AFTER BDS ????

              

                                                  

Students who join BDS genuinely with interest in the subject are very few.. Most of the students opt it just because they don't get MBBS seat/cannot afford it and those who think that it is bit easier compared to medicine & ensures smooth career and high income. As the internship is getting over then we get to know the real facts and difficulties and land up in a great confusion and fear of taking a decision as we do not know whether to continue in what we are doing or change the field and do something new??

                In this blog I would like to emphasise about the career opportunities available after BDS and provide you a clear picture regarding it.

Set Up a Clinic/Work in a Clinic:

                                                   If you are financially good enough then you can very well proceed in setting up a clinic provided you should have good practical skills and knowledge regarding the recent advances. If you are not good at clinicals then you better not dare to do it unless until you become confident enough to handle cases on your own. If not financially sound /confident enough in dealing patients then you can join a clinic and gain knowledge and experience in dealing different kind of cases and administrative issues before setting up your own.

Teaching:

                                      Can join any dental college as teaching faculty but to be frank it's not a very good idea because after completing BDS you yourself are not clear about some topics and can't expect high salaries but if your family needs financial support then you can go it and to some extent it even helps to prepare for pg.

                  Sometimes even some govt. colleges take BDS graduates as staff on contract basis so please do keep track on colleges of your locality.

Government Jobs:

Indian Armed Forces:

Two ways:

1. Direct Permanent Commission

2. Short Service Commission

                              Army Dental Corps selection for SSC is through AIPG exam. Candidates qualified in this exam which is held by AIIMS in the month of Jan are eligible to apply provided they should have a minimum of 55% marks in final year BDS. Advertisement regarding the vacancies are published in leading newspapers. For complete details visit official website www.indianarmy.nic.in

 

 

Civil Services:    

                                  Can join IAS/IFS/IRS which offers a very good pay by cracking UPSC Civil Service Examination held every year for which graduation is the minimum qualification and those who are about to complete internship can also apply. First you have to get qualified in preliminary examination(Objective type) after which you will have Main examination (written & interview).

State Government Jobs:

                               Every year all the state governments will fill the vacancies in Govt. Colleges and Health Centres depending on the availability. Information regarding will be published in the newspapers so do check the newspapers.

Junior Resident:

                       Colleges like AIIMS, JIPMER take BDS students for the post of junior resident which is for a period of 1 year. They offer you a very good pay and at the same time you can gain a lot of knowledge and experience working in such prestigious institutions but the disadvantage is that there are only very few vacancies and the competition is very high.

MDS:

              Best option but according to my opinion you should do it only if you are really interested in dentistry and would love to pursue it as your career for the rest of life. In case if you are not interested then please do not make a mistake by opting MDS thinking that 5 years time you spent on BDS will go waste.. Your whole life depends on your decision so think twice whether you are really passionate about it, if not neither you will be able to give your 100% nor you will be happy.

                                   Detailed information regarding the various MDS entrance exams and their pattern, books to be read, seat matrix, time-table, about coaching centres, etc.., will be discussed in my next blog.

MBA in Hospital Administration:

              At present getting MDS seat in govt. college is tough and in private college its costly so students are searching for different career opportunities and MBA is one of them which is getting popular.

Masters in Public Health (MPH):

              Another alternative for dental graduates which again has opportunity to work for both govt. and private NGO's with good pay.

Career in Abroad:

For pursuing DDS in US you need to get through National Board Dental Exam (NBDE) which contain two parts i.e., NBDE- Part 1 & Part 2.

Others:

• M.Sc. Dental Materials

• M.Sc. Medical Anatomy/Physiology/ Biochemistry

• M.Sc. Medical Microbiology & Applied Molecular Biology

• M.Sc. Renal Sciences & Dialysis Technology

• M.P.H. Occupational & Environmental Health

• M.Sc. Human Genetics

• M.Sc. Biotechnology

• Certificate course in Oral Implantology

• Clinical Research