Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) in Orthodontics and Dento Facial Orthopedics

Overview

Orthodontics studies the growth and development of jaws and the face, particularly, and the body generally, and how they influence the position of teeth. It studies the action and reaction of internal and external influences on the development of teeth and the prevention and correction of arrested and unequal development. It is an area concerned with the supervision, guidance and correction of growing and mature dento-facial structures, including those conditions that require a movement of teeth or correction of malrotation and malformation of related structures.

Objectives:

• This program is designed to train dental surgeons with a career in Orthodontics and dento-facial Orthopedics with an emphasis on prevention as well as correction.
• To train students in the knowledge of supervision, guidance and correction of growing and mature dento-facial structures.
• To train students to diagnose the common orthodontic problems such as dental malocclusion, skeletal jaw discrepancies, malformation and malfunctioning of oro-facial structures, and understand the etiology and pathophysiology to describe the clinical signs and symptoms.
• To critically analyse various treatment options and deliver them efficiently in an evidence-based rational approach. 
• Train students in competence to design and manage appropriate intra or extra oral, removable, or fixed orthodontic, myo-functional and orthopedic appliance for a given orthodontic problem. 
• To manage potential problems of mechanotherapy, post treatment relapse and effectively initiate corrective procedures.
• To provide opportunities for a career in Orthodontics and Dento-facial Orthopedics.
• Trains students in a high degree of clinical proficiency in the subject matter and develops competence in research and its methodology in the orthodontic field. 
• Trains students to respect patient’s rights and privileges, including a patient’s right to information. 
• To encourage humility and teamwork.

Eligibility

Applicant should have Pass in BDS degree from a university recognized by Dental Council of India (DCI).

Minimum Education