NEET MDS

In order to apply or appear for the NEET MDS exam, candidates have to fulfill the following eligbility criteria:

• Candidates must have completed Bachelor of Dental Sciences (BDS) programme from an institute recognised by the Dental Council of India (DCI)

• They must be registered with the Dental Council of India (DCI) or State Dental Council (SDC) (permanent/provisional)

• They must have completed 12 months of compulsory rotatory internship on or before the stipulated date.

In case a candidate does not fulfill any of the above mentioned NEET MDS eligibility criterion, then he/she will not be considered for the MDS admission process. 

While all dental colleges across India accept NEET MDS scores, AIIMS Delhi, or other AIIMS campuses offering MDS course do not accept NEET MDS scores. Hence, MDS aspirants planning to take admission to AIIMS colleges have to appear for INI CET (MDS) exam. On the other hand, candidates are advised to prepare and appear for NEET MDS entrance exam to amplify their chances of admission. 

Yes, NEET MDS 2025 exam was postponed from the orginal schedule. NEET MDS 2025 exam was scheduled to be conducted on January 31, 2025, but it did not take place. The NEET MDS 2025 exam was conducted on April 19, 2025. The application process was conducted from February 18 to March 10, 2025. Later on, the BDS internship cutoff date was extended from March 31, 2025, to June 30, 2025. To allow the newly eligible candidates to register, NBEMS reopened the NEET MDS 2025 application window from April 3 to April 6, 2025. 

The difficulty level of NEET MDS 2025 exam was termed as Moderate. However, as compared to the previous years', the difficulty level was easier. Moreover, some questions were repeated from last year, which made it easier for candidates, especially those who had practiced and solved previous years' question papers. Also, candidates who had appeared for last year also found the difficulty level of NEET MDS 2025 on the easier lines. 

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The NEET MDS 2025 exam had objective-type multiple-choice questions equally distributed from the syllabus. According to the test-takers, topics from which maximum questions were asked include Oral Pathology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics and Clinical subjects. Some students, who had appeared for last year's NEET MDS exam, said that some questions from last year were repeated this year, including the answer choices. The Clinical questions were lengthy and tricky.

Yenepoya Dental College accepts NEET MDS entrance exam scores, followed by the MCC NEET MDS counselling process for MDS admission. As per the cut-off for the last counselling round conducted in 2024, the closing rank for MDS courses ranged between  3,277 and 22,798 for the General AI category candidates. Candidates can refer to the table below to check out the NEET MDS last round cut-off for some MDS specialisations offered at Yenepoya Dental College:

As per the NEET MDS analysis of previous years', the topics or subjects which have a higher difficulty level as compared to the others are Oral Pathology and Oral Microbiology, and Oral Medicine and Radiology. The weightage of these topics were also higher than other topics. According to the students, the number of image-based questions was higher as compared to last year. Moreover, the theoretical questions were tricky in nature, and not direct. 

The difficulty level of NEET MDS exam ranges from moderate to tough. Being a postgraduate entrance exam, the overall difficulty level of NEET MDS is on the higher side. However, according to the student reactions captured by Shiksha.com, the difficulty level of NEET MDS 2025 was easier than that of the previous year. In fact, some of the questions were repeated from 2024. The topics and question types were on the expected lines.  

To get admission into MDS courses at BHU via NEET MDS, a candidate must have attained the highest and the lowest cutoff rank as per the cutoff list. The highest and the lowest cutoff rank for the General All India category candidates stood at 5 and 386, respectively. The course with the lowest percentile was BHU in Orthodonitics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. Candidates seeking admission to NEET MDS courses must check out the BHU cutoff 2024: