Department of Orthodontia/Human Dental Anatomy
About the Department
Dept. data last updated on :22/03/2023
The Department of Orthodontics and Dental Anatomy was established in the year 2000.Since than the Department is engaged in teaching of Orthodontics, a specialty dental subject and a basic subject dental anatomy and histology, thus the faculty of the department is engaged in teaching from BDS first year to BDS final year.
From session 2008-2009 the PG course(MDS Orthodontics)was introduced
which has improved the quality of research work and also added to the
clinical excellence of the students
VISION
- To be the centre of academic excellence through
- Teaching
- Research
- High quality patient care
- Futuristic plans to set up interdisciplinary clinic and digital research lab
MISSION
Academic excellence
Fostering Global Competencies among Students
Inculcating a Value System among Students
Promoting the Use of Digital Technology
VALUES
- Commitment to creating beautiful smiles with functional efficient occlusion
- Pursue academic excellence
- Embrace innovation
- Strive to maximize the potential of every student, faculty and staff member
The Department boasts of state of the
art treatment facilities. Currently, it is running an undergraduate and a
post-graduate program. Each program are trained by means of lectures
with demonstrations, tutorials, preclinical, laboratory, and clinical
work. The training program is supervised by eminent faculty. The
department regularly conducts dental education programs and
workshops for students and encourages them to attend continuing
dental education programs/ workshops/ summits/ conferences etc. They are
also motivated and guided for scientific presentations at specialty
conferences and scientific publications in reputed journals.
Under
Graduate students on posting are being taught about the subject through
clinical discussions and demonstration and are made to work on patients
reporting to the department.
The
postgraduate section has adequate dental chairs with all modern
amenities. The post-graduate program prepares qualified dentists to
manage the full range of Dentofacial discrepancies like Cleft lip and
palate, temporomandibular discrepancies and various craniofacial
syndromes. The department also conduct interdisciplinary discussion for
cases like Ortho-perio cases, orthognathic cases and preprosthetic
cases, which fall within the responsibility of the Orthodontics.

Chairperson and Professor