SB Patil Dental College and Dental Hospital, Bidar

SB Patil Dental College & Dental Hospital is a leading dental education college in Bidar, Karnataka, started in 1991. This co-educational college, situated on a piece of land of approximately 5 acres, is an affiliated college recognised by Dental council of India and accredited by NAAC. The college has a total enrolment of 179 students and a total faculty of 145, which provides it an efficient student/teacher ratio.

The college is affiliated with RGUHS . It hosts a faculty of dentistry with undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, including quality education and training on different specialities of dentistry. SB Patil Dental College & Dental Hospital has made available several facilities to meet the diverse needs of the students academically and socially.

The facility includes fully equipped laboratories and large classroomsand a good library to meet the information needs of the aspiring dentists. In order to facilitate students, the institution has provided different hostels for male and female students. Students' vocational training needs are also met with a health centre offering first aid facilities for students within the college.

For the overall development of students, the college provides facilities like transport, indoor games, a gymnasium, and an auditorium facility for other related programmes. It also provides for co-curricular activities so as to facilitate the overall personality of the students. In order to provide dental education, SB Patil Dental College and dentistry Hospital offer five dentistry courses .

The main recognition of this institute is its BDS programme which has the sanctioned strength of forty. Also, to confirm its commitment to dental education, the college has introduced postgraduate programmes in the course offering. The college currently offers three Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) programmes.

The admission criteria at SB Patil Dental College and Dental Hospital involve merit, and admission procedures are as per the regulations of the medical colleges. In their case for the BDS programme they apply restricted central admission by tackling the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), which is a standardised all-India entrance exam for students who want to get into dental colleges.

National eligibility cum entrance test NEET scores are accepted in the college for admittingthe students for both UG and PG courses in order to ensure merit and fairness.