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.
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.