Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) in Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry

The candidate must have completed BDS Course with one year internship on or before 31st March of the year of admissions to the MDS course. Admissions are done through a single Common Entrance Test called National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-MDS) conducted by National Board of Examinations (NBE).

The objective of the department is that the post graduate student should be able to create a good oral health in child, instill positive attitude and behavior in children, understand the principles of prevention and preventive dentistry from birth to adolescence, guide and counsel the parents in regard to various treatment modalities and post graduate students also acquire the experience to carryout research projects, to critically evaluate scientific publications and to communicate clinical and research papers in journals and conferences.

The teaching programme includes the basic medical science also. The detailed and documented records are to be maintained by students for all the academic activities, preclinical work, case done along with special case under general anesthesia and conscious sedation. The students will be specialized for managing the children so as to provide the effective and efficient treatment.

The post graduate programme focuses on inculcate academic proficiency as well as management skills of cases that require advanced behavior management technique, surgical processes, early intervention of caries with prevention of same and trauma.