High-yield INBDE topics by discipline
Start from the official weights, then drill down by discipline. Each link opens a topic page with a checklist and practice questions.
Start from the official weights
By clinical content area: Oral Health Management 42%, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning 36%, Practice and Profession 22%. By foundation area, FK 1 and FK 6 are largest (12% each), then FK 4, 7, 8 and 9 (11% each). See the full outline.
Discipline map
| Discipline | Nearest official clinical area | FK area(s) | Questions here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anesthesia | Oral Health Management (pain and anxiety control) | 8 | 167 |
| Pharmacology | Oral Health Management (medication use and complications) | 8 | 1,130 |
| Micro & Immunology | Diagnosis and Treatment Planning (infectious and immune disease) | 5, 7 | 246 |
| Physiology & Biochemistry | Foundation Knowledge (FK 1, 2, 4) | 1, 2, 4 | 150 |
| Anatomy & Histology | Foundation Knowledge (FK 1) | 1 | 568 |
| Radiology | Diagnosis and Treatment Planning (selecting and interpreting diagnostic tools) | 2, 3 | 412 |
| Pathology | Diagnosis and Treatment Planning | 6, 4 | 1,709 |
| Medical Emergencies | Diagnosis and Treatment Planning (systemic disease and emergencies) | 6 | 863 |
| Periodontics | Oral Health Management (periodontal disease) | 6, 7 | 390 |
| Endodontics | Oral Health Management (endodontic conditions and procedures) | 6, 7 | 706 |
| Implants | Oral Health Management (implant procedures) | 3 | 181 |
| Oral Surgery | Oral Health Management (oral surgical procedures) | 6, 7 | 489 |
| Orthodontics | Oral Health Management (occlusal problems) | 1, 4 | 161 |
| Pediatric Dentistry | Oral Health Management (patients across the lifespan) | 1, 4 | 510 |
| Prosthodontics & Occlusion | Oral Health Management (prosthetic and occlusal care) | 3 | 934 |
| Restorative & Materials | Oral Health Management (restorative procedures) | 3 | 642 |
| Infection Control | Practice and Profession (adhering to standard precautions) | 7 | 461 |
| Ethics & Law | Practice and Profession (ethics, jurisprudence, records, business practice) | 9 | 634 |
| Biostatistics & Research | Practice and Profession (evaluating scientific literature) | 10 | 276 |
| Public Health | Practice and Profession (prevention, population oral health) | 9, 10 | 102 |
How to prioritize
- Take a mixed baseline test and note your weakest three disciplines.
- Study the weakest ones first, using each topic page checklist and Study mode questions.
- Do not skip ethics, research and pharmacology: together they are about a third of the exam.
- Practice clinical disciplines as patient cases, because most of the exam is case-based or applied.
This map is our own summary for study planning. The official source is the JCNDE content outline.