BDS & MDS department
Department of Periodontology
What we teach and treat
Periodontics, lasers and implants — delivered with gentle care.
The department is committed to excellence in teaching, clinical practice and research in periodontal and peri-implant health — the health of the gums and bone that support natural teeth and dental implants. Preventing, diagnosing and managing gum and peri-implant disease, while building clinical skill and critical thinking in its students, is at the heart of its work. Its fully equipped undergraduate and postgraduate clinics use advanced technology, including lasers and piezosurgery, and its surgeons restore missing teeth by placing and maintaining dental implants. The department offers the MDS in Periodontology.
Building the foundation for healthy smiles.
Dedicated to high-quality patient care, clinical competence and research excellence in periodontology and implantology.
Equipment & facilities
- Digital X-ray system and intraoral camera
- Diode laser and electrosurgery unit
- Piezosurgery unit and physiodispenser
- Magnifying loupes (3.5×)
- Bone fixation screw kit and bone expander
- Distraction osteogenesis kit and sinus-lift kit
- Centrifuge for PRP and PRF preparation
- Implant removal kit
Treatments for patients
- Hand and ultrasonic scaling
- Gingival curettage and flap surgery
- Splinting of loose teeth with wire and fibre composite
- Smile designing and gum recontouring
- Gingivectomy and crown lengthening
- Operculectomy and gum depigmentation
- Frenectomy and periodontal microsurgery
- Root coverage for gum recession
- Bone grafts, membranes, GTR and PRF regenerative procedures
- Laser, electrocautery and piezo-assisted surgery
- Hemisection, root resection and tooth exposure
- Dental implants and advanced implantology
- Ridge split and direct and indirect sinus lifts
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
- Dr. Preeti UpadhyayProfessor & Head
Faculty members
- Dr. Pragya TripathiProfessor
- Dr. Mallika SethiProfessor
- Dr. Aashish PanditProfessor
- Dr. Arpita GoswamiReader
- Dr. Sweety GuptaReader
- Dr. Iman BaigReader
- Dr. Tarun MittalReader
- Dr. Nikita JainLecturer
- Dr. Pooja SinghLecturer
- Dr. Himanshu BhardwajLecturer
- Dr. Vinod Kumar KirarLecturer
- Dr. Archana SharmaLecturer
Research & innovation
6 registered copyrights
Original work by the department's faculty and students, registered with the Copyright Office, Government of India.
Comparative evaluation of amniotic membrane with porcine derived collagen matrix in conjunction with demineralized freeze dried bone allograft in treatment of infrabony periodontal defects: a 6 months clinico-radiological study
LD-20260194950 · 7 September 2026
To evaluate the changes in soft and hard tissue parameters in delayed implant placement with and without porcine derived collagen matrix — a randomized controlled clinical trial
LD-20260194929 · 2 September 2026
AI-enabled periodontal probe with integrated GCF biomarker sensor
LD-20260187714 · 27 May 2026
To evaluate the relative efficacy of chorion membrane and demineralised freeze dried bone allograft with collagen matrix and demineralised freeze dried bone allograft in human grade II molar furcation defects — a 6 months clinico-radiological study
LD-20260187720 · 27 May 2026
A comparative evaluation of salivary superoxide dismutase enzyme level among smokers and non-smokers in chronic periodontitis
LD-20260186299 · 7 May 2026
To evaluate and compare the relative efficacy of platelet rich fibrin membrane and laser with microneedling (vitamin C) and laser in reduction of physiologic gingival hyperpigmentation
LD-20260186300 · 7 May 2026
Postgraduate
MDS in Periodontology
5 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.