Initial Dental Qualifications

An initial dental qualification is the degree that is the entry route to practising as a dentist in its own system: a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS), Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD), Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), BChD, BDent or a national equivalent. The exact official award is shown on every program.

This list never mixes in advanced-standing programs for dentists who already qualified abroad, postgraduate specialty programs or research degrees; each has its own page.

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Sorted alphabetically by school. Tuition is shown in the original currency; nothing is converted or ranked.

Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)
Yamuna Institute of Dental Sciences & Research, Yamuna Nagar
Yamuna nagar, India
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Specialist degree in Stomatology (code 31.05.03)
Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University
Veliky Novgorod, Russia
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Specialist degree in Stomatology (code 31.05.03)
Yaroslavl State Medical University
Yaroslavl, Russia
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Dentistry (Diş Hekimliği) programme
Yeditepe University Faculty of Dentistry
İstanbul, Türkiye
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Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)
Yenepoya Dental College & Hospital, Mangalore
Mangalore, India
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Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)
Yerala Medical Trust & Research Centre’s Dental College & Hospital, Navi Mumbai
Navi Mumbai, India
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Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)
Yogita Dental College & Hospital, Ratnagiri
Ratnagiri, India
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Dentistry program (as named by the school)
Yonsei University College of Dentistry
Seoul, South Korea
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Dentistry (Diş Hekimliği) programme
Yozgat Bozok University Faculty of Dentistry
Yozgat, Türkiye
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Dentistry (specialty I1 Stomatology)
Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
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Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)
Ziauddin Dental College
Karachi, Pakistan
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Dentistry (Diş Hekimliği) programme
Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University Faculty of Dentistry
Zonguldak, Türkiye
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Reading a dental qualification

Titles in our filters group awards for search only — BChD, BDent / BDSc, BDS, DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgery), DMD (Doctor of Dental Medicine) or another national title — and the exact official name is always kept. A DDS or DMD is a professional degree, not a research PhD. Whether a degree allows you to practise in a given country is decided by that country's regulator.

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Programs for dentists educated outside the country are listed separately. Dental programs for internationally educated dentists · Postgraduate specialties · Recognition explained