The profession of a dental surgeon is one amongst the most buzzing professions in the recent times. Due to a steep demand for qualified candidates across the world, many students started considering it as a lucrative profession. With hundreds of dental institutes and thousands of laboratories across the country, the dental market in the country is already enjoying the top position as the largest country for dental products and materials. Based on a survey by India Today, listed below the top Dental colleges in India:
| Rank | Name | City | State | Website |
| 1 | Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences | New Delhi | Delhi | www.maids.ac.in |
| 2 | Faculty of Dental Sciences King George’s Medical University | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | www.kgmu.org |
| 3 | Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences | Rohtak | Haryana | www.pgimsrohtak.nic.in |
| 4 | Faculty of Dental Sciences IMS BHU Varanasi | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | www.bhu.ac.in |
| 5 | Manipal College of Dental Sciences | Manipal | Karnataka | www.manipal.edu |
| 6 | Nair Hospital Dental College | Mumbai | Maharashtra | www.tnmcnair.com |
| 7 | Government Dental College and Hospital | Mumbai | Maharashtra | www.gdcmumbai.org |
| 8 | Christian Dental College and Hospital | Ludhiana | Punjab | www.cmcludhiana.in |
| 9 | Manipal College of Dental Sciences | Mangaluru | Karnataka | www.manipal.edu |
| 10 | Government Dental College & Hospital | Nagpur | Maharashtra | www.gdchnagpur.com |
| 11 | Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College and Hospital | Kolkata | West Bengal | www.radch.net |
| 12 | Faculty of Dental Sciences Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences | Bengaluru | Karnataka | www.msruas.ac.in |
| 13 | SDM College of Dental Sciences & Hospital | Dharwad | Karnataka | www.sdmcds.org |
| 14 | A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences | Mangaluru | Karnataka | www.absmids.nitte.edu.in |
| 15 | Sri Ramachandra Dental College and Hospital | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | www.sriramachandra.edu.in |
| 16 | Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Dental College Aligarh Muslim University | Aligarh | Uttar Pradesh | www.amu.ac.in |
| 17 | Amrita School of Dentistry | Kochi | Kerala | www.amrita.edu |
| 18 | Amity School of Architecture and Planning | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | www.amity.edu |
| 19 | Faculty of Architecture and Planning Integral University | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | www.iul.ac.in |
| 20 | Guwahati College of Architecture and Planning | Guwahati | Assam | www.guwarchcollege.com |
Source: indiatoday