For candidates who have completed their BDS in Kerala, the Kerala conducts an entrance exam for admitting candidates to the MDS course i.e. Master of Dental Surgery. All the candidates having the required eligibility can apply for this Kerala Post Graduate Dental Entrance Examination. The candidate who passes this exam will be getting admission in one of the finest dental colleges of Kerala.

The courses offered by these colleges are:

• M.D.S. in Prosthodontics
• M.D.S. in Oral& Maxillofacial Surgery
• M.D.S. in Orthodontics
• M.D.S. in Periodontics
• M.D.S. in ConservativeDentistry
• M.D.S. in Oral Pathology &Microbiology
• M.D.S. in Paedodontics
• M.D.S. in Oral Medicine & Radiology

Structure of Kerala MDS Test

There will be a total of two hundred objective type (MC) questions which should be completed in three hours. The number of questions asked from each section is different. Exam is conducted for 800 marks i.e. 4 marks for each question.

Syllabus for Kerala MDS Test

The questions will be from the following topics:

• Anatomy
• Oral Pathology
• Physiology
• Forensic Medicine
• Biochemistry
• Community Dentistry
• Dental Materials
• Paedodontics
• General and Dental Pharmacology
• Orthodontics
• Pathology
• Oral Medicine and Radiology
• Microbiology
• Conservative Dentistry
• Oral Anatomy and Histology
• Prosthodontics
• General Medicine
• Periodontics
• General Surgery
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• General Human Anatomy including Embryology and Histology
• General Human Physiology and Biochemistry, Nutrition and Dietics
• Dental Anatomy, Embryology and Oral Histology
• Dental Materials
• Pre-clinical Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge
• General Pathology & Microbiology
• General and Dental Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• Dental Materials
• Pre clinical Conservative Dentistry
• Pre clinical Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge
• Oral Pathology & Oral Microbiology
• General Medicine
• General Surgery
• Oral Pathology and Oral Microbiology
• Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics
• Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
• Oral Medicine and Radiology
• Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopaedics
• Paediatric & Preventive Dentistry
• Periodontology
• Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge
• Orthodontics & Dentofacial orthopaedics
• Oral Medicine & Radiology
• Paediatric & Preventive Dentistry
• Periodontology
• Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
• Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge
• Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics
• Public Health Dentistry
• Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
• Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge
• Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics
• Public Health Dentistry

Eligibility Criteria

• Only Keralites can apply for this entrance exam.
• Candidate should have a BDS degree from any of the recognized university and should have completed his / her one year internship.
• Only those candidates who have completed the internship can apply for this post graduate dental entrance exam.
• Forty five years is the maximum age for general candidates to apply for this entrance exam.
• In the case of scheduled caste, scheduled tribe and service candidates 47 years is the age limit.

How to Apply?

All the Candidates applying for this entrance exam can only submit online application forms. The application form is available in the official website of Kerala entrance examination which is www.cee-kerala.org. All the candidates should pay the application fee in any of the branches of State Bank of Travancore. The application fee for general candidates is Rs. 1000 and it is Rs.500 for SC /ST candidates. No one is exempted from paying the application fees.

How to fill the Form?

Candidate will get the application form along with the prospectus. So first of all read the prospectus. Read all the information given in the prospectus about how to fill the form. Read carefully each and every sentence. Make all the arrangements for filling the form i.e. pen, documents etc.candidate will need to submit all the certificates mentioned in the application form. Candidate will only need to send the photocopies of the certificates. Mention the details of the documents in the application form itself. Also mention about the documents a candidate is sending along with the form.

Important Dates (Tentative)

• Last date for submitting application form is the last week of January, 2012
• Exam will be in the first week of February, 2012
• Prospectus and application forms are available from first week of January, 2012

List of Kerala MDS Test centers

The center for this exam is Thiruvananthapuram.

Contact Address for the Kerala MDS Test

The contact details for the Kerala MDS Test is given below:

• Address : The Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, Fifth Floor, Housing Board Buildings, Santhi Nagar, Thiruvananthapuram-695 001
• Phone: 0471- 2332120, 2338487.
• Fax: 0471-2337228.
• E-mail: [email protected]

Colleges Accepting the Kerala MDS Test score

The colleges Accepting the Kerala MDS Test score are listed below:

• Government Dental College, Thiruvananthapuram
• Government Dental College, Kottayam
• Government Dental College, Kozhikode
• Mar Baselios Dental College, Kothamangalam
• PMS College of Dental Science & Research, Thiruvananthapuram

Reference Books for Kerala MDS Test

The reference texts for MDS entrance exam are given below:

• Applied Dental Materials by Anderson
• Applied Physiology by Cyril A Keele, Samson.s Wrights
• Chemistry and Metallurgy of Dental Materials by Cambel Smith
• Dental materials written by P.K Basu
• Dental Metallurgy and non-metallic materials by Smith
• John B. West. Best and Taylors Physiological Basis of Medical Practice by Baltimore Williams
• Pathologic basis of Disease by Cotfxan Kumar Roffins Robbins
• Pathology Vol. I &II by John M Issane Andersons
• Restorative dental materials by Craig
• Review of Medical Physiology by Ganong
• Science of Dental Materials Tenth Edition by Kenneth J. Anusavice, Philips
• Textbook of Biochemistry for Medical Students by AVSS Rama Rao
• Textbook of Medical Physiology by Guyton
• Textbook of Pathology Vol. I&II by Critchie, Boyd

Coaching Centers for Kerala MDS Test

The Coaching Centers for Kerala MDS Test are listed below:

• Brilliant Tutorials pvt ltd
• Darshana academy
• Tandem
• Sree Krishna entrance coaching center
• Excellent institute
• Prof P C Thomas Classes
• Akash Institute
• Narayana institute of information technology academy
• Physics techniques
• Career point
• Oasis education services
• Sahil study circle
• J R S Tutorials
• Guru Dronacharya
• Takshila institute

Study Plan

Candidate should study all the topics he / she have studied during the graduation (BDS). Prepare notes while studying each subjects. Candidates can make use of the notes that he / she has written during the graduation. Spend the time very carefully while preparing for the exam.

How and Where To Get the Results?

Candidates can view their results in the following website:http://www.cee-kerala.org  and can download the score details from the website.

Score Validity

One year will be score validity period and the candidates can use the score until the admission period of the participating institutes are over.