This college belongs to the Saveetha Medical and Educational Trust which was found by Dr.N.M. Veeraiyan, President of this trust. The dental college was started as a small dental clinic in 1989, which slowly transformed into bigger clinic consisting of OP department and finally the college was expanded from the year 1993 which produced its first batch of students. After two years, PG courses were added in the academics. All the courses offered are affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. This college and other colleges belonging to this group are granted University status in the year 2005 which added a feather in the cap of this institution.

Courses offered:

Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)

Master of Dental Surgery (MDS)

This includes the following specializations.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Periodontics

Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics

Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

Orthodontics

Prosthodontics

Oral Medicine and Radiology

Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry

Public Health Dentistry

Master of Science – Oral Biology

Master of Science – Bio Materials

Apart from the above courses, certificate courses in Dental Mechanics and Dental Hygienist are available in this institute.

Admission and Eligibility:

The admission for UG courses is based on the merit ranks obtained in the common entrance exam. The forms are available in this college each year in the month of February and exams will be conducted during May. The duration of the course is 5 years.

The candidate should have completed minimum 17 years when applying for the exam and he/she should have passed higher secondary examination with 60% marks in aggregate and must have taken subjects of English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology in their 10 + 2 pattern.

The candidates opting for M.D.S. should have completed B.D.S. from any University which is recognized by the Dental Council of India. The admission for this course is based on the marks obtained in the common entrance exam. The course duration is 3 years.

Entrance Examination:

The scheme of the common entrance exam consists of 150 questions which are multiple choice pattern covering subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Analytics and the questions will be based on the CBSE syllabus of higher secondary board.

Contact:

Saveetha Dental College

No.162, Poonamalle High Road,

Saveetha Nagar,

Chennai – 600 077

Phone: 044 – 2680 1580—1585

Website: www.saveetha.com