In force · As amended up to 2026-08
39. Renewal fees .—(1) The[1] [State] Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that for the retention of a name in a register after the 31st day of December of the year following the year in which the name is first entered in the register, there shall be paid annually to the[1] [State] Council such renewal fee as may be prescribed in respect of each register, and where such direction has been made, such renewal fee shall be due to be paid before the 1st day of April of the year to which it relates.
(2) Where a renewal fee is not paid before the due date, the Registrar shall remove the name of the defaulter from the register:
Provided that a name so removed may be restored to the register on payment in such manner as may be prescribed.
3[(3) On payment of the renewal fee, the Registrar shall issue a certificate of renewal and such certificate shall be proof of renewal of registration.]
PART III
[ See sub-section (4) of section 10]
Recognised Dental Qualifications granted by Authorities or Institutions outside India only when granted to a citizen of India
|Authority or Institution|Recognised dental qualification|Abbreviation for registration|
|---|---|---|
|1|2|3|
|1. The University of Punjab Lahore|Bachelor of Dental Surgery|B.D.S., Lahore.|
||Master of Dental Surgery||
||— if granted before the 15th|M.D.S., Lahore.|
||day of August, 1947.||
|2. The Punjab State Medical Faculty,|Licentiate in Dental Science|L.D.Sc (S.M.F.), Lahore|
|Lahore|— if granted before the 15th||
||day of August, 1947||
|3. The Board of Examiners, College of|Licentiate in Dental Science|L.D.Sc., Karachi.|
|Dentistry, Karachi|— if granted before the 31st||
||day of December, 1943.||
|1|2|3|
|---|---|---|
|4. The Royal College of Surgeons,|Licentiate in Dental Surgery|L.D.S.R.C.S., Eng.|
|England (U.K.)|Fellowship in Dental Surgery|F.D.S.R.C.S., Eng.|
||Diploma in Orthodontic|D.Orth.R.C.S., Eng.|
|5. The Royal College of Surgeon,|Licentiate in Dental Surgery|L.D.S.R.C.S., Edin.|
|Edinburgh (U.K.)|Fellow in Dental Surgery|F.D.S.R.C.S., Edin.|
|6. Royal College of Physicians and|Licence in Dental Surgery|L.D.S.R.C.P.S.G.|
|Surgeons of Glasgow/Royal Faculty<br>of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow<br>(U.K.)|<br>Diploma in Orthopaedics<br>Fellowship in Dental Surgery<br>*Higher Dental Diplomate|D.D.O.R.C.P.S.G.<br>F.D.S.R.C.P.S.G.<br>H.D.D.|
||*Granted only up to 1965.||
|7. The Royal College of Surgeons,|Licence in Dental Surgery|L.D.S.R.C.S Irel.|
|Ireland.|Fellowship of the Faculty of|F.F.D.R.C.S Irel.|
||Dentistry||
|8. The University of Newcastle Upon|*Licence in Dental Surgery|L.D.S Dunelm.|
|Tyne/The University of Durham,<br>Newcastle Upon Tyne (U.K.)|Bachelor of Dental Surgery<br>Master of Dental Surgery|B.D.S. Newcastle / Dunelm.<br>M.D.S. Newcastle / Dunelm.|
||Doctor of Dental Science|D.D.S Newcastle / Dunelm.|
||*abolished from 1962.||
|9. The University of London (U.K)|Bachelor of Dental Surgery|B.D.S., London.|
||Master of Dental Surgery|M.D.S., London.|
||Master of Science (Dentistry)|M.Sc., London.|
|10. The University of Manchester|Doctor of Dental Surgery|D.D.S., (U.Manc.)|
|(U.K.)|Master of Dental Surgery|M.D S., (U.Manc.)|
||Bachelor of Dental surgery|B.D.S.(U Manc.)|
||Licentiate in Dental Surgery|L.D.S.(U Manc.)|
|11. The University of Birmingham|Bachelor of Dental Surgery|B.D.S Birmingham.|
|(U.K.)|Master of Dental Surgery|M.D.S Birmingham.|
||* Licence of Dental Surgery|L.D.S Birmingham.|
||* abolished from 1950.||
|12. The University of Liverpool (U.K.)|Bachelor of Dental Surgery|B.D.S Liverpool.|
||Master of Dental Surgery|M.D.S Liverpool.|
||Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D Liverpool.|
||* Licence in Dental Surgery|L.D.S Liverpool.|
||*—Abolished in 1953.||
|13. The University of Leeds (U.K.)|Bachelor or Dental Surgery|B.Ch.D.U., Leeds.|
||Diploma in Dental Surgery|L.D.S.U., Leeds.|
||Master of Dental Surgery|M.Ch.D.U., Leeds.|
||1|2|3|
|---|---|---|---|
|14.|The University of Sheffield (U.K.)|Bachelor or Dental Surgery|B.D.S.U., Sheff.|
|||Master of Dental Surgery|M.D.S.U., Sheff.|
|||Licentiate in Dental Surgery|L.D.S.U., Sheff.|
|15.|The University of Bristol (U.K.)|Bachelor of Dental Surgery|B.D.S.U., Brist.|
|||Diploma in Dental Surgery|L.D.S.U., Brist.|
|||Master of Dental Surgery|M.D.S.U., Brist.|
|16.|The University of|Bachelor of Dental Surgery|B.D.S.U., Dundee/St And.|
||Dundee/University of St.|Master of Dental Surgery|M.D.S.U., Dundee/St And|
||Andrews, Dundee (U.K.)|Doctor or Dental Sciences<br>Diploma in Public Dentistry<br>* Diploma in Dental Surgery|D.D.Sc.U., Dundee/St.And<br>D.P.D.U., Dundee/St And|
|||*—abolished in 1950.|L.D.S.U., St And.|
|17.|The Queen's University of Belfast|Bachelor of Dental Surgery|B.D.S., Q.U.Belf.|
||(U.K.)|Master of Dental Surgery|M.D.S., Q.U.Belf.|
|||*Licentiate in Dental Surgery|L.D.S., Q.U. Belf.|
|||*— abolished.||
|18.|The National University of Ireland,|Bachelor of Dental Surgery|B.D.S., N.U.Irel.|
||Dublin|Master of Dental Surgery|M.D.S., N.U.Irel.|
|19.|The Emory University Atlanta|Doctor of Dental Surgery|D.D.S., Atlanta|
||(U.S.A.) Atlanta/Southern Dental<br>College, Atlanta, Georgia(U.S.A.)|Master of Science in Dentistry|M.S.D., Atlanta|
|20.|University of Illinois, Chicago|Degree of Dental Surgery|D.D.S.,Illinois|
||(U.S.A.)|Master of Science|M.S.,Illinois|
|21.|Lyola University, Chicago (U.S.A.)|Doctor of Dental Surgery|D.D.S., Lyola|
|||Master of Science in Oral Biology|<br>M.S., Lyola.|
|22.|North Western University, Chicago,|<br>Doctor of Dental Surgery|D.D.S., North-Western|
||Illinois (U.S.A.)|Master of Science|M.S., North-Western|
|||*Master of Science in Dentistry|M.S.D., North-Western|
|||*—discontinued in 1959.||
|23.|Indiana University, Indianapolis,|Doctor of Dental Surgery|D.D.S., Indiana|
||Indiana (U.S.A.)|Master of Science in Dentistry|M.S.D., Indiana|
|24.|College of Dentistry, University of|Doctor of Dental Surgery|D.D.S., Iowa|
||Jowa City, Iowa (U.S.A.)|Master of Science|M.S., Iowa|
|25.|Harvard University Boston,|Doctor of Dental Medicine|D.M.D., Harvard.|
||Massachusetts (U.S.A.)|||
|26.|University of Nebraska|Doctor of Dental Surgery|D.D.S., Nebraska|
||Omaha, Nebraska (U.S.A.)|Master of Science in Dentistry|M.S.D., Nebraska|
|27.|Columbia University, New York|Doctor of Dental Surgery|D.D.S., Columbia|
||City (U.S.A.)|||
||1|2|3|
|---|---|---|---|
|28.|University of Pennsylvania,|*Doctor of Dental Surgery|D.D.S., Penn.|
||Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (U.S.A.)|Doctor of Dental Medicine|D.M.D., Penn.|
|||*—abolished in 1964||
|29.|The University of Texas at Houston,|Doctor of Dental Surgery|D.D.S., Texas.|
||Texas Dental College, Houston (U.S.A.)|||
|30.|University of Minnesota (U.S.A.)|Doctor of Dental Surgery|D.D.S., Minnesota.|
|||Master of Science in|M.S.D., Minnesota.|
|||Dentistry|PhD., Minnesota.|
|||Doctor of Philosophy||
|31.|Saint Louis University, Missouri (U.S.A)|Doctor of Dental Surgery|D.D.S., St.Louis.|
|32.|University of Michigan (U.S.A)|Doctor of Dental Surgery|D.D.S., Michigan.|
|||Master of Science|M.S., Michigan.|
|||Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D., Michigan.|
|33.|Tufts University, Tufts College, Boston|Doctor of Dental Medicine|D.M.D., Tufts.|
||(U.S.A.)|Master of Science|M.S., Tufts.|
|||Master of Dental Science|M.D.S., Tufts.|
|||Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D., Tufts.|
|34.|The University of Toronto, Ontario|Doctor of Dental Surgery|D.D.S., Toronto.|
||(Canada)|Diploma in Dental Public|D.D.P.H., Toronto.|
|||Health|Dip Oral Surg., Toronto.|
|||Diploma in Oral Surgery<br>and Anaesthesia<br>Diploma in Paedodontics<br>Diploma in Orthodontics<br>Diploma in Periodontics|Dip Paedodont., Toronto.<br>Dip Orthodont., Toronto.<br>Dip Periodont., Toronto.<br>B.Sc D., Toronto.|
|||Bachelor of Science in|M.Sc D., Toronto.|
|||Dentistry|Ph.D., Toronto.|
|||Master of Science in||
|||Dentistry||
|||Doctor of Philosophy||
|35.|McGill University, Montreal (Canada)|Doctor of Dental Surgery|D.D.S., McGill.|
|36.|Deutsche Zahnaerztliche Universitaets|Diploma|-|
||Institute, Munich (Germany)|||
|37.|Deutsche Zahnaerztliche Universitaets|Diploma|-|
||Institute, Munich (Germany)|||
|38.|Ecole Dentaire de Paris, Paris|Chirugien Dentiste|D.E.D.P., Paris.|
|||(Diploma of Dental||
|||Surgeon)||
39. Ecole Dentaire Francaise, Paris
Diploma of Dental Surgeon D.E.D.F., Paris.
Source: India Code