Master of Dental Surgery
Meenakshi Ammal Dental College & Hospital offers MDS Course in all the nine specialties of dentistry. The duration of the course is three years.
Specialities
MDS – Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | 7 Seats |
MDS – Periodontology | 6 Seats |
MDS – Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics | 6 Seats |
MDS – Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Microbiology | 6 Seats |
MDS – Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics | 7 Seats |
MDS – Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge | 5 Seats |
MDS – Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry | 3 Seats |
MDS – Public Health Dentistry | 3 Seats |
MDS – Oral Medicine & Radiology | 4 Seats |
Eligibility Criteria
A candidate for admission to the Master in Dental Surgery course, must possess a recognised degree of Bachelor in Dental Surgery awarded by a university or institute in India and registered with the State Dental Council and has obtained provisional or permanent registration and has undergone one year compulsory rotatory internship in an approved/recognised dental college.
The candidate should have completed his/her C.R.I (Compulsory Rotatory Internship) on or before 31st March of Admission year.
- There shall be a uniform NEET for admission to the postgraduate dental courses in each academic year conducted in the manner prescribed by the National Board of Examination or any other authority appointed by the Central Government on this behalf.
Admission
- The candidate should have completed his/her C.R.I (Compulsory Rotatory Internship) on or before 31st March of Admission year.
- There shall be a uniform NEET for admission to the postgraduate dental courses in each academic year conducted in the manner prescribed by the National Board of Examination or any other authority appointed by the Central Government on this behalf.
- The candidate has to secure the following category-wise minimum percentile in NEET for admission to postgraduate courses held in a particular academic year.
- General 50th Percentile; Person with locomotor disability of lower limbs 45th Percentile; Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes 40th Percentile.
The academic session will commence from 1st of May and the cut-off date for admission, even for stray vacancies, in the Master of Dental Surgery course shall be 31st of May, every year.
