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1. The One Step Up Career Program

2. Eligibility
•Minimum of 50% in the
aggregate of Physics,
Chemistry and Biology
•Minimum age of 17 years
at the time of writing the
entrance test
Entrance Exam
•CBSE to conduct National
Eligibility-cum-Entrance
Test (NEET) from 2013
for all government and
private medical colleges
•Medical Colleges like
AIIMS, Manipal, St Johns,
JIPMER, CMC, Vellore
conduct their own exams
Things to prepare for
•Physics, Chemistry,
Zoology, Botany, Biology
of class XI and XII
•Time management skills
for the exam.
•Previous year's papers
Test contents: 180 MCQs to be completed in 180
minutes. Four sections-Physics, Chemistry,
Botany & Zoology
1 mark negative marking

3.  College of Dental Sciences, Manipal
 Maulana Azad Institute, Delhi
 Govt Dental Coll & Hospital, Mumbai
 Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai
 Dr R. Ahmed Dental College, Kolkata
 Bapuji Dental Coll & Hospital, Dawangere
 College of Dental Sciences, Dawangere
 Faculty of Dental Sciences, Lucknow
 Meenakshi Ammal Dental College, Chennai
 Govt Dental College, Bangalore
 Saveetha Dental College, Chennai
 AB Shetty Mem Inst of Dental Sc, Mangalore
 SRM Dental College, Chennai
 Amrita Inst of Medical Sciences, Kochi
 Govt Dental College, Thiruvananthapuram

4. Prosthodontics
These guys
replace natural
and missing
teeth
Treat facial
deformities
Periodontics
Diagnosing,
preventing and
treating gum
disease
Oral and
Maxillofacial
Surgery Treat
and diagnose
defects, injuries
and diseases of
the mouth, jaw,
teeth, neck,
gums
Conservative
Dentistry &
Endodontics
root canal
specialist

5. Oral Pathology &
Microbiology
Diagnosis for
diseases that
affect the mouth
Community
Dentistry
Working in areas
of public health,
creating
awareness
Pedodontics/Ped
iatric and
Preventive
Dentistry
Deals with
children under
16-years
Orthodontics &
Dentofacial
Orthopaedics
treat the
misalignment of
teeth and facial
development

6. South East
 Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore
 Govt. Medical College, Mysore
 Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
 Government Medical College, Kozhikode
 Government Medical College, Kottayam
 T.D. Medical College, Alleppey
 Sri Ramakrishna Dental College &
Hospital, Coimbatore
 Tamil Nadu Govt. Dental College,
Chennai
 Indira Gandhi Medical College &
Research Institute, Puducherry
 Guwahati Medical College, Guwahati
 Regional Dental College, Guwahati
 Dr.R.Ahmed Dental College and
Hospital, Kolkata
 Government Dental College, Burdwan
 Guru Nanak Institute of Dental Science
& Research, Kolkata
 Haldia Institute of Dental Science &
Research
 The North Bengal Dental College,
Siliguri

7. West North
 B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad
 Government Medical College, Surat
 Medical College, Baroda
 GMERS Medical College, Gandhinagar
 B.J. Medical College, Pune
 Indira Gandhi Medical College, Nagpur
 Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai
 KJ Somaiyya Medical College & Research
Centre, Mumbai
 Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune &
Mumbai
 Goa Medical College, Panaji
 Govt. Medical College, Patiala, Amritsar &
Chandigarh
 Dayanand Medical College & Hospital,
Ludhiana
 SMS Medical College, Jaipur
 Dr. S.N. Medical College, Jodhpur
 National Institute of Medical Science &
Research, Jaipur
 Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla
 Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj Medical
University, Lucknow
 Aligarh Muslim University
 Banaras Hindu University

8.  “BDS is like a condensed MBBS Course. The
syllabus for the first 3 years is the same for
both.
The difference is that dentistry is less in-
depth. While studying BDS, students focus on
the head, neck, chest, thorax [MBBS students
learn about the limbs as well]”
- Dr Yohan Chacko, Dentist

9. The good
The Not-so-
great

10. Good
interpersonal
skills
Ability to
deduce!
Subject
specialist
Dexterity and
good surgical
skills!

11. Dentist
Hospitals
Private
practice
Teach
Armed
Forces

12. Starting out
• On an average would be ₹ 10-15,000
• Hospitals will pay ₹ 50,000 to ₹ 1 lakh for a dentist with 5 years
experience
Private
practice
• Could earn around ₹ 50,000 in about 5 years time
Private
practice
• Basic investment – about 5 lakhs
• Full set up – about 15 lakhs

13.  Maintain a distance of 6 feet between the toilet and where
you brush. The air borne particles from the flush can travel
up to 6 feet
 Colgate first arrived in the market in a jar!
 Any idea what the first patented toothbrush looked like?

14.  www.mamc.ac.in
 www.mciindia.org
 www.cbse.nic.in
 www.manipal.edu
 www.onestepup.in

15.  Community Dentistry
 Oral Pathology – Biopsies
 Oral medicine and diagnosis
 Pedodontics