NEET MDS 2024 - National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for MDS : Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Syllabus and Exam Pattern

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NEET MDS 2024 - National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Master of Dental Surgery acronym as NEET MDS is conducted by the National Board of Examinations for admission to the postgraduate degree in Medical and Dental subjects in private and government medical and dental colleges all over India.

 

NEET MDS 2024 Important Dates

Date of Notification and Start of Online Registration

  • 30th January 2024

Last Date of Submission of Application Form

  • 19th February 2024

Admit Card Download

  • Second week of March 2024 (expected)

Date of Entrance Exam

  • 18th March 2024 (postponed from the initial February 9 date)

Date of Declaration of Result

  • 18th April 2024

NEET MDS 2023 was held on 

  • 1st March 2023

 

NEET MDS 2024 Eligibility

Educational Qualification

  • The aspiring applicants should have cleared the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) degree examination from a recognized institute in India. OR
  • Candidates should have completed 12 months of training in rotation or practical training before 31st March of respective year for taking NEET MDS Exam. OR
  • Students are necessarily required to be registered with the Dental Council of India or State Dental Council.

Criteria for Filling of Seats

NEET MDS exam seats will be filled by both central and state authorities based on NEET MDS, which is given below.

Authority

Seats

Directorate
General Health Services,
Ministry of Health & Family
Welfare, Govt. of India
(www.mcc.nic.in)

  • All India 50% quota
  • Dental Educational Institutions of Central Govt
  • Universities established by an Act of Parliament
  • Deemed Universities

Concerned State Government/Designated Counselling Authority.

  • State quota seats in Government/ Private Dental Institutions in a State
  • Institutions established by State Govt.
  • Universities established by an Act of State/Union Territory Legislature, Trust, Society or Minority Institutions

 

NEET MDS 2024 Syllabus 

NEET MDS 2022 exam consists of questions from the Under-Graduate Degree in Dental Surgery.

NEET MDS syllabus will comprise the flowing subjects.

Community Dentistry

Conservative Dentistry Oral Medicine

Orthodontics

Oral Pathology and Microbiology Periodontics

Paedodontics

Prosthetic Dentistry Radiology

Applied Basic Sciences

  • Applied Anatomy
  • Applied Physiology
  • Applied Pathology

Nutrition and Dietetics

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

  • Embryology & anatomy of head and neck
  • General & Oral Surgery
  • Surgical Anatomy
  • Radiology
  • Surgical Procedures

 

NEET MDS 2024 Pattern

NEET MDS exam consists of 240 objective-type multiple-choice questions.

Subjects

No. of Questions

Marks

Time

Oral Pathology and Oral Microbiology

15

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 Hours

 

Oral Medicine and Radiology

15

15

General Anatomy including Embryology and Histology

14

14

General Human Physiology and Biochemistry

14

14

Dental Anatomy, Embryology & Oral Histology

14

14

General Pathology and Microbiology

14

14

General and Dental Pharmacology and Therapeutics

14

14

Dental Materials

14

14

General Medicine

14

14

General Surgery

14

14

Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry

14

14

Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopaedics

14

14

Periodontology

14

14

Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge

14

14

Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics

14

14

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

14

14

Public Health Dentistry

14

14

Total

240

240


Note:
 There is No Negative Marking in NEET MDS 2024. It is a computer-based online exam.

 

How to apply for NEET MDS 2024?

Aspiring candidates can apply online by visiting the official website i.e. www.nbe.edu.in
Candidate needs to create their profile to fill out the NEET MDS application and schedule the test.

 

NEET MDS 2024 Exam Dates

NEET MDS is normally held in the month of December/January.

 

NEET MDS 2024 Exam Fees

The exam fee for NEET MDS is given below category-wise.

Category

Fees

For General and OBC

Rs. 3750/-

For SC / ST / PWD / PH

Rs. 2750/-

 

NEET MDS 2024 Test Centres

NEET MDS Test will be held at the following centres.

  • Ahmedabad, Aurangabad
  • Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Bardoli (Surat)
  • Cochin, Chennai, Coimbatore, Chandigarh
  • Dehradun, Durgapur
  • Greater Noida, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Goa, Gandhinagar
  • Hyderabad
  • Indore
  • Jamshedpur, Jaipur, Jammu
  • Kolkata, Kozhikode
  • Lucknow
  • Mumbai, Mysore, Mangalore
  • Noida, New Delhi, Navi Mumbai, Nagpur
  • Pune
  • Raipur, Ranchi
  • Trivandrum, Trichy
  • Udaipur
  • Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Varanasi


NEET MDS 2024 Contact Details

National Board of Examinations
Ring Road, New Delhi
Ph: 1800-11-1700
Email: [email protected] 
Web: www.nbe.edu.in