Mahatma Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences offers degree courses in dentistry namely BDS Course and MDS course; The Institute also offers 2 Diploma courses namely Diploma in Dental Hygienists and Diploma in Dental Mechanics.
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Undergraduate program in Dentistry has a course duration of 5 years which includes 4 years of academic program and 1 year of internship
| BDS – academic year | Subjects covered |
1st year BDS | ·       General Human Anatomy Including Embryology, Osteology and Histology ·       General Physiology ·       Biochemistry ·       Dental Anatomy, Embryology and Oral Histology |
2nd year BDS | ·       General Pathology ·       Microbiology ·       General and Dental Pharmacology and Therapeutics ·       Dental Materials ·       Preclinical Prosthodontics and Crown Bridge ·       Preclinical Conservative Dentistry |
3rd year BDS | ·       General Medicine ·       General Surgery ·       Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology & Oral Microbiology |
Final year BDS | ·       Oral Medicine and Radiology ·       Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery ·       Periodontology ·       Pediatric & Preventive Dentistry ·       Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics ·       Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge ·       Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopaedics ·       Public Health Dentistry |
CRRI – Compulsory rotational residential Internship | ·       365 days of clinical exposure in all the departments of dentistry ·       Active involvement in the upliftment of general and oral health of the public in and around Puducherry |
Postgraduate program in Dentistry (MDS) has a course duration of 3 years with intensive training in academics, clinics and research.
At present, MDS courses are offered in 7 different branches of Dentistry as follows
At present, the Institute offers 2 Diploma courses. The course duration of diploma courses is of 2 years.