Will you please provide the detailed information regarding the Dental Points required to get select in Indian Army ?

Medical test(Dental Points) is direcred by SSB board for recommended applicants after SSB interviews

14 dental points are one of the must have thing during medicals .

Point system on teeth:

• Teeth assumed to be essential are allotted with 2 points each.
• Teeth which are not considered necessary for efficient work are given with 1 point each.
• Each incisor, canine, 1st and 2nd premolars holds 1 point provided their corresponding lower teeth are present.
• If 3rd molar is not well developed, it holds only 1 point.
• Each 1st and 2nd molar and well developed 3rd molar holds 2 points provided they are in good opposition to corresponding teeth in the lower jaw.

Conditions for 14 dental points:

• Applicants having all 16 teeth intact in the upper jaw with a good functional opposition to corresponding teeth present in the lower jaw, the total points can be 20 to 22
• Any 4 of the 6 anterior and any 6 of the 10 posterior.
• The minimum number of points required is to be medically fit are 14 points.

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