The NEET MDS 2026 cutoff for private dental colleges can be categorised in two parts - Qualifying cutoff and Admission cutoff. The qualifying cutoff of NEET MDS 2026 required for private dental colleges has been released by NBEMS along with the result declaration. The NEET MDS 2026 admission cutoff for private dental colleges will be made available once the counselling process is completed by MCC and respective state counselling authorities. Only such candidates who have qualified the exam by securing the NEET MDS cutoff 2026 are eligible for the counselling. Complete details on NEET MDS 2026 cutoff for private dental colleges is provided in this article.
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The qualifying cutoff marks has been declared by the NBEMS along with the NEET MDS result. These are the minimum qualifying marks and percentile scores at which students are qualified for the counselling process.
Category | Minimum Qualifying Percentile | Cutoff Marks (Out of 960) |
General/ EWS | 50th percentile | 308 |
General PwBD | 45th percentile | 289 |
SC/ ST/ OBC (Including PwBD) | 40th percentile | 271 |
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The admission cutoff rank of NEET MDS 2026 for admission to private dental colleges in India will be released once the NEET MDS counselling 2026 is completed. The admission cutoff is made available in the form of opening and closing ranks. These opening and closing ranks in NEET MDS cutoff are the minimum and maximum ranks up to which admission is granted during the counselling.
To get an estimate of the possible rank required for admission to private dental colleges in NEET MDS exam, the previous year admission cutoff ranks are provided below.
Actual College Name | Counselling Course Name | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 576 | 1614 |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 939 | 1842 | |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 1041 | 2136 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 1147 | 2539 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 3428 | 5787 | |
Periodontology | 4957 | 9153 | |
Oral Medicine And Radiology | 12611 | 13176 | |
Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 1534 | 1782 |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 1801 | 2222 | |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 1882 | 3565 | |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 4196 | 6002 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 6447 | 9348 | |
Public Health Dentistry | 14856 | 14856 | |
Oral And Maxillofacial Pathology And Oral Microbiology | 9663 | 16185 | |
Periodontology | 10596 | 16297 | |
Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital, Mumbai | Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 833 | 4497 |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 3381 | 5134 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 4714 | 6035 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 7611 | 8654 | |
Periodontology | 11469 | 12938 | |
Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital, Pune | Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 1281 | 1712 |
Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 1688 | 2216 | |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 1727 | 3209 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 3780 | 4335 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 1544 | 4589 | |
Periodontology | 4342 | 11047 | |
Oral Medicine And Radiology | 11719 | 11719 | |
Bharati Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital, Sangli | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 2199 | 2435 |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 1294 | 3011 | |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 2801 | 3789 | |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 4208 | 4391 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 6184 | 7462 | |
Periodontology | 11855 | 13315 | |
Dr DY Patil Dental College and Hospital, Pune | Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 3302 | 4329 |
Public Health Dentistry | 3456 | 4333 | |
Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 2454 | 5058 | |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 2461 | 5114 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 5430 | 7293 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 4046 | 8662 | |
Periodontology | 6134 | 10058 | |
Oral Medicine And Radiology | 7178 | 10790 | |
Oral And Maxillofacial Pathology And Oral Microbiology | 14242 | 15512 | |
DY Patil University School of Dentistry, Navi Mumbai | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 1977 | 3846 |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 4388 | 6773 | |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 4643 | 6787 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 1402 | 8195 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 5683 | 9730 | |
Periodontology | 6612 | 11234 | |
Oral Medicine And Radiology | 5948 | 12416 | |
Oral And Maxillofacial Pathology And Oral Microbiology | 10723 | 12552 | |
Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, Pillaiyarkuppam | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 4053 | 4666 |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 5614 | 6187 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 5213 | 6445 | |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 6356 | 6723 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 4292 | 8040 | |
Periodontology | 9101 | 9808 | |
Oral Medicine And Radiology | 12929 | 12929 | |
Oral And Maxillofacial Pathology And Oral Microbiology | 13605 | 13605 | |
Institute of Dental Sciences, Bhubaneswar | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 1145 | 1907 |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 1487 | 2545 | |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 1926 | 2546 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 2998 | 3894 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 4546 | 6302 | |
Periodontology | 4925 | 7026 | |
Public Health Dentistry | 8193 | 9172 | |
Oral Medicine And Radiology | 8557 | 9657 | |
Oral And Maxillofacial Pathology And Oral Microbiology | 13375 | 16373 | |
JSS Dental College and Hospital, Mysore | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 1139 | 1492 |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 2268 | 3274 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 3015 | 3318 | |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 2971 | 4188 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 4430 | 8298 | |
Periodontology | 13396 | 13933 | |
Oral Medicine And Radiology | 16950 | 16950 | |
Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, Bhubaneswar | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 1588 | 2101 |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 778 | 2646 | |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 2323 | 2802 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 1812 | 3376 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 1666 | 3916 | |
Periodontology | 3698 | 5612 | |
Public Health Dentistry | 4027 | 6628 | |
Oral Medicine And Radiology | 4816 | 9677 | |
Oral And Maxillofacial Pathology And Oral Microbiology | 10002 | 14645 | |
KLE VK Institute of Dental Sciences, Belgaum | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 759 | 1931 |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 1671 | 2319 | |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 1845 | 2589 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 874 | 3400 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 3451 | 3821 | |
Oral Medicine And Radiology | 3439 | 4465 | |
Oral And Maxillofacial Pathology And Oral Microbiology | 6937 | 10361 | |
Periodontology | 4707 | 10950 | |
Public Health Dentistry | 2610 | 13696 | |
KM Shah Dental College and Hospital, Vadodara | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 2184 | 2558 |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 1850 | 3596 | |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 2848 | 3610 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 4236 | 5167 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 5194 | 6839 | |
Periodontology | 10024 | 14212 | |
Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 3107 | 3431 |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 2931 | 4081 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 2996 | 4104 | |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 2422 | 4637 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 4370 | 6174 | |
Periodontology | 6430 | 8319 | |
Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Dental Sciences and Research, Mullana, Ambala | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 4565 | 6173 |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 1569 | 6753 | |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 6284 | 7232 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 6634 | 9274 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 4462 | 10915 | |
Periodontology | 13902 | 15688 | |
Malla Reddy Dental College for Women, Hyderabad | Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 4328 | 5676 |
Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 5864 | 6177 | |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 6696 | 7280 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 7235 | 7767 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 8540 | 10554 | |
Periodontology | 9862 | 16417 | |
Malla Reddy Institute of Dental Sciences, Hyderabad | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 3655 | 4009 |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 3092 | 5108 | |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 5611 | 6419 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 4937 | 6573 | |
Periodontology | 7704 | 10236 | |
Manav Rachna Dental College, Faridabad | Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 6190 | 8597 |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 6602 | 8738 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 6382 | 8940 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 2058 | 11202 | |
Periodontology | 13613 | 14101 | |
Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 1840 | 3715 |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 3562 | 3740 | |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 2257 | 5556 | |
Oral Medicine And Radiology | 6672 | 6672 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 4806 | 7107 | |
Periodontology | 4114 | 7346 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 4152 | 7899 | |
Public Health Dentistry | 11553 | 11751 | |
Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 1361 | 2623 |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 867 | 5504 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 6823 | 7132 | |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 5602 | 7144 | |
Public Health Dentistry | 5442 | 7935 | |
Periodontology | 7653 | 9232 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 7855 | 9452 | |
Oral Medicine And Radiology | 4458 | 14661 | |
Oral And Maxillofacial Pathology And Oral Microbiology | 16716 | 16716 | |
Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, Maduravoyal | Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 4484 | 5636 |
Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 3818 | 6169 | |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 4253 | 6389 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 6247 | 7613 | |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 6221 | 8530 | |
Periodontology | 6112 | 13206 | |
Oral And Maxillofacial Pathology And Oral Microbiology | 14519 | 14519 | |
Oral Medicine And Radiology | 12774 | 16045 | |
Public Health Dentistry | 11068 | 17150 | |
Rural Dental College, Loni | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 1398 | 1443 |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 1702 | 2023 | |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 1831 | 2391 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 2570 | 4240 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 4171 | 4849 | |
Periodontology | 4156 | 6237 | |
Oral Medicine And Radiology | 4405 | 10298 | |
Oral And Maxillofacial Pathology And Oral Microbiology | 11496 | 11496 | |
Santosh Dental College, Ghaziabad | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 5069 | 7602 |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 3768 | 9845 | |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 8463 | 10978 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 9346 | 11464 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 9483 | 12883 | |
Periodontology | 14466 | 15926 | |
Oral And Maxillofacial Pathology And Oral Microbiology | 8549 | 16730 | |
Sathyabama University Dental College and Hospital, Chennai | Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 6925 | 8301 |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 8189 | 8341 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 9831 | 10213 | |
Saveetha Dental College, Chennai | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 413 | 1013 |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 173 | 1035 | |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 467 | 2119 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 1142 | 2745 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 2864 | 5780 | |
Periodontology | 2840 | 7347 | |
Oral And Maxillofacial Pathology And Oral Microbiology | 3359 | 9873 | |
Oral Medicine And Radiology | 1108 | 12547 | |
Public Health Dentistry | 11656 | 14027 | |
Sharad Pawar Dental College, Wardha | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 990 | 2859 |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 1463 | 3857 | |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 1937 | 4062 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 3027 | 5089 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 7598 | 8832 | |
Periodontology | 6988 | 10678 | |
Oral Medicine And Radiology | 7726 | 13993 | |
Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Pallikaranai | Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 3250 | 4641 |
Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 3454 | 5340 | |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 5580 | 6616 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 6785 | 8090 | |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 6680 | 8137 | |
Periodontology | 10324 | 12282 | |
Oral Medicine And Radiology | 7522 | 17138 | |
Sri Ramachandra Dental College and Hospital, Chennai | Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 622 | 2699 |
Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 1532 | 3385 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 1545 | 3434 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 1362 | 3885 | |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 2462 | 4976 | |
Oral Medicine And Radiology | 7229 | 8343 | |
Periodontology | 5475 | 11314 | |
Oral And Maxillofacial Pathology And Oral Microbiology | 9611 | 14339 | |
Sri Siddhartha Dental College, Tumkur | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 3041 | 3604 |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 4043 | 4043 | |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 3323 | 4485 | |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 5152 | 5152 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 4722 | 6557 | |
Periodontology | 11578 | 12144 | |
SRM Dental College, Ramapuram | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 2895 | 5444 |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 3611 | 5997 | |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 4501 | 6584 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 6165 | 6586 | |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 2681 | 6674 | |
Periodontology | 9585 | 13881 | |
Oral Medicine And Radiology | 13830 | 14968 | |
Public Health Dentistry | 14291 | 17497 | |
SRM Kattankulathur Dental College and Hospital, Kattankulathur | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 4211 | 4511 |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 1348 | 4829 | |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 6797 | 7100 | |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 6269 | 7670 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 7160 | 10094 | |
Periodontology | 11179 | 13604 | |
Thai Moogambigai Dental College and Hospital, Chennai | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 6728 | 8658 |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 6854 | 9658 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 5685 | 10022 | |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 8632 | 10120 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 10140 | 11946 | |
Periodontology | 14509 | 16292 | |
Vinayaka Mission's Sankarachariyar Dental College, Salem | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 3586 | 6167 |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 4930 | 6368 | |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 7699 | 8496 | |
Periodontology | 4968 | 9272 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 7068 | 10105 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 9720 | 10338 | |
Oral And Maxillofacial Pathology And Oral Microbiology | 6708 | 12447 | |
Yenepoya Dental College, Mangalore | Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery | 2992 | 3257 |
Conservative Dentistry And Endodontics | 4141 | 4870 | |
Prosthodontics And Crown And Bridge | 1194 | 4933 | |
Orthodontics And Dentofacial Orthopedics | 4617 | 5501 | |
Pediatric And Preventive Dentistry | 7106 | 9757 | |
Periodontology | 8162 | 12452 | |
Oral Medicine And Radiology | 5735 | 14379 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The NEET MDS qualifying cutoff is the minimum score or percentile required to become eligible for the counselling process. The admission cutoff, on the other hand, is the opening and closing rank at which admission is granted to a particular college and course during counselling.
No. Qualifying the NEET MDS cutoff only makes a candidate eligible to participate in the counselling process. Admission depends on factors such as rank, seat availability, category, college preference, and counselling round.
The qualifying cutoff is announced by the conducting authority along with the result. The admission cutoff for private dental colleges is released during the counselling process by the respective counselling authorities based on seat allotment.
The admission cutoff varies depending on several factors, including the number of applicants, exam difficulty level, seat availability, reservation policy, candidate preferences, and the number of counselling rounds conducted.
Yes. The admission cutoff may vary across counselling rounds due to seat vacancies, candidate withdrawals, upgraded allotments, and changes in seat availability. Therefore, candidates should participate in all eligible counselling rounds for better admission opportunities.
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