Taiwan Dentist Licensing Examination study plan
Taiwan Dentist Licensing Examination · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 8 hours per week
Basic medical and dental sciences (anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, microbiology/immunology, pathology)
Build a one-page concept map linking anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry fundamentals to oral structures
Write 60 original recall questions from domain 1 notes and self-test daily
Identify the 10 highest-yield pharmacology drug classes and summarize their mechanisms and adverse effects
Log every missed item in a running error notebook with a corrected explanation
Your checkpoint
A 60-question self-made domain 1 quiz with answer key and error notebook started
Basic medical and dental sciences (anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, microbiology/immunology, pathology)
Explain core microbiology and immunology pathways aloud without notes
Compare and contrast key pathology mechanisms (inflammation, neoplasia, repair) in a two-column table
Complete 100 mixed domain 1 practice items and tag each miss by subtopic
Re-teach the three weakest subtopics to a study partner or recorded voice memo
Your checkpoint
A subtopic-tagged error log showing the three weakest areas with written remediation notes
Basic medical and dental sciences (anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, microbiology/immunology, pathology) & Oral and maxillofacial anatomy, physiology, and histology
Drill oral and maxillofacial anatomy landmarks until reproducible from memory on blank diagrams
Describe tooth development and histology stages in sequence
Map each domain 2 structure to its clinical relevance in a short annotated list
Run 40 domain 2 items and compare accuracy against week 1 baseline
Your checkpoint
A hand-drawn labeled oral anatomy map plus a 40-item domain 2 score report
Operative dentistry and endodontics & Dental materials science
Sequence operative and endodontic procedural steps for the major clinical scenarios
List indications, contraindications, and failure modes for core dental materials
Match material properties to clinical selection decisions in a decision table
Complete 80 mixed domain 3 and 4 items and log misses
Your checkpoint
A one-page materials-selection decision table plus a scored 80-item practice set
Prosthodontics (fixed and removable) & Periodontics
Outline treatment-planning logic for fixed and removable prosthodontic cases
Summarize periodontal disease classification, risk factors, and phase therapy
Differentiate periodontal vs prosthodontic management of the same compromised tooth
Answer 70 mixed domain 5 and 6 items and review every explanation
Your checkpoint
A written comparison of prosthodontic vs periodontal management for three case vignettes
Oral and maxillofacial surgery and oral medicine/oral pathology & Orthodontics and pediatric dentistry
Classify common oral pathology lesions by clinical and histologic features
Outline surgical principles and common oral medicine presentations
Describe interceptive and growth-modification orthodontic approaches by age
Complete 70 mixed domain 7 and 8 items and tag misses
Your checkpoint
A lesion-classification grid plus a scored 70-item practice set with error tags
Public health, dental jurisprudence, ethics, and infection control & Basic medical and dental sciences (anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, microbiology/immunology, pathology)
Summarize infection control protocols and dental jurisprudence essentials
Apply an ethics decision framework to four written scenarios
Re-test all previously missed domain 1 items and confirm retention
Complete 50 mixed domain 9 and 1 items under timed conditions
Your checkpoint
A timed 50-item score report plus a closed-out error notebook for domain 1
Basic medical and dental sciences (anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, microbiology/immunology, pathology) & Oral and maxillofacial anatomy, physiology, and histology & Dental materials science & Operative dentistry and endodontics & Prosthodontics (fixed and removable) & Periodontics & Oral and maxillofacial surgery and oral medicine/oral pathology & Orthodontics and pediatric dentistry & Public health, dental jurisprudence, ethics, and infection control
Simulate two full-length mixed exams under exam-day timing
Review only flagged weak items and confirm correction in writing
Recite high-yield summary sheets for each domain from memory
Finalize a one-page pre-exam review sheet
Your checkpoint
Two completed full-length mock exam score sheets plus a one-page final review sheet
Milestones
Week 2: Domain 1 self-quiz accuracy at or above 65 percent with error log fully tagged
Week 4: Combined domains 1 through 4 practice accuracy at or above 70 percent
Week 6: All nine domains have at least one scored practice set and a written error summary
Week 8: Both full-length mocks completed with accuracy at or above 75 percent and all flagged items corrected