LDS Part 1 · Royal College of Surgeons of England · £199

Everything LDS Part 1 asks, written out and ready tonight

The written stage of the Royal College route onto the UK dental register. £199 for all of it, three years’ access — 4,738 single best answer questions with every answer explained, and a written revision guide of 431 topics across 23 subjects, mapped to the GDC Safe Practitioner Framework the exam was realigned to in 2026. Eighteen months in the writing, it is finished, and three hours of the whole thing are free before you decide.

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4,738: Questions
431: Revision topics
23: Subjects
A & B: Both papers

A dentist reading the LDS revision guide on a tablet

What the exam is

Two papers, A and B, single best answer, three hours each, sat on two consecutive days and both passed in the same sitting. It is taken at home under remote proctoring through the Surpass platform, so you need a computer with a webcam and microphone, a second camera on a phone, and a reliable connection. Results in five to six weeks. The Licence in Dental Surgery is awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and Part 1 is the written stage of three — Parts 2 and 3 are clinical and we do not cover them yet.

RCS England sets the standard for each diet by standard setting and does not publish a pass mark. Anyone quoting you a fixed figure for it is quoting something that does not exist.

You will not need the books. The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry, the Oxford Handbook of Integrated Dental Biosciences, Clinical Problem Solving in Dentistry, the current UK guidelines and Delivering Better Oral Health are already summarised and restructured inside this course. No textbook to buy, no lecture to watch, no live class to attend — read the revision topic, answer the questions that test it, and follow the daily plan.

The price

£199, and it is yours for three years

One course with everything in it — the question bank and the written guide together, because splitting them only makes sense to whoever is selling them. One payment, no subscription, and three years to use it.

Three years’ access

Everything for LDS Part 1

£199one payment · three years

4,738 questions built to the published Part 1 format, all explained
Timed Paper A and Paper B mocks against the clock
Feedback Structured Exam Mocks — 2 papers, 400 questions, 2025 to February 2026, opened when your exam is booked
Your results, and a weakness report worked out from them
All 431 revision topics across 23 subjects, written out in full
Latest UK Guidelines — 31 topics of current UK guidance, kept up to date
The updated BDA sheets — all 16
Search, bookmarks and your own notes
A place in the WhatsApp study group, with mentor support

Feedback Mocks, Two-Week Final Revision & 72 Hours Before the ExamAll three are included with your course and are not an extra to buy. Send your booking confirmation to the admin team on WhatsApp and we open them for your sitting.

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What is in it

What the £199 covers, item by item

4,738 questions, every one explained

Single best answer, written to the published Part 1 format and spread across the syllabus in proportion rather than piling up wherever questions are easiest to write. Every one tells you why the right answer is right and why each of the others is wrong, because the wrong ones are where the marks actually go.

The syllabus written out, 431 topics across 23 subjects

A written revision guide rather than a reading list — short sections, plain British English, and the doses, classifications and thresholds set out in tables instead of buried in a paragraph.

Clinical photographs, radiographs and labelled diagrams

The visual material the written papers lean on, in the topics it belongs to rather than in a separate atlas you have to hold alongside.

Mapped to the GDC Safe Practitioner Framework

The framework the restructured LDS was realigned to in 2026, so what you revise is organised the way the exam now describes itself.

The guide and the questions are joined up

Read a topic, then practise the exact questions that test it — one button, no searching. Get one wrong and you are a tap from the paragraph that explains it.

Your weak subjects, measured

Worst first, by subject and by topic, from the questions you have actually answered, with a practise button on every row. Not a guess and not a self-rating.

Build your own papers from the pool

You set the paper up — how many questions, which subjects, timed in proportion — and every paper you sit is kept in your results so you can see the trend rather than one score.

Your own notes, on any topic

Write against any topic or any question and find them all again in one place.

Flag anything, find it later

Flag a question or bookmark a topic and it goes into a list you can work through in the last fortnight, which is when that list matters most.

Phone, tablet and laptop

Your progress follows you. One sign-in, one account, one place you are up to.

A study group, and someone to ask

Everyone who buys joins the WhatsApp study group, and a mentor answers the questions the explanations do not settle.

Know whether you are on track

Set your exam date and the hub tells you how many questions a day you need to finish the bank in time. Arithmetic, not a study plan that goes stale in a week.

Pre-launch feedback

What the candidates who tested it said

This one took eighteen months to write. Before it went on sale we gave the complete question bank and revision guide to eighty candidates sitting the last 2 LDS Part 1 sittings, and asked them to be blunt about it. 25 wrote back, from 9 countries. Every word below is theirs. They are feedback from candidates given the course before launch, not reviews from paying customers, and they are labelled as exactly that.

18: Months building it
80: Candidates tested it
2: Sittings
25: Wrote back

I was honestly very confused when I started preparing for LDS Part 1 because I had collected material from everywhere. Once I started following the subjects in order, things became much easier. I stopped opening ten different PDFs every day and finally had a proper direction.

Arjun K.India

The question practice was probably the most useful part for me. Some questions looked straightforward but the explanations showed me why I was making mistakes. After a few weeks I noticed I was reading the options much more carefully.

Meera B.India

I work full time, so my biggest problem was not knowledge, it was consistency. I could study for an hour after work, continue from where I stopped and not worry about missing a lecture. That flexibility suited me very well.

Nikhil D.India

I had already attempted a lot of MCQs before using this material, but I was mostly memorising answers. Here I started understanding the reasoning behind each choice. That completely changed the way I approached questions.

Ananya R.India

What I appreciated most was how the subjects were organised. LDS Part 1 covers so much information that it is easy to feel lost. Having a clear structure made the syllabus feel much more achievable.

Hamza Q.Pakistan

I was weak in medical emergencies and pharmacology and kept avoiding them. My scores made that very obvious. I finally spent proper time on those areas instead of repeatedly revising subjects I already liked.

Iqra S.Pakistan

Read the other 19

The revision notes were concise enough that I could actually finish them. I didn't want another massive textbook at that stage of preparation. They worked well for refreshing the important points before doing questions.

Bilal C.Pakistan

I used the course differently from most people. I would first attempt questions without reading the topic, then go back and revise whatever I got wrong. That method worked extremely well for me because it showed me exactly what I didn't know.

Sana R.Pakistan

I liked that I could study from my phone. Most of my revision happened on the train and during lunch breaks. Those small sessions added up much more than I expected.

Tharindu S.Sri Lanka

My confidence before starting mocks was quite low. The first one wasn't great either, but at least I knew where I stood. Watching the scores gradually improve gave me confidence that my preparation was going in the right direction.

Ishara W.Sri Lanka

I had been away from academic dentistry for a few years, so initially even familiar subjects felt difficult. The explanations helped bring everything back without forcing me to read an entire textbook again.

Malith G.Sri Lanka

For me, the value was not just the number of questions. It was the explanation after them. Sometimes I answered correctly but realised my reasoning was completely wrong. Those were probably the most useful questions.

Omar A.Egypt

I tried studying with a group before, but everybody was following different resources and different schedules. Eventually I decided to work independently and follow one structured system. My preparation became much calmer after that.

Salma M.Egypt

I particularly liked being able to revisit questions I had struggled with. Instead of starting every subject again from page one, I concentrated on the things I had actually forgotten.

Youssef N.Egypt

My mistake in the beginning was trying to study everything equally. Once I started seeing which subjects were pulling my score down, I changed my revision plan. That made my study time far more productive.

Khalid A.Saudi Arabia

I am usually someone who makes lots of notes, but for LDS I realised that was taking too much time. I started doing more active question practice and only writing down points that I repeatedly got wrong. It was much more efficient.

Layan A.Saudi Arabia

The mock exams were useful because they forced me to sit and answer a proper set of questions without constantly checking books. It highlighted not only knowledge gaps but also how often I changed correct answers because I was overthinking.

Abdulrahman A.Saudi Arabia

I didn't follow the material perfectly every single day. There were days when work was too busy. What helped was being able to come back the next day and continue without feeling that I had fallen behind an entire class.

Haider A.Iraq

I had a lot of old notes from different courses and WhatsApp groups. Eventually I stopped using most of them because they were making things more confusing. Keeping my preparation centred around one structured source helped me considerably.

Rawan A.Iraq

One thing I noticed after doing enough questions was that certain concepts kept coming back in different ways. Instead of memorising individual answers, I started recognising the underlying principle. That was a big improvement for me.

Mustafa A.Iraq

I found the clinical subjects easier than the non-clinical areas, so initially I spent almost all my time on dentistry that I enjoyed. The performance breakdown made me realise that wasn't helping my overall result. It pushed me to work on the uncomfortable subjects too.

Nusrat J.Bangladesh

The course fitted around family life surprisingly well. I couldn't dedicate entire weekends to studying, so I divided the work into smaller sessions throughout the week. Having everything already organised saved a lot of preparation time.

Tanvir A.Bangladesh

I was nervous about whether my revision was actually enough. Completing mocks gave me something objective to look at rather than simply saying, 'I think I am ready.' That was especially helpful closer to the exam.

Patricia M.Philippines

My favourite part was probably the combination of revision and questions. I would quickly revise a subject and immediately test myself. If my score was still poor, I knew I hadn't understood it properly and went back again.

Miguel N.Philippines

LDS Part 1 preparation can become overwhelming because everyone keeps recommending another book, another lecture or another question bank. What helped me most was simplifying everything. I followed a structured plan, practised consistently, reviewed my mistakes and gradually became much more confident.

Dana H.Jordan

Papers from real sittings, verified

Papers of 200 built from what candidates reported after recent sittings, then checked question by question and filled out to a full paper. Sit one under the clock, or work through it with the explanations open. They open once you send us your exam booking confirmation.

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About LDS Part 1

Is this enough on its own for LDS Part 1?

It is built to be. 4,738 questions with every answer explained, and a written revision guide of 431 topics across 23 subjects, mapped to the GDC Safe Practitioner Framework the exam was realigned to in 2026. What no course can do is sit the paper for you.

What is in LDS Part 1?

Two papers, A and B, single best answer, three hours each, sat on two consecutive days and both passed in the same sitting. It is taken at home under remote proctoring through the Surpass platform, so you need a computer with a webcam and microphone, a second camera on a phone, and a reliable connection. Results in five to six weeks. Part 1 is the written stage of three; Parts 2 and 3 are clinical and we do not cover them yet.

Are you connected to RCS England?

No. The Licence in Dental Surgery is awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of England and we are independent of the College and of its examiners. We do not see the papers and we have no relationship with anyone who sets them.

What is the pass mark?

There is not a published one. RCS England sets the standard for each diet by standard setting, so the mark required moves between sittings and the College does not publish it. Anyone quoting you a fixed LDS pass mark is quoting something that does not exist.

Can you tell me what will come up?

No, and nobody honestly can. Our questions are written to the published format of the paper. They are not reproductions of it and we have no way of knowing what it contains.

Is there a free mock exam?

Not yet, and we would rather say so than put one up. A free paper would have to be drawn from this bank, and this bank has not finished clinical sign-off — marking you against items nobody has signed off would tell you something untrue about where you stand, which is worse than telling you nothing. You can still unlock the whole course for three hours before you spend anything, and see every question and every explanation for yourself.

Should I be taking the ORE instead?

It is the other route to the same registration. Since the May 2026 fee change the LDS is roughly £3,000 cheaper, but it is three parts rather than two and the restructured Part 2 is unproven. We sell preparation for both and have no reason to push you either way — the comparison is in our guide to the LDS route, with every figure sourced.

Buying, access and refunds

Sitting the other exam? There is a page for ORE Part 1, and our guide to how this route works sets out the fees, the deadlines and the attempts with every figure sourced.

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