Hi Mayank Jaiswal,

What is an MDS course?

• The Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) degree provides graduate training in different disciplines in dentistry. The aim of each discipline programme is to prepare graduate students to become registered dental specialists.
• The programmes foster development of critical analysis, research skills, and advanced clinical skills that will be recognised for specialist registration.
• The programmes prepare students to be both practitioners and advisory consultants in their chosen areas of specialisation.
• Within each programme, papers on research methods and practice, advanced clinical science, and advanced clinical practice are included.
• M.D.S is a three-year program that has almost nine specialty disciplines. The course follows an annual system over semester system.
• A candidate has to be a BachelorofDentalScience from a recognized university in order to be eligible for this course. 

Admission to the course is entirely on the basis of an Entrance Exam. Since, various colleges conduct different Entrance Examinations or follow the state or national level common entrance examination, it is important to keep a track of these different Entrance Exams.

Some of the important Entrance Exams for MDS are as follows:

• All India Post Graduate Dental Entrance Exam (AIPGDEE)
• Kerala University MDS Entrance Exam
• Manipal University MDS Entrance Exam
• Dr. D.Y.Patil All India Common Entrance Test (AICET)
• Bharti Vidyapeeth Dental College and Hospital MDS Entrance Exam
• National Eligibility cum Enterance Test, MDS (NEET MDS)

Selection Process:

Students either get selected based on the marks they have attained in the state/university/national common enterance exam which comprises of their academic merit, or the colleges might regard a students performance in his Bachelors of Dental Sciences degree as the final evaluation for admissions in the MDS programme.

MDS Colleges in India:

• Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences (MAIDS), New Delhi
• Manipal College of Dental Sciences (MCODS), Mangalore
• SDM College of Dental Sciences and Hospital Sattur, Dharwad
• Government Dental College and Hospital, Mumbai
• King George's Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow
• A B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences (ABSMIDS), Mangalore
• PT Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak
• Government Dental College and Hospital, Aurangabad
• Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College and Hospital, Kolkata
• SRM Dental College, Chennai
• JKK Natrajah Dental College and Hospital, Gangarvakottai
• Awadh Dental College and Hospital, Jamshedpur
• Kannur Dental College (KDC), Anjarakandy, Kannur
• Century international Institute of Dental Science and Research Center Poinachi, Kasaragod

All the best!

I hope this helps!

Do revert back in case of any doubts.