Job Description
Odisha Public Service
Commission OPSC Dental Surgeon Recruitment 2026
|
Particulars |
Details |
|
Organisation |
Odisha
Public Service Commission (OPSC) |
|
Department |
Health
& Family Welfare Department, Government of Odisha |
|
Post
Name |
Dental
Surgeon |
|
Service
Cadre |
Group-A
(Junior Branch) of Odisha Medical Services (Dental) Cadre |
|
Total
Vacancies |
124
(including 41 women) |
|
Post
Status |
Temporary
and likely to be made permanent |
|
Pay
Level |
Level-12,
Cell-1 of ORSP Rules, 2017 + DA and other allowances |
|
Application
Mode |
Online
Only |
|
Advertisement
No. |
07
of 2025-26 |
|
Online
Application Start Date |
17
March 2026 |
|
Online
Application Last Date |
17
April 2026 (05:00 PM) |
|
Written
Examination Date |
21
June 2026 (Sunday) – Tentative |
|
Official
Website |
OPSC Dental Surgeon 2026
Important Dates
|
Event |
Date & Time |
|
Advertisement
notice release date |
09
March 2026 |
|
Online
application link available |
17
March 2026 |
|
Last
date for online application submission |
17
April 2026 (05:00 PM) |
|
Written
Examination (MCQ) |
21
June 2026 (Sunday) – Tentative |
|
Admit
card download |
To
be notified on website before exam |
|
Provisional
answer key release |
Within
10 days of examination |
|
Final
result and select list |
To
be notified on website |
|
Document
verification |
To
be notified on website |
OPSC Dental Surgeon 2026
Vacancy Details
Category-wise
Vacancies (Total: 124)
|
Category |
No. of Vacancies |
Women |
|
Unreserved
(UR) |
10 |
03 |
|
SEBC |
08 |
03 |
|
SC |
22 |
07 |
|
ST |
84 |
28 |
|
Total |
124 |
41 |
Note: Out
of 08 SEBC posts, the result of 04 posts will not be declared due to pendency
of court cases as intimated by the Health & Family Welfare Department
Additional
Reservations
|
Category |
No. of Posts Reserved |
|
Persons
with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) – 40% or more permanent disability |
05 |
|
Sports
Persons |
01 |
Note: PwBD
and Sports Persons shall be adjusted against the categories to which they
belong.
Physical Requirements & Functional Classification
- Physical Requirements (Code): S (Sitting), ST
(Standing), H (Hearing/Speaking), SE (Seeing)
- Suitable Categories: OA (One Arm Affected),
OL (One Leg Affected), BL-MNR (Both Legs Affected but Not Arms – having
standing ability) – for non-surgical jobs only
- Important Note: The number of vacancies
may be changed by the Government without notice depending upon exigencies
of public service.
OPSC Dental Surgeon
Notification 2026 PDF Download
Candidates are advised to download and read the official OPSC Dental Surgeon Recruitment 2026 Detailed
Advertisement (Advertisement No. 07 of 2025-26, Notice No. 1474/PSC dated
09.03.2026) before applying. The notification PDF contains complete information
related to vacancy distribution, category-wise reservations, eligibility
criteria, educational qualification, selection process, exam pattern, syllabus,
mandatory service condition, documents required, and online application
instructions.
OPSC Dental Surgeon 2026 Eligibility Criteria
Nationality
The candidate must be a citizen of India.
Educational Qualification
- Must
possess a BDS or equivalent Degree from
a Medical College or Medical Institution recognized by the Dental Council
of India (DCI).
- Must
possess a valid Registration Certificate under
the Dentist Act, 1948.
- Candidates
having degrees from foreign universities must possess required Conversion
Certificates recognized by DCI.
Additional Requirements
- Houseman-ship/Internship
Completion Certificate
- Certificate
relating to passing of the screening test conducted by the National Board
of Examinations (for candidates from foreign universities)
- Odia
language test pass certificate, or must pass the required Odia examination
within 4 years of joining service
Odia Language Requirement
- Candidate
must be able to read, write, and speak Odia and must have fulfilled any
one of the following: Passed
Middle School Examination in Odia as a language subject; OR
- Passed
Matriculation or equivalent examination with Odia as medium of examination
in non-language subject; OR
- Passed in
Odia as language subject in the final examination of Class-VII or above;
OR
- Passed a
test in Odia in Middle English School standard conducted by the School and
Mass Education Department.
Proviso: If a candidate has not passed Middle
School Examination in Odia as a language subject, he/she shall be required to
pass the examination conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha
within 4 years of joining service. Failing this, no further increment will be
sanctioned and promotion to Group-A (Senior Branch) will not be allowed.
OPSC Dental Surgeon 2026 Age Limit (as on 01
January 2026)
- Minimum Age: 21 years
- Maximum Age: 42 years
- Candidate
must not have been born earlier than 02 January 1984 and
not later than 01 January 2005.
Age Relaxation
|
Category |
Upper Age Limit Relaxation |
|
SEBC |
5
years |
|
SC |
5
years |
|
ST |
5
years |
|
Women
candidates |
5
years |
|
Ex-Servicemen |
5
years |
|
PwBD
(40% or more permanent disability) |
10
years |
|
PwBD
belonging to SEBC/SC/ST categories |
15
years (cumulative benefit) |
- A
candidate who comes under more than one category shall be eligible for
only one benefit of upper age
relaxation, whichever is more beneficial.
- Exception:
PwBD candidates belonging to SEBC/SC/ST categories shall be eligible for 15
years cumulative age relaxation.
- Date
of birth in High School Certificate or equivalent certificate issued by
the concerned Board/Council will only be accepted.
- Save
as provided above, the age limits prescribed can in no case be relaxed.
OPSC
Dental Surgeon 2026 Salary & Pay Scale
Selected candidates will be appointed in Level-12, Cell-1 of the Odisha Revised Scales of Pay (ORSP) Rules, 2017 and
will also be entitled to Dearness
Allowance (DA) and other admissible allowances as sanctioned by the
Government from time to time.
OPSC Dental Surgeon 2026 Application Fee
|
Category |
Examination Fee |
Refund Policy |
|
UR,
SEBC, OBC and other candidates |
₹700 |
Fee
refunded only to candidates who actually appear in both papers of Written
Examination |
|
SC,
ST, PwBD candidates |
NIL
(Exempted) |
Not
applicable |
Payment
Mode: Online only through Credit Card, Debit Card, UPI, Net Banking,
or Wallet.
- Applications
without payment of examination fee (except SC/ST/PwBD candidates) will be
treated as incomplete and rejected.
- Refunds
will be processed to the original mode of payment used at the time of
transaction.
- Candidates
must furnish bank account details in the online application form for
refund in case of technical glitches.
- Bank
account must remain valid and active. The Commission will not entertain
correspondence regarding incorrect bank details.
OPSC
Dental Surgeon 2026 Selection Process
The selection shall be made on the basis of a Written Test as
per the Odisha Medical Services (Method of Recruitment and Conditions of
Service of Dental Surgeons) Rules, 2022 along
with Amendment Rules, 2025.
Written Examination Pattern
|
Particulars |
Details |
|
Total
Marks |
200 |
|
Total
Questions |
200 |
|
Question
Type |
Multiple
Choice Questions (MCQ) |
|
Duration |
3
hours (180 minutes) |
|
Marking
Scheme |
+1
mark for correct answer and -0.25 mark for wrong answer |
|
Syllabus |
As
per Dental Council of India (DCI) Syllabus for BDS |
|
Qualifying
Marks |
Will
be decided by OPSC |
|
Exam
Date |
21
June 2026 (Sunday) – Tentative |
|
Exam
Centre |
Cuttack
/ Bhubaneswar |
Subject-wise Distribution of Marks
|
Sl. No. |
Discipline/Subject |
Marks Allocated |
|
1 |
Anatomy |
10 |
|
2 |
Physiology |
10 |
|
3 |
Biochemistry |
10 |
|
4 |
Pharmacology |
10 |
|
5 |
Pathology |
10 |
|
6 |
Microbiology |
10 |
|
7 |
Dental
Material |
10 |
|
8 |
Dental
Anatomy |
10 |
|
9 |
Medicine |
15 |
|
10 |
Surgery |
15 |
|
11 |
Oral
Pathology |
10 |
|
12 |
Oral
Medicine & Radiology |
10 |
|
13 |
Pedodontics
& Preventive Dentistry |
10 |
|
14 |
Orthodontics |
10 |
|
15 |
Periodontics |
10 |
|
16 |
Oral
Surgery |
15 |
|
17 |
Prosthodontics |
15 |
|
18 |
Public
Health Dentistry |
10 |
|
Total |
200 |
|
Merit List Preparation
- The
Commission shall prepare a list of candidates in order of merit on the
basis of the Written Test equal to the number of advertised vacancies.
- If
two or more candidates secure equal marks, the candidate securing higher
marks in the BDS Examination will rank higher.
- If
marks in the BDS Examination are also equal, the candidate older in age
will be placed above the younger candidate.
- The
recommendation list shall remain valid for one year from the date of
recommendation or till the next recruitment is made by the Commission.
- A
Sports Person must secure the qualifying marks of his/her category for
inclusion in the merit list.
Answer Key & Result
- Provisional
Answer Keys shall be uploaded on the website within 10 days of
examination.
- Candidates
can submit objections/suggestions against the provisional answer key.
- Candidates
who do not challenge the provisional answer key shall forfeit their right
to agitate the matter later.
- Cut-off
marks, answer keys, and individual marks will be declared only after
publication of the final result and select list.
Interested
Candidate Can Read the Full Notification Before Apply Online