BDS Admission: What is BDS?
First of all, we understand what BDS is? BDS i.e. Bachelor of Dental Surgery This is a 5 -year course, which has 4 years of studies and 1 year internship. After doing this you become a dentist i.e. a doctor of teeth. Do not take it lightly. The demand for today is very high in demand for dental treatment and good dentists charge a thick fee. By becoming a good dentist, you can earn both name and money.
NEET UG 2025: BDS cutoff for all categories
The exam of NEET UG 2025 has been done on 4 May 2025 and the result is expected to come by 14 June 2025. This time the paper was slightly tough, due to which the cutoff is likely to be less than last year. Let us know on the basis of the last few years that what can be the approximate cutoff of General, OBC, SC, ST, EWS?
-Thqualifling Cutoff: 720-162 (50th Persevenile)
-Government College: 550-650 number
-Prive College: 400-550 number
OBC category
-Qualifying Cutoff: 161-127 (40th Persevenile)
-Government College: 400-450 number
-Private College: 300-400 number
-Qualifying Cutoff: 161-127 (40th Persevenile)
-Government College: 350-400 number
-Private College: 250-350 number
St category
-Qualifying Cutoff: 161-127 (40th Persevenile)
-Government College: 350-400 number
-Private College: 250-350 number
-Qualifying Cutoff: 161-127 (50th Persevenile)
-Government College: 500-600 number
-Private College: 350-500 number
The fees in a government college are low. It costs around ₹ 50,000- ₹ 1 lakh per annum, but the competition is more. The fees of private colleges can be ₹ 3-5 lakhs annually.
Estimated cutoff of BDS in top 5 states
Let us know the approximate cutoff for all categories in the top 5 states. This cutoff is based on the trends and experts of the previous years-
Delhi
-General: 550-600 number
-OBC: 400-450 number
-SC/ST: 350-400 number
-EWS: 500-550 number
There is more competition in Delhi, because there are top colleges like Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences.
-General: 530-580 number
-OBC: 380-430 number
-SC/ST: 340-380 number
-EWS: 480-530 number
The General Cutoff was 550+ last year at Government Dental College, Mumbai.
Tamil Nadu
-General: 500-550 number
-OBC: 370-410 number
-SC/ST: 320-360 number
-EWS: 450-500 number
7.5% of the government school in Tamil Nadu benefits SC/ST.
-General: 500-550 number
-OBC: 360-400 number
-SC/ST: 310-350 number
-EWS: 450-500 number
The General Cutoff was 540 last year at Government Dental College, Bangalore.
Uttar Pradesh
-General: 480-530 number
-OBC: 350-390 number
-SC/ST: 300-340 number
-EWS: 430-480 number
There are colleges like KGMU, Lucknow of UP and OBC/SC/ST gets more opportunities in state quota.
Let us tell you that this is an estimated cutoff. The difficulty cutoff will depend on the difficulty, the number of seats and the performance of more than 23 lakh candidates.
How to prepare for BDS?
It is also necessary to bring a good score in NEET for admission to BDS. Biology in NEET is 360 numbers. Rock the NCERT and solve the papers of the last 5 years. For General, 300+ numbers are required in biology to score 550+ for General and 400+ for OBC, as long as there is talk of physics and chemistry, try to bring 50-60 numbers in both. Pay attention to numericals in Physics and organic part in chemistry. Give 1-2 mock tests so that you can learn time management. 180 questions in NEET have to be solved in 3 hours. NEET has negative marking (-1 for every wrong answer), so leave the questions that do not come.