BAMS is the one of the alternative medicine course. BAMS stands for Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery. It is a 5 1/2 Years course (4 1/2 Years academic and 1 year compulsory internship).
In Andhra Pradesh there are total 2 Goverment Dental colleges which are having 140 BDS seats, 14 Private Dental colleges having 1300 seats.
So altogether there are 16 colleges and 1440 seats for BDS in Andhra Pradesh.
Government BDS colleges in Andhra Pradesh
| COLLEGE NAME | Govt. Dental College & Hospital |
| LOCATION | Vijayawada |
| MANAGEMENT | Govt. |
| YEAR OF ESTB. | 1992 |
| INTAKE | 40 |
| COLLEGE NAME | Govt. Dental College RIMS |
| LOCATION | Kadapa |
| MANAGEMENT | Govt. |
| YEAR OF ESTB. | 2008-09 |
| INTAKE | 100 |
Private BDS colleges in Andhra Pradesh
| COLLEGE NAME | Anil Neerukonda Educational Society |
| LOCATION | Vishakhapatnam |
| MANAGEMENT | Private |
| YEAR OF ESTB. | 2013-14 |
| INTAKE | 100 |
| COLLEGE NAME | C.K.S. Teja Institute of Dental Sciences & Research |
| LOCATION | Tirupati |
| MANAGEMENT | Private |
| YEAR OF ESTB. | 1999-00 |
| INTAKE | 100 |
| COLLEGE NAME | Care Dental College |
| LOCATION | Guntur |
| MANAGEMENT | Private |
| YEAR OF ESTB. | 2017-18 |
| INTAKE | 50 |
| COLLEGE NAME | Drs. Sudha & Nageswara Rao Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences |
| LOCATION | Gannavaram Mandalam |
| MANAGEMENT | Private |
| YEAR OF ESTB. | 2005-06 |
| INTAKE | 100 |
| COLLEGE NAME | G. Pulla Reddy Dental College & Hospital |
| LOCATION | Kurnool |
| MANAGEMENT | Private |
| YEAR OF ESTB. | 2006-07 |
| INTAKE | 50 |
| COLLEGE NAME | Gitam Dental College & Hospital |
| LOCATION | Vishakhapatnam |
| MANAGEMENT | Private |
| YEAR OF ESTB. | 2001-02 |
| INTAKE | 100 |
| COLLEGE NAME | GSL Dental College & Hospital |
| LOCATION | Rajahmundry |
| MANAGEMENT | Private |
| YEAR OF ESTB. | 2013-14 |
| INTAKE | 100 |
| COLLEGE NAME | KIMS Dental College |
| LOCATION | Amalapuram |
| MANAGEMENT | Private |
| YEAR OF ESTB. | 2014-15 |
| INTAKE | 100 |
| COLLEGE NAME | Lenora Institute of Dental Sciences |
| LOCATION | Rajahmundry |
| MANAGEMENT | Private |
| YEAR OF ESTB. | 2008-09 |
| INTAKE | 100 |
| COLLEGE NAME | Narayana Dental College & Hospital |
| LOCATION | Nellore |
| MANAGEMENT | Private |
| YEAR OF ESTB. | 2001-02 |
| INTAKE | 100 |
| COLLEGE NAME | Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences |
| LOCATION | Guntur |
| MANAGEMENT | Private |
| YEAR OF ESTB. | 2001-02 |
| INTAKE | 100 |
| COLLEGE NAME | Sree Sai Dental College & Research Institute |
| LOCATION | Srikakulam |
| MANAGEMENT | Private |
| YEAR OF ESTB. | 2003-04 |
| INTAKE | 100 |
| COLLEGE NAME | St. Joseph Dental College |
| LOCATION | Duggirala |
| MANAGEMENT | Private |
| YEAR OF ESTB. | 2002-03 |
| INTAKE | 100 |
| COLLEGE NAME | Vishnu Dental College |
| LOCATION | Bhimavaram |
| MANAGEMENT | Private |
| YEAR OF ESTB. | 2002-03 |
| INTAKE | 100 |