MDS

Placement possibilities for MDS, and students are provided by Dr. D Y Patil Dental College and Hospital. The institute's strong student-driven culture and disciplined academic rigour model have guaranteed students' success and secured them premium employment across top organisations and dentistry clinics. Following graduation, on average, 70% of students create dental clinics, while 30% are hired by hospitals, dental clinics, or other organisations. The median package awarded during DY Patil Dental College Pune MDS placements in 2022 was INR 9 LPA, per the NIRF report 2023 from the college. Additionally, 100% of the MDS placements at DY Patil Dental College in Pune were filled during the 2022 placement period.

Candidates must have a valid score from the national entrance test, either the INI CET or the NEET MDS, in order to be eligible for MDS. NEET PG is the eligibility-cum-ranking test that D.Y. Patil Dental College requires as the entrance exam for MDS. Based on the National Eligibility and Entrance Test merit list, all dental educational institutions will use a common counselling process for admission to all postgraduate MDS courses. The Directorate General of Health Services is responsible for providing common counselling services. The ‘All India Common Entrance Test’ conducted by Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune is also a valid consideration.

The candidate's NEET-MDS percentile score must be at least 50% (40 for SC/ST/OBC applicants, including PWD of SC/ST/OBC, and 45 for UR PWD candidates). The candidate needs to have graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) from an Indian university or institute, registered with the State Dental Council, obtained a provisional or permanent registration, and finished the obligatory one-year rotating internship at a recognised or recognised dental college. Admission to all postgraduate courses in MDS at Dental Educational Institutions would be determined by a common counselling process based on the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test merit list. The Directorate General of Health Services is responsible for conducting common counselling.

The candidate must have earned a BDS from an Indian university or institute, registered with the State Dental Council, secured a provisional or permanent registration, and completed a year-long required rotating internship in a dental college that has been approved or acknowledged. Applying candidates must be enrolled in a 12-month mandatory rotatory internship or practical training programme after passing the BDS exam or holding a foreign dental degree recognised by the GoI/DCI. They will not be eligible for admission unless they have completed the programme and obtained a provisional or permanent registration, or unless they can show a certificate from the institution's head attesting to their completion of the internship by the date issued by the college.

For all MDS specialisations, the closing ranks for Round 3 of 2023 at Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital ranged from 3179 to 21388. MDS in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery has been the most competitive specialisation, with a closing rank of 3179, followed by MDS in Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, with a rank of 6294. The closing rank for the remaining specialisations: The following MDSs are listed: 7869 for conservative dentistry and endodontics; 3179 for oral and maxillofacial surgery; 8395 for orthodontics and dentofacial orthopaedics; 21388, 17234 for periodontology; 5617 for paediatric and preventive dentistry; 10710 for public health dentistry; and 6294 for prosthodontics and crown and bridge.

About 49 students a year are trained in the nine dental specialties of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine and Radiology, Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Periodontology, Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Oral Pathology & Microbiology, and Public Health Dentistry at Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College & Hospital. The college offers two to eight seats for each of its specialties. The placement rate at the DY Patil Dental College Pune MDS placements in 2022 was 100%, according to the NIRF report 2023 from the college. Additionally, the placement rate for MDS at DY Patil Dental College Pune during the previous three years has stayed at 100%.