BDS

Dr. D.Y. Patil College is the top BDS college in Maharashtra according to NIRF 2025 securing 4th position under the Dental category followed by Nair Hospital Dental College and Govt Dental College Nagpur.

The total tuition fee for Manipal College of Dental Sciences is INR 16.6 lakh. This information is sourced from official website/ sanctioning body and is subject to change. Aspirants need to pay the course fee at the time of admission to confirm their seat in the college. Candidates need to pay the full first-year course fee along with the refundable caution deposit at the time of reporting.

Candidates need to pass Class 12 or equivalent with Physics, Chemistry,  Biology/ Biotechnology and English individually with at least 50% aggregate taken together to apply for Manipal College of Dental Sciences Manipal BDS programme. Candidates must also qualify NEET to get admission in BDS. Aspirants must hold the documents proving their eligibility for verification at the time of admission.

Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital accepts NEET-UG score for admission to BDS programme. NEET is an offline exam conducted once a year  for three hours and 20 minutes or 200 minutes. As far as the NEET exam pattern is concerned, there are 200 questions from Physics, Chemistry and Biology, out of which 180 questions need to be attempted. Aspirants with rank equal or above the NEET cutoff are offered seat in the BDS programme.

There are a total of 100 seats in BDS programme of Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital. Candidates are offered seat in BDS based on NEET-UG score. Once the candidates are offered seat, they need to report with the specified documents for verification. Shortlisted candidates need to further pay the course fee to confirm their seat in the college.

Students pursuing BDS from Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital can apply for scholarship offered by Indian Dental Association. IDA provides IDA-Colgate Merit Awards. Students wishing to get the scholarship should be an under graduate student of BDS and, more importantly, an IDA Member. They must be among the first three rank holders in the respective BDS academic years. 

In India, BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) and MDS (Master of Dental Surgery) are two distinct levels of Dental education, each with its own curriculum, focus, and career outcomes. 

Here are the key differences between BDS and MDS courses:

MDS graduate earn around INR 11.7 LPA on average. BDS graduate earn around INR 3.4 LPA.

Both BDS and MDS can earn good money, but it depend on job, place, specialization and also goals. Keep learning, know new dental stuff and even treat patients well can help make more success in dental career.

No, you don't have to do MDS after BDS. MDS is for special study in dentistry, and people can choose if they want to do more after BDS.

After BDS, you can work as normal dentist and do many dental work.

If you happy with general dentist work and don't need more special skills, then MDS not needed.

BDS is a 5 years UG dental course. You learn both theory and practical in many dental subjects like teeth anatomy, body stuff, biochemistry, disease, microbes and even clinical dentistry.

MDS is a 3 years PG dental course. You study more in one special area, do research and also practice on patients.