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Having made a couple of tests, I can report that a 5.0 x 50 mm wood screw connects 18 mm MDF board to a 38 mm worktop well enough that I'd have to break the MDF board to separate them. So yes, nothing special is needed.

So a standard tapered wood screw should be fine to bite into MDF and pull it to the worktop? The weight of the worktop will certainly do some of the work, but mine are slightly bowed so I want something that is guaranteed not to pull out when tightened up as far as possible. Maybe I should do...

[I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this question - maybe a mod can move it if not?] I'm fitting a kitchen and need to secure a 38 mm laminate MDF worktop to the units. I'm wondering if any kind of screw is going to get a decent grip on MDF, or maybe if some kind of insert nut is more...