Hello Aspirant,

A score of 401 in NEET 2025, home state Bihar, OBC category means you have a fair chance for BDS seats in government dental colleges via state quota. As seen over previous admission years, BDS cutoffs for OBC category candidates in Bihar under the 85% state quota have fluctuated around the area of 380 – 420, depending on competition and the college individual boards. That said, admission chances still vary each year depending on number of applicants, levels of difficulty NEET attains, seat matrix modifications, category rank. I would say you will participate in state counselling and you should apply for every government BDS options available to you and also consider mop-up rounds since once in a while there will be seats where cut-off will be lowered due to vacant spaces.