
BELIEVE IN YOUR SELF..AND THAT BELIEF WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE!!!
KEEP READING :)
And for those who have not read my Ealier blogs.. here r the links
http://ajourneytopast.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-i-prepared-for-mds-entrance.html
http://ajourneytopast.blogspot.com/2010/07/most-frequently-asked-questions-about.html
PLEASE NOTE:
The
author of the blog sincerely apologizes if in case the respected
Authors of the above mentioned book finds the above writing
unacceptable. The author has written the blog with out-most care with a
sole intention of helping the new aspirants and the views are completely
based on the author's experience which might vary from individual to
individual. Students are requested to go through the new editions of
the book before accepting the above mentioned info. The author does not
have any motive of publicizing the above mentioned books and the blog
should not be taken as a marketing propaganda.
The author also whole heartedly thanks for all the books which are meant to help each student in the field of entrance.
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