Academics
Clinical education built around a working dental hospital
Programmes
BDS and MDS
Both programmes are recognised by the National Dental Commission (formerly the Dental Council of India).
UndergraduateRound 1 fullBDS
Bachelor of Dental Surgery
A five-year professional degree that takes you from the foundations of dental science to independent clinical work, finishing with a year-long rotating internship in our dental hospital.
- Duration
- 5 years
- Seats
- 100 a year
- Entrance
- NEET UG
Annual fee ₹4,45,000 (tuition + miscellaneous) · full fee structure
PostgraduateLimited seatsMDS
Master of Dental Surgery
A three-year postgraduate degree in one of five clinical specialities, with advanced training on a high volume of patients in our dental hospital.
- Duration
- 3 years
- Seats
- 27 a year
- Entrance
- NEET MDS
Annual fee ₹10,72,000 (tuition + miscellaneous) · full fee structure
The BDS journey
Five years, from anatomy to independent practice
- Year 1
Foundations of the human body
Anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and dental anatomy and histology.
- Year 2
Disease, drugs and dental materials
Pathology, microbiology, pharmacology and dental materials, with pre-clinical work on dental simulators.
- Year 3
Medicine, surgery and early clinics
General medicine, general surgery and oral pathology, alongside clinical postings in the dental hospital.
- Year 4
Clinical dentistry
Clinical training across the dental specialities — from endodontics and prosthodontics to oral surgery and public health dentistry.
- Internship
A year treating patients
A one-year compulsory rotating internship across the departments of our dental hospital and community programmes.
Departments
Nine clinical departments
Five offer MDS. Every department trains BDS students and treats patients in the dental hospital.
- 01BDS · MDS
Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics
6 MDS seats a year
Saving natural teeth — from tooth-coloured fillings and smile design to microscope-assisted root canal treatment and endodontic microsurgery.
Explore department - 02BDS · MDS
Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopaedics
6 MDS seats a year
Straightening teeth and guiding jaw growth — braces, clear aligners and growth modification for children, teenagers and adults.
Explore department - 03BDS · MDS
Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge
5 MDS seats a year
Restoring and replacing teeth — crowns, bridges, dentures, implants, full-mouth rehabilitation and maxillofacial prostheses.
Explore department - 04BDS · MDS
Paedodontics & Preventive Dentistry
5 MDS seats a year
Gentle, child-friendly dental care for infants, children and teenagers — from prevention and laser dentistry to treatment under sedation or general anaesthesia.
Explore department - 05BDS · MDS
Periodontology
5 MDS seats a year
Healthy gums and dental implants — from deep cleaning and laser gum treatment to bone grafts, regenerative surgery and sinus lifts.
Explore department - 06BDS
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Surgery of the mouth, jaws and face — from wisdom teeth and dental implants to jaw fractures, cysts and TMJ disorders.
Explore department - 07BDS
Oral Medicine & Radiology
Diagnosing and treating diseases of the mouth and face without surgery — with digital X-rays, CBCT scans, an orofacial pain clinic and oral cancer screening.
Explore department - 08BDS
Oral Pathology & Microbiology
Diagnosing oral disease under the microscope — biopsy and cytology reporting, blood investigations and specialist care for oral precancer and cancer.
Explore department - 09BDS
Public Health Dentistry
Oral health for the whole community — dental camps, school programmes, village satellite centres, a mobile dental van and tobacco cessation support.
Explore department
Facilities
Equipment students actually train on
From pre-clinical simulators to the surgical microscope, students work with the technology of modern dental practice.
Surgical operating microscope
Magnified precision for endodontic treatment and training.
Intraoral scanning & digital lab
Digital impressions and a digital dental laboratory for modern prosthodontics.
Dental simulators
Pre-clinical practice on simulators before students treat patients.
Dental lasers
Laser procedures in periodontology and oral surgery.
OPG, RVG & cephalometrics
Digital panoramic and single-tooth X-ray, with cephalometric tracing software.
Mobile dental van
Community dentistry that takes treatment and training beyond the campus.
Research
A culture of enquiry
The college's peer-reviewed, biannual open-access journal since 2024, published by IP Innovative Publication and indexed in Index Copernicus, Google Scholar, J-Gate and Crossref — original research, clinical case studies, systematic reviews and short communications across dental and medical sciences.
- Chief Editor
- Prof. (Dr.) Rahul Paul
- Frequency
- Twice a year
- Since
- 2024
Chanakya Hub technical symposium
Our flagship pan-India symposium draws students from more than 300 dental institutions for paper and poster presentations, wax carving and histopathology slide identification.
Funded research
45
ICMR grants won by our students
₹29.1 lakh from the Indian Council of Medical Research for 35 undergraduate and 10 postgraduate projects.
Registered work
41
Copyrights held by faculty and students
Teaching games, clinical classifications and treatment protocols by 97 authors, registered with the Copyright Office, Government of India.
Extramural research grants
Student and postgraduate research funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) — 45 projects, ₹29.1 lakh in all.
Academic outcomes
Programme and course outcomes and how learning is assessed.
Calendar
Academic calendar 2024–25
See the departments for yourself
Meet the admission desk, walk through the dental hospital and talk to faculty. 3 km from Vaishali Metro Station.