The role played by dentists involves taking care of the dental and oral hygiene of their patients. It can become as a lucrative profession if the practice of the candidates who have completed their BDS course is going well. The professional normally involves treating of all afflictions pertaining to gums and tooth.

There is a lot of cosmetology involved in dental correction and this lucrative professional has made students to take up the Bachelor of Dental Surgery course. In India, a number of government and private colleges are offering this course and the list of government colleges in India wherein this course is available is given below:

West Bengal:

• Burdwan Dental College, Burdwan District

• North Bengal Dental College, Darjeeling District

• Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College & Hospital

Madhya Pradesh:

• College of Dentistry, Indore

Kerala:

• Dental College, Kozhikode

• Government Dental College, Trivandrum

• Government Dental College, Kottayam

Orissa:

• Dental Wing of SCB Medical College, Cuttack

Chandigarh:

• Dr. Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Sector 25

Uttar Pradesh:

• Dr. Ziauddin Ahmad Dental College, Aligarh

• Faculty of Dental Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, Varanasi

• Faculty of Dental Sciences, Lucknow

New Delhi:

• ESIC Dental College, Rohini

• Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia

• Maulana Azad Dental College & Hospital

Goa:

• Goa Dental College & Hospital

Andhra Pradesh:

• Government Dental College & Hospital, RIMS Kadapa

• Government Dental College & Hospital, Vijayawada

• Govt. Dental College & Hospital, Afzalganj

Karnataka:

• Government Dental College & Research Institute, Bellary

• Govt. Dental College, Bangalore

Haryana:

• Govt. Dental College, Medical Campus, Rohtak

Rajasthan:

• Govt. Dental College & Hospital, Jaipur

Himachal Pradesh:

• H.P. Government Dental College & Hospital, Shimla

Jammu:

• Indira Gandhi Government Dental College, Jammu

Pondicherry:

• Mahatma Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Gorimedu

Tamil Nadu:

• Tamil Nadu Government Dental College & Hospital, Chennai

Educational Qualification for BDS admission:

For getting admission to the BDS course offered by different government colleges, candidates must have completed their 10+2 or senior secondary examination with not less than 50% of aggregate marks in biology, chemistry and physics.

In addition, candidates should also get through the Common Entrance Examination conducted by most of the states for admitting students to the BDS course in Government dental colleges.

Duration of the course:

Initially, the duration of BDS course in India was four years followed by one year for internship, but now the Dental Council of India it has converted BDS as a five-year course without internship period.

Higher studies after BDS:

After successful completion of BDS course from a college recognized by the Dental Council of India, candidates can take up MDS course and this course is offered with different specializations like:

• Public Health dentistry

• Oral medicine & radiology

• Paedodontics & preventive dentistry

• Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopaedics

• Periodontology

• Oral & Maxillofacial surgery

• Conservative dentistry & Endodontics

• Prosthodontics & crown bridge

The candidates can also take up one year post graduate diploma course in dentistry in any of the above-mentioned specializations after completion of the BDS course.

Job prospects after BDS:

Nowadays, with the increasing awareness among people about dental health, the number of dental professional required has increased as a result of outburst of several new private dental college and hospitals, particularly in the northern part of India. This has paved the way for the increasing demand for dental professionals in the northern part of India.

These professionals can find job opportunities in either government or private dental hospitals or they can also practice by establishing their own dental clinic. Even candidates can take up jobs as lecturers in dental colleges after completing their MDS.