PMDC NLE Dental study guide
PMDC NLE Dental · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The National Licensing Examination (NLE) is administered by the Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PM&DC), the body that describes itself as the successor of the Pakistan Medical Commission and operates under the Pakistan Medical & Dental Council Act 2022. For dental graduates, the relevant published milestone is NRE Step 1: PM&DC lists "NRE Step 1 Results" alongside MDCAT and NEB results, and its exam registration portal handles NRE and NEB registration. The PMDC NLE Dental study guide has 6 sections and about 2,345 words.
01Integrated Basic Medical Sciences
Integrated basic medical sciences : this section tests anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology, microbiology and pharmacology through single-best-answer vignettes rather than recall lists. Expect a nerve at risk during a surgical extraction, a drug interaction to spot before you prescribe, or a healing process that has gone wrong.
375 words, about 2 min02Oral Biology, Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine
Oral pathology and oral medicine : vignettes describing a white patch, an ulcer, a swelling or a radiograph, followed by the most likely diagnosis, the next investigation, or the underlying mechanism. This domain rewards pattern recognition of red flags more than long differential lists.
381 words, about 2 min03Operative Dentistry and Endodontics
Operative dentistry and endodontics : questions focus on the next clinical step, the correct material at each interface, and the pulpally-driven decision between preserving, extirpating or extracting a tooth. Diagnosis comes first; technique questions follow from it.
394 words, about 2 min04Prosthodontics and Dental Materials
Prosthodontics and dental materials : treatment planning for missing teeth plus the material science behind crowns, bridges, dentures and restorations. Items often give a clinical situation and ask which design or material choice follows logically from it.
399 words, about 2 min05Periodontology and Community/Preventive Dentistry
Periodontology and community dentistry : staging and grading of periodontal disease, first-line and adjunctive management, and population-level prevention. Expect a chart of probing depths and attachment loss, or a public-health scenario on fluoride and caries prevention.
396 words, about 2 min06Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry
Oral surgery, orthodontics and paediatric dentistry : emergency decision-making, classification and timing of malocclusion, and child-specific restorative and behavioural choices. Prioritisation questions - what comes first - appear frequently here.
400 words, about 2 min