From
its inception as a small Department of Dentistry at the Calicut Medical College
in 1969, the mission of the Govt. Dental College, Kozhikode has been to impart
and improve the oral health care of the population. It later expanded as a
Dental wing with four specialties in 1979 and was upgraded as a full-fledged
Kozhikode GDC in 1981 with an intake of 30 students to the BDS course that
started in 1982. Later this was enhanced to 40 students in 1996 and to 50
students in 2009. Our training programs are focused on the provision of quality
educational experiences to train clinically competent dentists and develop
advocates and dental leaders to address the oral health issues of the
community. We achieve this through service, training, teaching and research.
With
the starting of postgraduate course first in the specialty of Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery in 1992, and various other specialties in the subsequent
years, the college now has eight specialties offering MDS courses. Two students
are admitted per year per specialty to the 3 year MDS course. Inspection for
Increase in seat from 2 to 3 is already over for the department of
Prosthodontics, Oral Surgery & Conservative dentistry from May 2011.The
general goals of the program are to provide the intellectual skills in applying
the scientific method to solve problems in a rational and scientific manner.
The student will use computer-aided bibliographic search strategies to identify
pertinent literature and then locate information to assist in patient diagnosis
and treatment. A second major goal is to provide training in various
disciplines of dentistry in order to apply appropriate treatment strategies.
Finally, the student will be assisted in defining an area of intellectual
activity where new knowledge is needed. A research project will be devised and
the student will carry through an area of original research in preparation of a
dissertation.
The
college is the most modern and best equipped comparable to any of the
sophisticated dental colleges of India. Hospital - clinic equipment is
regularly updated ensuring that the students gain experience with the most modern
facilities. It also ensures that patients get the best treatment options.
Excellent library and computing facilities provide an additional learning
resource. Our dental clinics and laboratories have the latest state-of-the-art
equipment. To name a few, the newly installed fully equipped electric dental
chairs and units, the Panoramic
cephalogram unit and the digital IOPA units; RVG units, Ceramic Laboratories
and casting units, the latest audiovisual aids including LCD / DLP projectors
with PowerPoint projection, etc.
To mark
the excellence in its services the Govt. Dental College, Kozhikode celebrated
its Silver Jubilee in 2007. A new ladies hostel exclusively for Dental graduate
and post graduate students was commissioned August 2010 with a capacity of more
than 200 students.
Details of Courses Offered, Seats
& Fee:
|
Course
|
Specialty
|
Seats
|
Course
Fee
|
Hostel
Fee
|
|
BDS
|
NA
|
50
|
|
|
|
MDS
|
Prosthodontics
|
3
|
|
|
|
MDS
|
Periodontics
|
2
|
|
|
|
MDS
|
Orthodontics
|
2
|
|
|
|
MDS
|
Endodontics
|
3
|
|
|
|
MDS
|
Oral Medicine & Radiology
|
2
|
|
|
|
MDS
|
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
|
3
|
|
|
|
MDS
|
Oral Pathology & Microbiology
|
2
|
|
|
|
MDS
|
Pediatrics & Preventive Dentistry
|
2
|
|
|
|
MDS
|
Public Health Dentistry
|
-
|
|
|
|
Year
of Establishment
|
1981-82
|
|
College
Type
|
Government
|
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Address
|
Medical College
Campus, Medical College P.O, Kozhikode,
Kerala - 673008
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Telephone
No.
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0495235678
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Email
Id
|
govtdcc@gmail.com
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Website
|
gdckozhikode.org
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