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Dental Schools in India

320 verified dental schools awarding an initial dental qualification in 200 cities.

Research in progress. Some schools are verified; the candidate list from official sources has not been fully reconciled.

Last reviewed October 14, 2026.

Dental education in India

Dental qualification structure

  • The Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) is a recognised dental qualification in the National Dental Commission schedule of recognised qualifications. Source: dciindia.gov.in · verified October 14, 2026

Verified dental schools

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How this country was researched

Research status
Research in progress
Candidates in discovery sources
342
Verified operating or listed schools
320
Unresolved candidates
22
Excluded after checking
0

Discovery sources

Limitations: Backbone is the NDC college dropdown (342 entries) which mixes BDS and MDS-only institutions; per-college seat tables did not return data. No per-college operating evidence or website checks done; all records not_verified. Wikidata hints (157 India items) not reconciled individually. 2026-10-14 gap pass: 29 colleges confirmed operating with BDS seats from MCC, WBMCC and OJEE 2026-27 counselling PDFs (AIQ, deemed and central seats; state-quota-only private colleges are not in those lists). The rest stay not_verified; state counselling portals with postback-only or blocked pages (UP, KEA, MH, GJ, RJ, MP, TS, AP, HR, BR, CG) were not citable. None confirmed MDS-only.

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