NEET 2025 Cutoff for BDS (Expected): General, OBC, SC, ST Category
NEET 2025 cutoff for BDS courses is expected to range between 550 to 350 marks. The BDS cutoff will depend on multiple factors like category, total registration, seat matrix, difficulty level of the exam etc.
NEET 2025 Cutoff for BDS is expected to be around 550 to 570. For the SC category, the NEET BDS cutoff is likely to be anywhere between 380 to 420, while for the ST category, it is expected to be from 350 to 380 marks. At present, there are over 27,000 BDS seats offered by around 300 BDS colleges in India. More than 3,000 seats are available in government dental colleges, and the rest are in private and deemed institutes.
The NEET 2025 cutoff for BDS has increased in a year-on-year analysis. This is because of various factors, including the rise in the number of aspirants and the difficulty level of the exam. The NEET 2025 Exam is all set to be conducted on May 4, 2025. Students will be considered qualified to participate in the counselling process only if they satisfy the cutoff.
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Expected NEET 2025 Cutoff for BDS
The expected BDS Cutoff for NEET 2025 has been provided below:
Category | Expected BDS Cutoff Marks 2025 | Expected Percentile |
|---|---|---|
General (UR) | 550–570 marks | 97th - 98th percentile |
OBC | 520–540 marks | 95th - 97th percentile |
SC | 380–420 marks | 85th - 90th percentile |
ST | 350–380 marks | 80th - 85th percentile |
PwD (General-PH) | 420–450 marks | 90th -92th percentile |
PwD (OBC-PH) | 390–420 marks | 85th -90th percentile |
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NEET 2025 BDS Cutoff in Govt & Private Colleges
The NEET 2025 BDS cutoff for government colleges is expected to be higher than the NEET 2025 category-wise cutoff for private colleges. A detailed insight into the same is as follows:
Student Category | BDS NEET Cutoff for Govt. Colleges | BDS NEET Cutoff for Private Colleges |
General Category | 450 - 550 | 250 - 400 |
SC Category | 350 - 450 | 150 - 300 |
ST Category | 300 - 400 | 150 - 250 |
OBC Category | 400 - 520 | 200 - 350 |
College-Wise NEET BDS Cutoff Rank for Govt. Colleges
To acquire an idea of the required NEET score for BDS government colleges, students can refer to the detailed list of college-wise previous years’ ranks for admission as mentioned below:
NEET 2024 BDS Cut-off for Government Colleges
The NEET 2024 cutoff for government colleges offering BDS courses is released by the NTA authorities. Here are the estimated BDS government college cut-off ranks required for NEET BDS admission 2024.
Opening Ranks | Closing Rank | Names of BDS Government Colleges |
5600 | 10800 | SCB Dental College and Hospital, Cuttack |
16400 | 17350 | Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bangalore |
14900 | 20300 | Tamil Nadu Government Dental College, Chennai |
18800 | 21900 | Agartala Government Dental College and IGM Hospital, Agartala |
9700 | 22400 | UP King George's University of Dental Science, Lucknow |
8000 | 22500 | Himachal Pradesh Government Dental College and Hospital, Shimla |
19100 | 23000 | Dental College, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal |
19000 | 23800 | ESIC Dental College, Gulbarga |
15200 | 24500 | Regional Dental College, Guwahati |
18000 | 26000 | Rajah Muthiah Dental College and Hospital, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar |
15500 | 26000 | Government Dental College, Pt Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak |
20000 | 26400 | Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi |
23800 | 28000 | Government Dental College, Kottayam |
13400 | 27500 | Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai |
17750 | 27900 | Government Dental College, Alappuzha |
12000 | 28000 | Government Dental College and Hospital, Mumbai |
23000 | 29000 | Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bellary |
16000 | 29000 | Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi |
20500 | 30000 | Government Dental College and Hospital, Patiala |
19900 | 29700 | Dr Ziauddin Ahmad Dental College, Aligarh |
23800 | 30800 | Goa Dental College and Hospital, Bambolim |
14500 | 32000 | Indira Gandhi Government Dental College and Hospital, Jammu |
19600 | 33600 | Government Dental College, Kadapa |
4200 | 8900 | Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi |
5750 | 12200 | Government Dental College and Hospital, Jaipur |
18350 | 20100 | Burdwan Dental College and Hospital, Burdwan |
10200 | 21300 | Government Dental College, Trivandrum |
11000 | 22080 | Government Dental College and Hospital, Medical College Campus, Aurangabad |
14900 | 22500 | Government Dental College, Thrissur |
17100 | 22700 | Government Dental College, Kannur |
21700 | 23200 | Patna Dental College and Hospital, Patna |
7600 | 24500 | Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi |
20000 | 25500 | Government Dental College, Kozhikode |
19700 | 25700 | Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Dental Sciences, Imphal |
13100 | 25900 | Punjab Government Dental College and Hospital, Amritsar |
7000 | 27000 | Government Dental College and Hospital, Jamnagar |
5300 | 27500 | Government Dental College and Hospital, Srinagar |
22550 | 28000 | ESIC Dental College and Hospital, Rohini |
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NEET 2023 BDS Cutoff for Government Colleges
Mentioned below are the BDS government college cut-off ranks for 2023.
Opening Ranks | Closing Rank | Names of BDS Government Colleges |
5611 | 10757 | SCB Dental College and Hospital, Cuttack |
16482 | 17311 | Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bangalore |
14874 | 20256 | Tamilnadu Government Dental College, Chennai |
18811 | 21872 | Agartala Government Dental College and IGM Hospital, Agartala |
9716 | 22369 | UP King George's University of Dental Science, Lucknow |
8041 | 22479 | Himachal Pradesh Government Dental College and Hospital, Shimla |
19167 | 22922 | Dental College, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal |
19163 | 23777 | ESIC Dental College, Gulbarga |
15350 | 24494 | Regional Dental College, Guwahati |
18164 | 25353 | Rajah Muthiah Dental College and Hospital, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar |
16035 | 25692 | Government Dental College, Pt Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak |
20085 | 26327 | Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi |
23792 | 27043 | Government Dental College, Kottayam |
13431 | 27114 | Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai |
17802 | 27825 | Government Dental College, Alappuzha |
12021 | 27946 | Government Dental College and Hospital, Mumbai |
23496 | 28569 | Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bellary |
16831 | 28917 | Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi |
20681 | 29125 | Government Dental College and Hospital, Patiala |
19973 | 29688 | Dr Ziauddin Ahmad Dental College, Aligarh |
23837 | 30779 | Goa Dental College and Hospital, Bambolim |
15083 | 32089 | Indira Gandhi Government Dental College and Hospital, Jammu |
19761 | 33546 | Government Dental College, Kadapa |
4343 | 8862 | Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi |
5811 | 12117 | Government Dental College and Hospital, Jaipur |
18496 | 20093 | Burdwan Dental College and Hospital, Burdwan |
10273 | 21251 | Government Dental College, Trivandrum |
11000 | 22080 | Government Dental College and Hospital, Medical College Campus, Aurangabad |
14945 | 22417 | Government Dental College, Thrissur |
17188 | 22605 | Government Dental College, Kannur |
21771 | 23121 | Patna Dental College and Hospital, Patna |
7685 | 24492 | Institute of Medical Sciences Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi |
20110 | 25094 | Government Dental College, Kozhikode |
19810 | 25678 | Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Dental Sciences, Imphal |
13232 | 25807 | Punjab Government Dental College and Hospital, Amritsar |
7122 | 26560 | Government Dental College and Hospital, Jamnagar |
5425 | 27076 | Government Dental College and Hospital, Srinagar |
22608 | 27800 | ESIC Dental College and Hospital, Rohin |
NEET 2022 BDS Cut Off for Government Colleges
Find out the cutoff scores for colleges with the top BDS cutoff for NEET 2022 AIQ seats.
BDS Government College | NEET 2022 Cutoff for BDS Courses | |
NEET Rank | NEET Score | |
UP King George's University of Dental Science, Lucknow | 18319 | 601 |
Government Dental College and Hospital, Jaipur. | 16406 | 606 |
SCB Dental College and Hospital, Cuttack | 19706 | 598 |
Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai | 24595 | 588 |
21095 | 595 | |
NEET 2021 BDS Cut Off for Government Colleges
Students can refer to the table given below for the NEET 2021 BDS Government College cut off; opening and closing ranks included.
BDS Government Colleges | Closing Cut-off Rank | Opening Cut-off Rank |
ESIC Dental College, New Delhi | 18725 | 17957 |
Government Dental College, Trivandrum | 22371 | 22371 |
S.C.B. Medical College (Dental), Cuttack | 18194 | 13743 |
Government College of Dentistry, Indore | 22424 | 22424 |
Dental College, RIMS, Imphal | 18939 | 14193 |
Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bangalore | 17457 | 12645 |
RUHS College of Dental Science, Jaipur | 1796 | 762 |
H.P. Government Dental College, Shimla | 22657 | 20042 |
Government Dental College, Alappuzha | 20382 | 15268 |
Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi | 4614 | 1449 |
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NEET 2020 BDS Cut Off for Government Colleges
Students can find the BDS Government college cut-off ranks (Round 1 and Round 2) required to get admission through the NEET 2020 score mentioned below.
BDS Government Colleges | BDS 2020 Closing Ranks | BDS 2020 Opening Ranks |
Government College of Dentistry, Indore | 14973 | 8477 |
Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi | 12243 | 9262 |
Dental College, RIMS, Imphal | 13558 | 9838 |
Government Dental College and Hospital, Vijayawada | 17429 | 10812 |
H.P. Government Dental College, Shimla | 17337 | 11308 |
Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences Rohtak | 15747 | 11665 |
ESIC Dental College, Gulbarga | 17828 | 12185 |
Government Dental College and Hospital, Aurangabad | 15433 | 12744 |
Goa Dental College and Hospital, Goa | 15923 | 13421 |
Patna Dental College and Hospital, Patna | 14090 | 14090 |
RUHS College of Dental Science, Jaipur | 13999 | 6296 |
Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bangalore | 17425 | 9258 |
ESIC Dental College, New Delhi | 12747 | 9738 |
Government Dental College, Alappuzha | 14048 | 9977 |
Government Dental College, Trivandrum | 17712 | 11244 |
S.C.B. Medical College (Dental), Cuttack | 18317 | 11483 |
Faculty of Dentistry, KG Medical University, Lucknow | 14457 | 12122 |
Burdwan Dental College and Hospital, Burdwan | 13996 | 12412 |
IMS BHU Dental, Varanasi, UP | 15691 | 13303 |
Government Dental College, Kozhikode | 13141 | 13450 |
Previous Years' NEET BDS Cutoff: Category-wise
The NEET year-wise cutoff is subject to change every year. Students can find the category-wise NEET exam cutoff for BDS courses mentioned below for every year.
NEET 2024 Cutoff for BDS
The NEET 2024 cutoff for the BDS course has been released, along with the NTA's notice regarding the NEET UG 2024 Result. Check out the table below to know the NEET BDS Cutoff for 2024-25
Category | Percentile | NEET 2024 Cutoff Marks |
General/EWS | 50th percentile | 720-164 |
UR/EWS - PH | 45th percentile | 163-146 |
SC/ST/OBC | 45th percentile | 163-129 |
OBC PwD | 40th percentile | 145-129 |
SC PwD | 40th percentile | 145-129 |
ST PwD | 40th percentile | 145-129 |
NEET BDS Cutoff for 2023
NEET BDS cutoff marks for 2023-24 were released on June 13, 2025. Students can find the NEET 2023 cutoff for BDS courses tabulated below.
Category | Percentile | NEET 2023 cutoff marks |
General | 50th percentile | 720-137 |
General-PwD | 45th percentile | 136-121 |
SC/ST/OBC | 45th percentile | 136-107 |
SC/ OBC - PwD | 40th percentile | 120-107 |
ST - PwD | 40th percentile | 120-107 |
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NEET BDS Cutoff 2022
NEET 2022 cutoff was announced on September 7, 2022, online in PDF format. Students can find the detailed NEET 2022 cutoff for BDS courses mentioned below.
Category | Percentile | NEET 2022 Cutoff Marks |
General | 50th percentile | 715-117 |
General-PwD | 45th percentile | 116-93 |
SC/ST/OBC | 45th percentile | 116-93 |
SC/ OBC - PwD | 40th percentile | 104-93 |
ST - PwD | 40th percentile | 104-93 |
NEET 2021 Cutoff for BDS
The NEET 2021 cutoff for BDS courses was released on November 1, 2021, online. Students can find the detailed NEET 2021 cutoff for BDS mentioned below.
Category | NEET 2021 Cutoff Marks |
Unreserved | 720-138 |
SC/ST/OBC | 137-108 |
Unreserved - PH | 137-122 |
SC/ST/OBC - PH | 121-108 |
NEET Cutoff 2020 for BDS
The NEET 2020 cutoff for BDS courses was released by the NTA authorities on October 16, 2020. Students can find the detailed NEET 2020 cutoff for BDS courses mentioned below.
Category | NEET 2020 Cutoff Marks |
Unreserved | 720-147 |
SC/ST/OBC | 146-113 |
Unreserved - PH | 146-129 |
SC/ST/OBC - PH | 128-113 |
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To conclude, the NEET 2025 cutoff for BDS is expected to range from 550 to 570 marks. The category-wise NEET 2025 cutoff for BDS courses will be released by the NTA soon after the result is out.State-Wise NEET 2025 Cutoff Scores
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