Background: As a rapidly growing field of medicine and science, dentistry is considered one of the major choices of preference after medicine. Nowadays, post graduation is considered essential among all clinical specialities. But there are many factors which influence the career pathway of a dentist to lead and enter a proper professional line. The focus of this study is to find the growing preference of post graduate or speciality among dental students. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional survey was conducted in a private dental institution in Chennai for a time period of one week. The questionnaires were based on demographic details, knowledge and choice of speciality based questions. All these data were collected and stored privately in the excel sheet from google form. The datas were tabulated using SPSS Version 23 solution to form a logistical representation of collected data. Results: Out of 120 invites, 111 responded to the survey (92.5%). Among them 50.9% of the population were female and most of them were between the age group of 22 to 23. In this population, around 63.6% chose dentistry on their own interest and 18.2% were forced by their parents. Around 23.4% wanted to be an oral surgeon, and 17,1% each wanted to be a prosthodontist and periodontist and 16.2% replied they would like to be a conservative dentist and endodontist. They chose this speciality based on self interest (62.2%), wealth (24.3%) and service (8.1%). Conclusion: Dentistry is a well established field of medicine and science among the public. Hence, young graduates need career guidance and proper knowledge from a university level itself, which can be useful in choosing a postgraduate course after UG to enhance their value and knowledge among others. So this survey found that 23.4% wanted to be an oral surgeon, 18.2% each to be a periodontist and a prosthodontist, 17.1% liked to be a conservative dentist and endodontist. 4.5% pedodontist, 7.2% oral and maxillofacial surgeon and rest had other choices.

Dental clinical students, Dentistry, oral surgeon, postgraduate/ speciality, self interest,Innovative analysis.