Questions & Answers
It is a branch of dentistry that deals in preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting oral health through organized community efforts.
It is that form of dental practice that serves individuals from all the age groups. Additionally, it is focused on community-based oral disease prevention and management, group dental care plan administration, oral health education and promotion through applied research, and more. This speciality includes the following domains:
- Public Health & Dental public Health
- Behavioural & Social Sciences
- Epidemiology
- Biostatistics
- Preventive Dentistry
- Practice Management & Administration
Yes, there is a direct clinical care component involved in the subject. The subject aims to provide experiences to fulfill the competencies of providing comprehensive oral health care to the patient. Completion of a research projects is one of the critical components.
The university offers Master’s degree (MDS) as well as a PhD Program in the subject of Public Health Dentistry.
Currently, the university is permitted to enrol two students per year under “Master of Dental Surgery” (MDS) and eight students per year under PhD program in the subject.
The admissions for MDS curriculum start as per the NEET-PG guidelines including entrance test followed by counselling, whereas for the PhD program university guidelines are followed
There is an enormous amount of research potential in public health dentistry, and all of the department's faculty members are proficient in conducting surveys, various types of research. The department also holds liasoning with different organizations at state and national level.
