Run by Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Educational Society, SDM College of Dental Sciences and Hospital was established in 1986. The institute is located in Dharwad, Karnataka, and is affiliated to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore. SDM College of Dental Sciences and Hospital is a NAAC accredited institute. At the undergraduate level, SDM College of Dental Sciences and Hospital Sattur offers the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) course and at Postgraduate level MDS course is offered in nine specializations.
Name of College | SDM College of Dental Sciences and Hospital |
College Type | Private |
Basic admission criteria | Merit based on entrance exam |
Application mode | Online |
Name of Entrance | For BDS: NEET UG |
For MDS: NEET PG | |
Entrance mode | Online |
Counseling | State level |
Scholarship | No |
The BDS program offered by SDM College of Dental Sciences and Hospital is of 4 years duration plus one year of compulsory Rotatory internship. During this period, the student is required to be engaged in full-time study at the institution.
For admissions, candidates have to appear in NEET UG entrance exam conducted by CBSE.
Counselling process for the admission to the BDS seats in the Karnataka state is carried out by the KEA (Karnataka Examination Authority). Candidates seeking admission to the Government seats (25) of the college and seats under general merit (19) have to sit for KEA counselling.
For counselling, they have to register at the KEA portal, after registration documents verification will be conducted and after that candidates will have to participate in the choice filling and option entry and finally, the candidate will be allotted the college.
Course | Specialization | Seats | Minimum Eligibility | Selection Criteria |
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BDS | Dental Sciences | 100 | Passed 10+2 with 50% marks with English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology as subjects. | On the basis of NEET UG merit list. |
SDM College of Dental Sciences and Hospital offers MDS course which is of three years duration and students are required to be enrolled as full-time candidates.
The course is offered in nine specializations, for admission to the MDS course, one must have a BDS degree from a university recognized by the Dental Council of India, New Delhi, or an equivalent qualification recognized by the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.
Of the total 48 seats, 9 and 8 are Government and General merit seats which are filled on the basis of NEET PG entrance exam.
Admission to the MDS course will be on the basis of counselling process conducted by KEA.
Course | Specialization | Seats | Minimum Eligibility | Selection Criteria |
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MDS | Conservative Dentistry, Endodontics & Aesthetic Dentistry | 06 | Passed BDS degree from a recognized institution. | Based on NEET – PG entrance exam. |
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Implantology | 07 | |||
Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopaedics | 06 | |||
Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry | 03 | |||
Periodontics and Oral Implantology | 04 | |||
Public Health Dentistry | 03 | |||
Oral Medicine & Radiology | 04 | |||
Oral Pathology, Microbiology & Forensic Odontology | 04 | |||
Prosthodontics, Crown & Bridge, Aesthetic Dentistry and Oral Implantology | 08 |
Those seeking admission to BDS and MDS course must have a valid NEET UG and NEET PG score card respectively. Counselling process for both BDS and MDS courses is conducted by KEA (Karnataka Examination Authority). Seats for both the courses are allotted to eligible candidates who complete the counselling process successfully.
Applicants for BDS or MDS course have to follow below steps to participate in the counselling process of KEA.
The following original documents and one set of photocopies have to arranged and produced at the verification counter for verification of documents.
Following documents have to be produced by only those candidates who are seeking relaxation/ reservation under any category.
SDMCDSH, Karnataka NEET Counselling Cutoff 2023 for GM Category is listed below. The overall cutoff rank for Karnataka NEET Counselling is 101466
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Wrote the COMEDK entrance exam. After the results, sat for counseling. At a rank of 5000 got SDMCDSH in the first round. Wanted a medical seat but couldn't get it. So that obviously left me with the option of dentistry.
I was preparing for medical exam but I couldn't reach to that level. My marks were little less. So my uncle helped me to join in this college telling that" BDS is also as equal as Mbbs, their future is not known but your future is decided priorly "he said. Then we applied it online and finally I'm here in this college. Admission was based on NEET UG exam conducted all over country.
The college is very well run and achieves the objectives of training world class dentists it is a fab place to complete training from especially in as demanding a field as dentistry. the college should further reinforce extracurricular activities and enha
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