HOD MESSAGE

It was a challenge but definitely a positive experience to head the department of community and preventive dentistry. The department is head is dedicated to address many of the society’s most pressing oral health care challenges by integrating oral health education, prevention  and primary clinical care through students ‘ teaching and training. The department has strong tradition of service to the community through community outreach program under the umbrella of ‘Journey towards Healthy Smile’ focusing on vulnerable, underprivileged and deprived population. Services to special needs patients are also under our agenda. I appreciate the efforts of my team and look forward to continue with the same enthusiasm.

Preventive & Community Dentistry

Community/Preventive dentistry is the dynamic field of dentistry which provides basic & advanced health knowledge to an individual and group of people, prevention of oral/dental diseases & awareness of oral hygiene in any population. Community Dentistry is a basic science subject taught in the Second Professional year of BDS. The main purpose of the subject is to achieve good oral hygiene & to spread health awareness in the public through organized community efforts.

This course aims to stimulate interest and to encourage a questioning approach to community dental health issues and their relationship to clinical practice. The curriculum provides the student with a broad range of knowledge and practical experience in the philosophy and basis of dental public health, primary health care approach, an introduction to epidemiology of oral diseases as it relates to dental research, behavioral sciences, biostatistics and oral health services.

The subject is essential to the practice of dentistry a sit promotes an understanding of the sociology of oral health, oral health promotion and provision of oral health care and puts it into context within society and seeks to answer questions at a population level.