Department of Public Health Dentistry


Services Provided

Speciality services within the department

  1. Preventive dental treatment – pit and fissure sealants/ atraumatic restorative treatment/ topical fluoride application
  2. Minimal invasive dentistry
  3. Comprehensive treatment for patients referred from dental camps
  4. Comprehensive case history and measurement of oral diseases using indices

Oral health education and awareness programs in the college premises (health education museum), dental camps and in schools.

  1. Tobacco cessation counselling
  2. Diet counselling
  3. Oral hygiene maintenance

Rural and urban outreach programs

  1. Dental camps
  2. Incremental care for school children
  3. Comprehensive care for school children
  4. Preventive and comprehensive care for priority groups like pregnant and lactating women, geriatrics and special group children

Other services

  1. Oral health surveillance and disease burden
  2. Epidemiological surveys and fluoride mapping