Six-Week Study Timetable

Send me your syllabus (paste it or upload a photo/file), and tell me:

1. How many hours you can study on weekdays and weekends.
2. Your exam date, if it’s set, and any days you need off.
3. Whether you want time for revision and practice tests included.

I’ll build a realistic 6-week timetable around it.

Here’s a 7-week timetable for about 2–3 hours a day, starting now and finishing with revision before your mid-November exam. It covers every subject listed in your syllabus; the final week is for recall, viva practice, and catching up.

Daily study format (about 2½ hours)

• 70 min: Learn one topic actively—read, then close the book and explain the idea from memory.
• 10 min: Break.
• 40 min: Make a one-page summary, comparison table, or labelled diagram.
• 30 min: Viva practice: answer aloud, define terms, explain “why/how,” and handle follow-up questions.
• 10 min: Recall yesterday’s topic without notes.

On a 2-hour day, shorten the first two blocks. On a 3-hour day, use the extra 30 minutes for questions or a second topic.

Week-by-week plan

Week	Main coverage
1	Oral pathology: tooth-development and craniofacial disorders; dental caries; dental-pulp disorders; periapical periodontitis. Pathology: cell injury, cell death and adaptation; inflammation. Research: epidemiology and prevention; meaning of research.
2	Oral pathology: cysts of jaws and oral soft tissues; oral mucosal infections; keratoses and related disorders; oral-disease diagnosis and OPG interpretation. Pathology: neoplasia. Research: public-health research and hypothesis generation; data-collection types.
3	Oral pathology: salivary-gland diseases; miscellaneous oral-mucosal disorders; TMJ; odontogenic tumors. Research: research report; methodology, operational definitions, study design, inclusion/exclusion criteria, sampling, objectives and hypotheses. Microbiology: basic bacteriology and gram-positive cocci—Staphylococcus and Streptococcus.
4	Microbiology: Neisseria; Bacillus; enteric gram-negative rods; mycobacteria; immunology; parasitology. Dental materials: gypsum; properties; waxes; impression materials; synthetic polymers; denture-base polymers.
5	Dental materials: partial dentures; denture-lining materials; non-elastic and elastic impression materials, including hydrocolloids and elastomers; resin-based filling materials; Kennedy’s classification; dental amalgam; adhesive restorative materials; casting; metals and alloys; dental cements. Pharmacology: principles of drug therapy/pharmacokinetics; pharmacodynamics; autonomic nervous system; cholinergic agonists and antagonists.
6	Pediatric dentistry: preventive dentistry; pain and anxiety management; prevention of dental-disease patients; restorative dentistry and pediatric dentition. Operative dentistry: operative instruments; caries inspection/continuum; ergonomics and dental-chair positioning; patient history-taking; cavity design, including V-I amalgam and composite restoration; amalgam; composite; GIC; calcium hydroxide; isolation; matrix-band system.
7	Finish and test yourself: revisit anything unfinished, then do mixed-subject recall and viva practice. Prioritize weak topics, image/OPG interpretation, classifications, material comparisons, drug actions, and step-by-step clinical procedures. The syllabus lists these topics but doesn’t provide their explanations, so use your course notes/textbooks to study the actual content.

Repeat this weekly rhythm

Days 1–5: Cover the week’s topics in order, usually one larger topic or two smaller ones per day.
Day 6: Review the week’s topics and answer viva questions aloud without notes.
Day 7: Rest or use as a catch-up day—don’t let a missed topic push the whole schedule back.

For each topic, prepare five viva prompts: What is it? How does it develop? How is it classified? How would you recognize or diagnose it? What is the key comparison or clinical significance? Aim to finish each week’s listed coverage before moving on; if you fall behind, use Day 7 rather than skipping revision.

I’ve removed Research and reorganized the plan so you study every exam subject each week. Use one subject per day, about 2–3 hours: learn the topic, recall it without notes, then spend the last 20–30 minutes answering viva questions aloud.

Week	Oral pathology	General pathology	Microbiology	Dental materials	Pharmacology	Pediatric dentistry	Operative dentistry
1	Tooth-development and craniofacial disorders; dental caries	Cell injury, cell death and adaptation	Basic bacteriology; Staphylococcus	Gypsum; properties of dental materials; waxes	Pharmacokinetics; pharmacodynamics	Preventive dentistry	Operative instruments; caries inspection and continuum
2	Dental-pulp disorders; periapical periodontitis	Inflammation	Streptococcus; Neisseria	Impression materials; synthetic polymers; denture-base polymers	Principles of drug therapy; autonomic nervous system	Pain and anxiety management	Ergonomics and chair positioning; patient history-taking
3	Cysts of jaws and oral soft tissues; oral-mucosal infections	Neoplasia	Bacillus; enteric gram-negative rods	Partial dentures; denture-lining materials; non-elastic impression materials	Cholinergic agonists	Prevention for patients with dental disease	Cavity design; V-I amalgam restoration
4	Keratoses and related oral-mucosal disorders; oral-disease diagnosis and OPG interpretation	Review cell injury, inflammation and neoplasia	Mycobacteria; immunology	Hydrocolloids; elastomers; resin-based filling materials	Cholinergic antagonists	Restorative dentistry	Composite restoration; amalgam
5	Salivary-gland diseases; miscellaneous oral-mucosal disorders	Mixed viva and concept review	Parasitology; review bacterial groups	Kennedy’s classification; dental amalgam; adhesive restorative materials	Review drug therapy, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics	Pediatric dentition	Composite; GIC; calcium hydroxide
6	TMJ disorders; odontogenic tumors	Mixed viva and weak-topic review	Mixed microbiology viva and weak-topic review	Casting; metals and alloys; dental cements; review impression materials	Review autonomic nervous system and cholinergic drugs	Review prevention, pain management and restorative dentistry	Isolation; matrix-band system; review cavity design

Weekly rhythm: Use Days 1–7 for the subjects in the table from left to right. If you miss a day, shift the sequence rather than skipping that subject. In Week 6, use any remaining study time to revisit unfinished material; the syllabus checklist doesn’t specify subtopics for every heading, so follow your course notes for those details.