Postgraduate Dentistry

Postgraduate Dentistry

The laboratories and clinics are spacious, well furnished and have state of the art equipments and gadgets, both indigenous and imported to facilitate an excellent environment that is conducive for learning.

Dental Science is an area that has gained tremendous recognition in recent years. In the past, this important facet of Medical Science was neglected in comparison with mainstream medicine. The ratio of qualified Dental Surgeons was very low as compared to other medical faculties. This prompted the K.L.E. Society to establish a Dental College, one that would serve the populace of Karnataka and neighboring states. The Institute of Dental Sciences was setup in August 1985, within a sprawling 113 acre campus of the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College. The Institute got off to a flying start under the leadership of late Dr. S.S. Khera as the first Principal.

Today, the Institute boasts of an accomplished faculty in all departments. The laboratories and clinics are spacious, well furnished and have state of the art equipments and gadgets, both indigenous and imported to facilitate an excellent environment that is conducive for learning.

The Dental Council of India (the apex body) gave the approval for the BDS course in 1989, since then the institution has come a long way and gained numerous accolades in the process. Post Graduate course in dentistry was started in the year 1990. Today it prides itself in rendering Masters in all branches of Dentistry. All the courses are approved by the Dental Council of India. The BDS and MDS courses are affiliated to K.L.E University since 2006 and batches prior to them to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore.

  • Oral Medicine & Radiology
  • Preventive & Community Dentistry
  • Periodontics
  • Prosthodontics including Crown & Bridge
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Conservative Dentistry and Endodontic
  • Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics
  • Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry
  • Oral Pathology & Microbiology

Degree Course: A candidate who has passed the BDS Degree examination after pursuing a study in a Dental College recognized by the Dental council of India of this university or of other recognized Dental College affiliated to any other university, recognized as equivalent there to, and has completed one year Compulsory Rotating Internship in a teaching institution or other institution recognized by the Dental council of India, and has obtained permanent registration from Dental council of India, shall be eligible for admission .

  • NEET – MDS is conducted by National Board of Examinations for admission to MDS courses.
  • Medical Counseling Committee (MCC), Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi will conduct counseling on the basis of NEET merit.
  • For Admission to  MDS courses visit website of Medical Counseling Committee www.mcc.nic.in.
  • National Board of Examinations (NBE) shall conduct the NEET-MDS 
  • NEET-MDS is an eligibility-cum-ranking examination prescribed as the single entrance examination for admission to various MDS Courses under Dentists Act, 1948 (amended from time to time). No other entrance examination, either at the state or the Institution level, shall be valid for entry to MDS courses.
  • Qualifying NEET-MDS is mandatory for entry to MDS courses under various Universities/ Institutions in the country.
  • Medical Counseling Committee (MCC), Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi will conduct counseling on the basis of NEET merit.
  • For Admission to  MDS courses visit website of Medical Counseling Committee www.mcc.nic.in.

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