- Royal Dental College Iron Hills, Chalissery Palakkad - 679536
The Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)degree program prepares students to begin professional dental practice immediately after graduation.
The undergraduate dental shall be a of four and a half years duration in addition to one year compulsory rotating internship.
The medium of Instruction and examinations of BDS course will be in English.
During the first year of study, emphasis is placed on the basic sciences, the biological foundation of the dental profession. Dental technique courses also are part of the curriculum,
The second year builds on the basic science courses. During this time, students will be learning restorative and preventive dental care for patients in a pre- clinic atmosphere
Third year is a year of clinical rotations from one specialty to another in all dental specialties. These in-depth studies occur in concentrated five-week periods. At the end of the third year of study, students will have developed skills in every area of dentistry.
During the fourth year of the program, these skills are integrated in the Dentistry Clinics. Management skills are emphasized as students practice in a simulated dental office setting, providing comprehensive dental care to patients. There also are many programs available outside the college, including a Satellite clinic and hospital attachment.
Subjects of study
| First Year | Second Year | Third Year |
|---|---|---|
| a) General Human Anatomy including Embryology and Histology | a) General Pathology and Microbiology | a) General Medicine |
| b) General Human Physiology and Biochemistry, Nutrition and Dietetics | b) General and Dental Pharmacology and Therapeutics | b) General Surgery |
| c) Dental Materials | c) Dental Anatomy, Embryology and Oral Histology | c) Oral Pathology and Oral Microbiology |
| d) Dental Anatomy, Embryology and Oral Histology | d) Dental Materials | d) Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics |
| e) Preclinical Conservative Dentistry | e) Pre clinical Conservative Dentistry | e) Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery |
| f) Preclinical Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge | f) Preclinical Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge | f) Oral Medicine and Radiology |
| g) Pre clinical Orthodontics | g) Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopaedics | |
| h) Oral Pathology & Oral Microbiology | h) Paediatric & Preventive Dentistry | |
| i) Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge | ||
| j) Periodontology | ||
| k) Public Health Dentistry |
| Final Year -Part I (One Year programme) | Final Year- part II (Six months programme) |
|---|---|
| a) Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopaedics | a) Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge |
| b) Oral Medicine & Radiology | b) Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics |
| c) Public Health Dentistry | c) Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery |
| d) Periodontology | d) Paediatric & Preventive Dentistry |
| e) Prosthodontics & Crown and Bridge | |
| f) Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics | |
| g) Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | |
| h) Paediatric & Preventive Dentistry |
- MDS (Prosthodontics and crown and bridge)
- MDS (Conservative dentistry and Endodontics)
- MDS(Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics)
- MDS (Periodontology)
- MDS (Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry)
- MDS (Oral Pathology and Microbiology)
