Which Is The Best Private Dental College In India?

It may be a bit of stereotype but a large majority of people in India still see themselves as either in the medical field or becoming an engineer. This huge demand to get into the professional space had created the perfect opportunity to open a large number of high-quality professional colleges and transform the quality/availability of high-quality healthcare in India.

Unfortunately, though, this opportunity was squandered due to poor policy decisions and led to a slew of poor quality colleges, exorbitant fee structures and a non-transparent process of admissions. Most of the students that pass out from these colleges do not possess the basic skills required to practice their skill in the real world and that is a dangerous situation to be in, both as the doctor and as the patient.

With regard to engineering, this problem is less serious as the passouts are only responsible for their own careers and not someone else’s well being. These graduates also often get training by the companies that hire them to bring them up to minimum employable levels.

Such a facility does not exist in the medical field and freshly passed out doctors and dentists struggle to find their feet. This is why deciding on which college to go to after you have cleared the exams is one of the most important decisions that you will take in your life.  

We have geared this article towards helping students choose a private college since that is where most of the pitfalls are. You do not want to be taken advantage of and end up in a college that does not have the basic training facilities. Government colleges in India are a lot more reliable in general.

What To Look For In A Dental College In India?

The process of admissions into private dental colleges can vary. Some require admissions through a private exam, some offer seats through the government issued exams and some offer seats via a ‘mangement quota’ where students can pay a higher amount of fees for admission into the college.

Irrespective of the method of admission, we are assuming that you are in the process of whittling down the possible options for admission into a dental college.

The first thing that you need to do is to actually visit the facilities of a college. It may sound obvious but it is something not everyone does. Do your homework and actually see what kind of facilities that college has.

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Talk to the students and get their feedback, they will be the best people that will be able to tell you the current situation in the colleges. Choose a college that has a lot of patients, seems to have all the necessary facilities, has students that are happy with the training they are being given and a professional air about them.

Avoid colleges that seem deserted, do not seem to be well maintained or just look unprofessional. Judging a book by its cover can sometimes have its advantages. Have a look at the library and enquire about the journals that have been subscribed to. These are expenses that a lot of colleges cut out on and that indicates a lack of sufficient funding to the college.

Best Three Dental Colleges In India

Talk To Active People In the Profession Before You Make A Choice

Dentists who have been practicing for a long time may be a little bit out of touch with the colleges and how they are doing but once you talk to enough number of people, you will find that some top names keep cropping up regularly. These are the colleges that you should be targeting.

A lot of dentists visit colleges as visiting faculty and get to see first-hand how the setups are. These are also the people that have nothing to gain by you getting admission into a particular college. These people also often go to many colleges and will be able to help you eliminate the worst of them.

The Best Private Colleges In India

In our opinion, currently, the three best Private colleges in India are

S.D.M Institute of Dental Sciences, Dharwad,

Manipal Institute of Dental Sciences, and

Sri Ramachandra University Dental College.

These three colleges have been for years making it to the top-10 dental colleges in India in reputed publications and have in fact been the only three Private colleges to make that cut for several years running.

All of these three colleges have a solid reputation among the fraternity as well as the public at large. There is a certain quality of expertise that can be expected from dentists when they pass out from these institutions that help graduates get jobs down the line as well as build a healthy practice.

Some things are common in all of these colleges. They are all blessed with a large catchment population around the campus that ensures a large amount of patient inflow to the college. For a budding student, this is the most important thing to consider. If there are no patients, then all the treatment would be done on artificial models and useful as that may be, it is no substitute.

All of these colleges also have experienced faculty and state of the art facilities that the students can avail of. In a profession like dentistry, the chairs, equipment and dental material can be very expensive and the smaller colleges simply cannot afford to have all that is needed available to the students.

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Lastly, these colleges also have an excellent campus that allows students to have a full campus life with options to engage in other extra-curricular activities as well. Often colleges that are young or set up only to be profit making do not understand the importance of these activities since they do not have a direct impact on the curriculum, however, they contribute a lot to the development of the student as a whole and must be considered while choosing a college.

There are some other colleges that fulfill some or even all of these criteria and the annual list of top colleges published by Outlook magazine is a good guide for students to look to, however, even other colleges can be considered keeping these guidelines in mind.

If you are a student are lucky enough to go to the colleges mentioned in this article, then you will not end up regretting it.