BDS & MDS department
Department of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopaedics
What we teach and treat
Evidence-based orthodontics for every age.
The department is dedicated to excellence in orthodontic education, clinical care and research. It provides comprehensive, evidence-based treatment for children, adolescents and adults with misaligned teeth and jaw irregularities, with expertise in fixed braces, clear aligners, growth modification and digital orthodontic workflows. Each treatment is planned for the individual patient, often together with other specialities, with an emphasis on clinical innovation and patient-centred results. The department is led by the Principal, Prof. (Dr.) Rahul Paul, and offers the MDS in Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopaedics.
Creating confident smiles, shaping healthier futures.
Recognition
- Awarded Best Dental Department in India
Equipment & facilities
- Digital imaging with cephalometric and panoramic radiographic assessment
- Intraoral scanning and digital impressions
- Digital treatment planning and computerised cephalometric analysis (NemoCeph)
- Clear aligner planning and monitoring systems
- 3D model printing and in-house aligner fabrication
- Clinical photography room and digital orthodontic records
- Laboratory for fixed and removable appliance fabrication
- Orthodontic diagnostic and clinical workstations
- Comprehensive orthodontic instruments and materials
- Consultation, treatment-planning and clinical demonstration areas
- Seminar, teaching and research facilities
Treatments for patients
- Orthodontic consultation, diagnosis and treatment planning
- Preventive and interceptive orthodontics
- Early treatment and growth modification
- Metal and aesthetic braces
- Clear aligners
- Functional appliances
- Correction of crowding and spacing
- Correction of overjet, deep bite, open bite and crossbite
- Class II and Class III malocclusions
- Impacted and ectopic teeth
- Orthodontics before multidisciplinary treatment and jaw surgery
- Retainers, follow-up and relapse management
Infrastructure
Inside the department
The clinics, laboratories and teaching rooms where our students learn and patients are treated. Tap any photo to see it full size.
People
Faculty
Head of department
- Prof. (Dr.) Rahul PaulDirector cum Principal, Professor & Head
Faculty members
- Dr. Deepti YadavProfessor
- Dr. Mudita GuptaReader
- Dr. Ish Kumar SharmaReader
- Dr. Vandana GuliaReader
- Dr. Dipankar SarkarLecturer
- Dr. Ratika SawhneyLecturer
- Dr. Kanika GuptaLecturer
- Dr. LovelyLecturer
- Dr. Abha ChansoriaLecturer
- Dr. Bhawani Singh MeenaLecturer
Research & innovation
12 registered copyrights
Original work by the department's faculty and students, registered with the Copyright Office, Government of India.
Evaluation of lip print patterns, lip strain and lip thickness in skeletal Class I and Class II malocclusion
LD-20250170497 · 11 August 2025
Fixed differential expansion appliance (FDEA)
LD-20250166819 · 17 June 2025
Analyzing and correlating dermatoglyphic patterns with sagittal skeletal discrepancies
L-162460/2025 · 11 March 2025
Evaluation and comparison of frictional resistance between conventional and self-ligating brackets — an in-vitro study
L-162463/2025 · 11 March 2025
Orthodontic crossword — innovative learning method
L-161674/2025 · 28 February 2025
IPDC orthodontic and dentofacial orthopedics treatment protocol
A-157965/2025 · 20 February 2025
Innovative learning method for undergraduate students — Jenga game
L-160663/2025 · 13 February 2025
Innovative learning method for undergraduate students to learn cephalometric landmarks — a puzzle game
L-149131/2024 · 12 June 2024
Innovative learning method for undergraduate students to learn model analysis — a board game
L-145788/2024 · 26 March 2024
Orthodontic roulette — innovative learning method to learn cephalometrics
L-145000/2024 · 15 March 2024
FABLS
L-141382/2024 · 17 January 2024
IPDC classification of malocclusion in permanent dentition
L-133748/2023 · 29 September 2023
Postgraduate
MDS in Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopaedics
6 seats a year. A three-year, full-time postgraduate programme through NEET MDS and UP state counselling — one of five MDS specialities at IPDC.
All MDS seats filled for 2026–27
Every speciality is full. Seats can reopen in the later rounds when allotted candidates do not join — register your interest and the admission desk will call you if one does.
Updated 26 October 2026
Visit the department
Meet the admission desk, walk through the dental hospital and talk to faculty. 3 km from Vaishali Metro Station.