PMC Dentistry Licensure study guide
PMC Dentistry Licensure · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) National Licensing Examination for Dentistry is the computer-based, single-best-answer assessment that dental graduates sit to obtain a licence to practise in Pakistan. It is aimed at graduates of Pakistani dental colleges and at overseas-qualified dentists seeking registration, and it tests whether a candidate can apply basic and clinical science to realistic patient scenarios rather than recall isolated facts. The PMC Dentistry Licensure study guide has 12 sections and about 4,166 words.
01Basic Medical Sciences Relevant to Dentistry
This domain checks whether you can apply foundational mechanisms to clinical dentistry rather than recall isolated facts. Expect integrated items on cell injury, inflammation, acid-base balance, pharmacokinetics, microbial virulence, and metabolic pathways that explain drug effects and disease risk.
368 words, about 2 min02Head and Neck Anatomy
Head and neck anatomy items test spatial relationships, cranial nerve branches, vasculature, fascial spaces, lymphatic drainage, and surface landmarks used for local anesthesia and surgery. The exam favors clinically consequential relationships over isolated names.
436 words, about 2 min03Oral Biology and Oral Histology
This domain tests the structure, development, and function of dental and oral tissues: enamel, dentin, pulp, cementum, periodontal ligament, oral mucosa, salivary glands, and tooth eruption. Questions often link histology to clinical sensitivity, repair, and aging.
386 words, about 2 min04Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine
This domain tests diagnosis and management of mucosal, salivary, osseous, and systemic conditions affecting the mouth. Items often present a lesion description and ask for the next step, the most likely diagnosis, or the feature that distinguishes benign from malignant disease.
362 words, about 2 min05Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
This domain tests surgical judgment: preoperative assessment, local anesthesia, odontogenic infection, trauma, third molar surgery, hemorrhage, and complication management. The exam favors safe sequencing and recognition of emergencies.
351 words, about 2 min06Operative Dentistry and Endodontics
This domain tests caries management, cavity preparation, adhesive dentistry, pulp diagnosis, root canal treatment, and dental trauma. Questions often ask for the next clinical step or the reason a technique fails.
345 words, about 2 min07Prosthodontics
This domain tests removable partial dentures, complete dentures, fixed prosthodontics, implant prosthodontics, occlusion, and maintenance. The exam emphasizes design rationale, load distribution, and the difference between retention and stability.
308 words, about 2 min08Periodontology
This domain tests periodontal etiology, diagnosis, staging and grading, nonsurgical and surgical therapy, and maintenance. Items often require interpreting probing depths, clinical attachment loss, bleeding, and radiographs together.
316 words, about 2 min09Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry
This domain tests growth and development, malocclusion assessment, interceptive orthodontics, behavior management, pediatric restorative care, and dental trauma in children. Questions often ask whether to intervene now or monitor.
320 words, about 2 min10Community Dentistry
This domain tests epidemiology, oral health needs assessment, program planning, oral health promotion, workforce and access issues, and ethics. Items often ask which measure or study design answers a community question.
336 words, about 2 min11Preventive Dentistry and Dental Public Health
This domain tests caries and oral cancer prevention, fluoride use, sealants, dietary counseling, risk assessment, and population-level prevention. Items often ask for the safest or most evidence-based preventive plan.
310 words, about 2 min12Dental Materials and Infection Control / Patient Safety
This domain tests material selection, handling, biocompatibility, sterilization, disinfection, sharps safety, waste segregation, and medical emergency preparedness. Items often ask which material property or infection-control step prevents a specific failure.
328 words, about 2 min