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    BDS cutoff for NEET 2025 (Out) For OBC, General, and SC/ST: Previous Year Cutoff Marks

    BDS cutoff for NEET 2025 (Out) For OBC, General, and SC/ST: Previous Year Cutoff Marks

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    Shamshad Ali DarUpdated on 20 Jan 2026, 12:17 PM IST
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    The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET UG) is the single largest entrance examination held for admission to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and nursing courses. Like other courses, candidates need to secure the required NEET cutoff marks in order to be eligible for BDS admission. The BDS cutoff for NEET 2025 is released by NTA along with the results at neet.nta.nic.in.

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    BDS cutoff for NEET 2025 (Out) For OBC, General, and SC/ST: Previous Year Cutoff Marks
    BDS cutoff for NEET

    Candidates wishing to get admission in the BDS course must qualify the NEET UG exam and obtain the minimum qualifying marks. According to the NEET BDS cutoff, the qualifying percentile for the general category is set at 50% marks, 45% for PH candidates and 40% for reserved category. Based on NEET 2025 BDS cutoff, admission will be granted to top dental colleges in India. Check this article to know Category-wise BDS cutoff for NEET and others in detail.

    How many marks required for BDS in NEET?

    The minimum marks required for NEET BDS 2025 vary each year depending on various factors such as total appeared candidates, NEET difficulty level, availability of seats, and others. According to NEET 2025 BDS qualifying cutoff, general category candidates must score at least 50th percentile. While candidates from OBC/SC/ST/ categories secure 40th percentile and 45th for general-PH candidates. Aspirants can check the BDS cutoff for NEET OBC/SC/ST/General categories from the table below.

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    NEET 2025 BDS cutoff marks

    CategoryQualifying percentileCutoff score
    UR/EWS50th percentile686 - 144
    OBC40th percentile143 - 113
    SC40th percentile143-113
    ST40th percentile143-113
    UR/ EWS - PwBD45th percentile143 - 127
    OBC PwD40th percentile126 - 113
    SC PwD40th percentile126 - 113
    ST PwD40th percentile126 - 113
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    NEET cut off for BDS: Category-wise cutoff

    The NEET 2025 BDS cutoff is released along with the results at neet.nta.nic.in. The qualifying BDS cutoff for NEET OBC/SC/ST/General categories can be checked below.

    NEET BDS cutoff for general category

    Year

    NEET cutoff marks

    2025

    686 - 144

    2024

    720-162

    2023

    720-137

    2022

    715-117

    2021

    720-138

    2020

    720-147

    2019

    701-134

    NEET BDS cut off for OBC

    Year

    NEET cutoff marks

    2025

    143 - 113

    2024

    161-127

    2023

    136-107

    2022

    116-93

    2021

    137-108

    2020

    146-113

    2019

    133-107

    NEET BDS cut off for SC category

    Year

    NEET cutoff marks

    2025

    143-113

    2024

    161-127

    2023

    136-107

    2022

    116-93

    2021

    137-108

    2020

    146-113

    2019

    133-107

    NEET 2025 BDS cutoff - Top 10 dental colleges

    Candidates can check the previous years’ BDS cutoff in the form of opening and closing rank in the given below table.

    NEET Dental cutoff: Previous year cutoff

    College Name

    Opening Rank 2024

    Closing Rank 2024

    Saveetha Dental College, Chennai

    27514

    655596

    Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal

    68026

    406153

    Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi

    9786

    10590

    UP King George's University of Dental Science, Lucknow

    17513

    22426

    Dr DY Patil Dental College and Hospital, Pune

    109900

    780816

    AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore

    128431

    846485

    SRM Dental College, Ramapuram

    156122

    883250

    Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

    1160132

    1160132

    Sri Ramachandra Dental College and Hospital, Chennai

    160488

    874678

    Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore

    79348

    610192

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    Hello Koushisk,

    Yes, you can absolutely attend NEET UG 2025 as an engineering student. There are no restrictions on appearing for NEET UG based on your current field of study. Since you've completed your 12th grade with the required subjects (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and English), you are eligible to reappear

    Sorry aspirant, the information you provided is unclear and difficult to understand. Could you please clarify the following:

    • Paramedical without NEET cutoff: Are you referring to a paramedical course that does not require the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission?
    • 172 MBC community Villupuram government medical College la

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    I understand that you have a paramedical course without NEET cutoff and obtained a score of 172.

    However, I'd like to clarify a few things to provide the most accurate guidance:

    1. Specific Course: Could you please specify the name of the paramedical course you're referring to? This will

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    Yes, you can participate in NEET Round 3 (Mop-up round) even if you skip Round 2 after not being allotted a seat in Round 1.

    However, you don’t need to re-register or pay the security deposit again, provided you didn’t get a seat in Round 1 and haven't opted

    Hello,

    If you did not get a seat in the first round of NEET counselling and also do not wish to remain in the counselling process in order to prepare for a long term instead of proceeding further, then you can follow these steps below to withdraw from the counselling: