Nowadays, people have started realizing the need for dental care and dental surgeons are in great demand these days as compared to the past. Therefore, many students wish to take up Bachelor of Dental Surgery course on completion of their higher secondary examination and even many students wish to do post graduation in Dental Surgery, which is called as MDS.

The MDS course has several sub-specialties and one such specialty is MDS in Conservative Dentistry. With many students taking up this course, the number of colleges offering this course in India is also higher and the list of Government Colleges offering this course in different state of India is given below:

Andhra Pradesh:

• Government Dental College & Hospital, Afzalganj

Assam:

• Regional Dental College, Guwahati

Delhi:

• Maulana Azad Dental College & Hospital, New Delhi

Goa:

• Goa Dental College & Hospital, Bambolim

Gujarat:

• Government Dental College & Hospital, Ahmedabad

Haryana:

• Government Dental College, Rohtak

Jammu & Kashmir:

• Government Dental College, Srinagar

Karnataka:

• Government Dental College, Bangalore

Kerala:

• Dental College, Kozhikode

• Government Dental College, Thiruvananthapuram

Maharashtra:

• Government Dental College & Hospital, Mumbai

• Government Dental College & Hospital, Nagpur

• Government Dental College & Hospital, Aurangabad

• Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai

Pondicherry:

• Mahatma Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences, Puducherry

Punjab:

• Government Dental College & Hospital, Patiala

• Pb. Government Dental College & Hospital, Amritsar

Rajasthan:

• Government Dental College & Hospital, Jaipur

Tamil Nadu:

• Tamil Nadu Government Dental College & Hospital

Uttar Pardesh:

• Institute of Medical Sciences, Varanasi

• Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Dental College, Aligarh

West Bengal:

• Dr. Ahmed Dental College & Hospital, Kolkata

Eligibility for MDS Conservative Dentistry Admission:

Since the previously mentioned institutions are approved by Dental Council of India, candidates seeking admission to the MDS Conservative Dentistry course, must have completed their Bachelor’s degree in Dental Surgery from any of the institutions approved by the Dental Council of India. Candidates should also get through the All India or state-level entrance examination conducted for the purpose of admission of students to the Professional PG courses.

What are the contents of the MDS Conservative dentistry course?

Normally this course extends to a period of two years and covers the following areas of dental care in most of the dental institutions:

• Internal anatomy of permanent teeth and its importance

• Eruption of teeth

• Development of face, paranasal sinuses and related structures

• Enamel development and composition

• Electrolyte & fluid balance, assimilation & digestion, mastication deglutition, etc…

Career Prospects on completion of MDS Conservative Dentistry:

These professionals can find job placement in a number of private and government-run dental hospitals located in different parts of the country. They can become a part of dental departments in dental clinics, nursing homes, health institutions and hospitals that deal with general medicine. These professionals can also become their own boss by starting their own dental clinics and this can be done after gaining some experience of working in any top dental hospitals. Thus, the growth prospects of MDS Conservative Dentistry graduates are wider!!!