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OPEN category rank bands based on 3 years of closing rank data (7 categories tracked)
High Chance
< 3,85,364
Qualified every year
Moderate Chance
3,85,364–4,81,705
Qualified some years
Low Chance
4,81,705–7,20,170
Did not qualify in any year
BDS cutoff history at VD (Gujarat Dental College) is erratic — AIR 9,90,365 in 2023, AIR 6,72,178 in 2024, AIR 4,08,363 in 2025. Budget for uncertainty when listing this college. Reserved category BDS students have a wider window — ST closed at AIR 12,97,544, roughly 3.2× the OPEN cutoff of AIR 4,08,363. VD (Gujarat Dental College) works as a BDS fallback for students in the AIR 5,52,242–AIR 8,28,362 bracket.
College data sourced from Dental Council of India