Dentistry is the science and art of addressing problems related to teeth, jaws and surrounding muscles of human beings. It also deals with complex problems like a cleft lip or cleft palate. Animal oral health is part of this field. If you have 50 marks in 10+2 with PCB, you can apply for national entrance exam, NEET to gain admission in more than 300 colleges across India. The course spans five years, including one year of internship. After completing your BDS, you can opt for private practice or work as dentist in government and private hospitals. The initial salary of a dentist may be in the range of Rs. 40,000-Rs. 50,000 per month.

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Yes, you can do government job.

You can check the options below-

1- Army Dental Corps

2- Territorial officer in Indian Army

3- Joining Indian Navy & Airforce as contractual dental officer

4- You can give UPSC exam to join Indian Civil Service
5- State government jobs as dental surgeons

6- Joining Indian Railway as a dentist

7- You can apply for job in central government institutes like AIIMS.

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Both have good scope either you go for abroad or in India.

The initial salary of a dentist may be the Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 30,000 per month. After getting the experience and good hands on in this field, the candidate may get the handsome salary as 4 to 6 lakh per annum.

There are more job opportunities to work in the US and the UK in the medical field with handsome salaries. You can establish your own clinic and earn around Rs. 40,000 to Rs. 1,00,000 per month.

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In order to become a dentist you have to appear for NEET exam after your 12 class in order to take admission in top colleges.

Eligibility criteria for NEET exam-

1- The candidate must have completed age of 17 years at the time of admission or will complete the age on or before 31st December, 2017 i.e. the year of his/her admission to the 1st year M.B.B.S./B.D.S. Course.

2- There will be no maximum age limit for NEET 2017 as per the SC order passed on March 31, 2017.

3- The candidate must have passed in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Bio-technology and English individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/ Bio-technology at the qualifying examination. For candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes or Other Backward Classes, the marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Bio-technology taken together in qualifying examination must be minimum 40% instead of 50% for General candidates. Further, for persons for locomotor disability of lower limbs, the minimum of 45% marks for General-PH and 40% marks for SC-PH/ST-PH/OBC-PH are required.

Below are the top colleges to become a dentist

Army College of Dental Sciences

Dr B R Ambedkar Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital

Maulana Azad Medical College Dental Wing

Goa Dental College & Hospital

Govt Dental College

B R S Dental College & Hospital

To check complete list you acn refer below link

Top Dental colleges

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Hello Vikas, it entirely based on your location and that particular college. Some private dental colleges are better whereas some are worse than government college. If you can get admission in government college, than you should join it without delay.

I would suggest you to consider below college's names as they are the decent one-

Shri Aurobindo College of Dentistry, Indore

Index Dental College, Indore

R.K.D.F Dental College. Bhopal.

Peoples Dental Academy, Indore

Mansarovar Dental College, Bhopal etc.

Hope this helps!!!

Can you please confirm what exactly you want to ask?

Sorry to say but you can't apply.