Overview

Dental science or Dental surgery is a department of the medical sciences which deals with dental and oral health. This course imparts the information and the abilties to solve those dental and oral health problems which are faced by maximum of the human population.

Courses & Eligibility

Candidate should have (Bachelor of Dental Science)graduated from a recognised Dental College in India with a minimum of 50%.

Course Curriculum

Branch I

• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Applied Basic Sciences
• Minor Oral Surgery and Trauma
• Maxillofacial Surgery
• Recent Advances in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Branch II

• Periodontics
• Applied Basic Sciences
• Etiopathogenesis of Periodontal Diseases
• Diagnosis, Treatment, Preventive Periodontology and Implantology
• Recent Advances in Periodontics

Branch III

• Conservative Dentistry
• Applied Basic Sciences
• Conservative Dentistry including Preventive dentistry and dental Materials
• Endodontics
• Recent Advances in Conservative Dentistry

Branch IV

• Oral Pathology
• Applied Basic Sciences
• Oral Pathology, Oral Microbiology & Forensic Odontology
• Laboratory and Histopathological Techniques
• Recent Advances in Oral Pathology

Branch V

• Orthodontics
• Applied Basic Sciences
• Growth and Development, Basics in orthodontics, Diagnosis & Radiology
• Bio-Mechanics & Various Orthodontics Tissue Changes, Techniques & Treatment Planning
• Recent Advances in Orthodontics

Career Prospect

Successful postgraduates can be work as:-

• Dentist
• Dental Assistants
• Dental Surgeon/ Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

Pay & Remuneration

The average starting monthly income given to the postgraduates ranges between 15,000 and 1 Lakh, will be increasing with the candidate’s experience.

Top Colleges in India

• Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi
• Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore
• All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
• SDM College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad
• AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore

Other Details

Specializations

• Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge
• Periodontology
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics
• Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics
• Oral Pathology and Microbiology
• Public Health Dentistry
• Paedodontics and Preventive Dentistry
• Oral Medicine and Radiology