The Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) degree is a 5-year undergraduate programme with one year of internship. BDS specialises in the dental healthcare and surgeries of teeth and gums. There are 6 BDS colleges in West Bengal, out of which 3 BDS colleges are private and 3 government. Students who wish to pursue a BDS course need to pass class 12th with PCB subjects. The top job profiles that can be obtained by the students who have passed from the top BDS colleges in West Bengal are Dental Technicians, Dentists and Dental Consultants.
The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) is a national-level medical entrance exam for admission to BDS courses in India. The NEET exam is conducted in pen and paper mode and consists of 180 multiple-choice questions from Physics, Chemistry, and Biology based on the NCERT syllabus of Classes 11 and 12 which are to be answered in 3 hours. As per the NEET exam pattern, each correct answer carries 4 marks, while 1 mark is deducted for a wrong response. Biology has the highest weightage, followed by Chemistry and Physics. NEET is held once a year and is the only entrance exam for admission to government and private dental colleges across the West Bengal, making it highly competitive.
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