B.D.S course details



Degree Bachelors

Full Form Bachelor of Dental Sciences


Duration Course Duration of Bachelor of Dental Science [BDS] is 5 Years.


Age Minimum age limit is ::17 years


Minimum Percentage It is open for students who have qualified Higher Secondary Examination with a minimum of 50% marks


Average Fees Incurred INR ::50K - 4 LPA


Similar Options of Study: MBBS, BHMS, BAMS, BUMS


Average Salary Offered INR 3.05 LPA (Source: Payscale)


The BDS is a 5 year (4 years academic education + 1 year mandatory internship) UG degree programme. This course can be pursued through full time and part time courses.

The Job Profiles of the BDS may be the following:

Dentist

Dental Surgeon

Endodontic

Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologist

Oral Surgery

Orthodontics

Pedodontics

Periodontics

Prosthodontics


Some employment areas for BDS aspirants are:

Dental Clinics

Hospitals

Educational Institutions

Pharmaceutical Companies

Dental Products Manufactures

Private Practice


Salary

After pursuing BDS course, how much you will earn?


The initial salary of a dentist may be the Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 30,000 per month. After getting the experience and good hands on in this field, the candidate may get the handsome salary as 4 to 6 lakh per annum.


“Dental field offer rewarding job opportunities to BDS aspirants.”


There are more job opportunities to work in the US and the UK in the medical field with handsome salaries. You can establish your own clinic and earn around Rs. 40,000 to Rs. 1,00,000 per month


Books & Study Materials

There are several books are available in market to study BDS. Here we have listed some most preferred books to study BDS programme:


Phillips’ Science of Dental Materials: 1st South Asia Edition 2014 – Shenoy

Essentials of Pharmacology For Dentistry – K.D. Tripathi

Textbook of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2013 – Balaji

General Pathology – Harsh Mohan

Sturdevant’s Art and Science of Operative Dentistry: An Adaptation 2013 – Roberson and Gopikrishna

Applied Dental Materials by Anderson

A Textbook of Dental Anatomy Physiology and Occlusion – Rashmi G S (Phulari)

Textbook of Dental Anatomy, Physiology, Occlusion and Tooth Carving – Syed Khaja Aliuddin

Fundamentals of Oral Histology and Physiology – Arthur R. Hand and Marion E. Frank


The syllabus for BDS 1st year ::


is quite large as it contains - Anatomy , Physiology , Biochemistry , Dental Anatomy and Oral Histology (DAOH) mainly . I will specifically give a detailed list of the syllabus along with the necessary books.


Anatomy :-


Part 1 - Upper limb (including bones) and Thorax


Part 2 - Lower limb( including bones ) and Abdomen


Part 3 - Head-neck( scull bones ) and Brain


Part 4 - Histology

              

B.D.S course details

Physiology:-

Overview of cell

Digestive system (GIT)

Respiratory system

Excretory system

Cardiovascular system

Nervous system

Endocrine system

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Biochemistry :-

Carbohydrates — Metabolism and disorder

Proteins — metabolism and disorder

Lipids — metabolism and disorder

Vitamins — fat soluble and water soluble

Mineral metabolism

Acid base metabolism

Nucleotides

DNA and RNA

Replication , Transcription and Translation

Hormone function pathway and mechanism

Plasma pprotein

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Dental anatomy

Introduction , Tooth numbering system , Chronology, Primary and Secondary teeth , Pulp Morphology , Occlusion,Temperomandibular joint


Dental Histology-


development of face , tongue mandible , maxilla , palate etc

Enamel

Dentin

Pulp

Cementum

Periodontal ligament

Alveolar process

Oral Mucous membrane

Salivary gland

Tooth eruption

Shedding of deciduous teeth

TMJ

Maxillary sinus


2nd year

Pharmacology

Microbiology + Pathology

Dental material

Total 4 subject. But 3 papers of 70 marks each.


3rd year


General Medicine

General Surgery

Oral Pathology


4th year

Here you understand that the dentistry is ……. Very good.

Oral Medicine and radiology

Oral and maxillofacial Surgery

Prosthodontics

Periodontics

Public health and community dentistry

Conservative and endodontics

Pedodontics

Orthodontics


And finally 2 to 3 months of vacation (mostly longest in 4 years. ).

And than INTERNSHIP.

CONGRATULATIONS after this you will be official DOCTOR.