Dental Surgeon - How to become a Dental Surgeon

Dental Surgeon was considered as  one of the least important surgeons among the health care professionals  some couple of decades ago are getting their due recogination and importance in present scenario thanks to the emerging awareness about the  oral dental care as well as  cosmetic and other dental surgery i.e beauty care more then the health care.

Everybody know that the teeth are the part of the human body that, one acquires in the last(at the age of nearly one) and losses at the earliest (some time as early as 14 -15 years of age). But no body ponder, why it happens so. The real reason is that unfortunately teeth are not considered as an important part of the huma body. One can say in lighter vein that we have 32 teeth (a lot of spare to loose a few) where as other parts are mere one or two. To some extent it is also true that one can survive without teeth but it is also a hard truth that one cannot live a HEALTHY life without teeth.

Now these lighter thoughts have become the thing of past and masses have  recognised the importance of teeth not only from the health point of view but also from personality point of view. Teeth may not be directly as important but indirectly  they are the most important part for a body to be a healthy  as it is the part that starts the process of digestion in the body and that in turn help keeping the remaining body free of diseases.

Now that teeth are also been considered as important as any other part of the body the practitioner’s value has automatically increased. Earlier tooth related diseases were not taken care of by professionals but now demand of professional has increased many folds. So there is a good scope for today’s younger generation to make their career in dental surgery to claim not only good monetary fortunes but also high respect in the society as a surgeon.

To be a dental surgeon requires a lot of hard work, dedication and concentration because his work has to be hundred percent precise. A Dental Surgron has to work in a very small area i.e inside the mouth of a person.

Besides one should have discipline, patience, commitment to excel and self-confidence to do this work so precisely. If you have all these qualities in you then your are fit for being a dental surgeon as it is such a field that a mistake of yours can create havoc for the patient

Eligibility to become a Dental Surgeon

1. Educational Qualification

To be eligible for joining BDS course one should be 10+2 Class pass with Physics, chemistry and Biology (PCB) as main subjects and for some prestigious institutions with at least 60% marks.

How to become a Dental Surgeon?

Step 1

Interested candidate has to appear in an entrance tests conducted by the various state and Independent bodies like PMT, taken by Punjab Government and CBSE-PMT( pre medical test) taken by the Central board to admit candidates in various medical institutions attached with it according to the rank of the candidate in the entrance exam.

CBSE PMT, conducted by the CBSE, is a highly-coveted national level entrance exam. It is conducted in two stages, the preliminary and the final exam. The exam is objective type and tests you rigorously in subjects like physics, chemistry and biology. Since negative marking is the rule here, the test is extremely competitive.

Separate test are conducted by some of the highly rated dental Collages.

These exams are generally held in the month of May-June and consist of Objective type questions on the subject of English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology though number of questions and pattern may vary from test to test.

The results of these exams are generally out by June/July

Step 2

After completing this four years of BDS degree course in which one has to study like anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, toxicology, microbiology, pathology, anesthesiology, psychiatry and surgery etc. and compulsory training one can opt. for some job is private or state run hospitals as dental surgeonor go for privates practice after obtaining the necessary affiliation with respective medical councils or go for higher specialised studies in the respective fields.

Fees and Other Expenditures: Although varying from college to college, the total course fee for an BDS degree ranges from any where from few lakhs in a government college to around Rs 20 lac and even higher in private institutes.

Dental Surgeon job Description

Dentist job involve oral as well as surgical  health care of the teeth. There job also include ctosmetic surgeroy of the  other wise haphazared grown teeth. 

Dental Surgeon Career Prospects

There is a lot of scope for those who are joining dental surgery as career  in the present scenario. Apart from joining a private or government hospital as a surgeon, younger doctors can earn a lot of money in private practice as well and it only gets better once they win the trust of the patients and the goodwill is spread by word of mouth to attract more patients to the clinic.

With a boom in the healthcare sector and specially this segment of dentistry as a personality care there is a lot of scope for the younger aspirants.

Dental Surgeon Salary

Salary of a new Dental Surgeon in a Government or a Corporate Hospital can  be in the range of  Rs.25000 to Rs.30,000 but couple of years dedicated work and some experience along with a master’s degree could lead a dental surgeon to higher earnings.

There is no upper ceiling to the earnings of a competent and capable Dental surgeon. One can also be a visiting doctor at several hospitals and charge by the hour or cases he handles per day.