Dentistry | DR. M.K.SHAH MEDICAL COLLEGE & RESEARCH CENTRE

OVERVIEW

The Goal of Dentistry Department is:

To teach Indian Medical Graduate some important topics of dentistry by following competency based UG curriculum given by NMC.
To provide patients quality dental care and improving MCH services.

At the end of clinical posting students should be able to:

Enumerate the parts of the tooth and supporting structures
Understand the role of causative microorganisms in the aetio- pathogenesis of dental caries
Understand the role of dental caries as a focus of sepsis
Understand the various causes for partial /complete loss of teeth and associated structures
Understand the local and systemic sequel of loss of teeth
Enumerate common ways of restoring the edentulous state
Aware of malocclusion and the tissues that cause it
Understand the prevalence of oral cancer and enumerate the common types of cancer that can affect tissues of the oral cavity
Understand the etiological factors in the formation of precancerous /cancerous lesions.
Enumerate the common diseases that affect the periodontium and identify local and systemic causative factors
Understand the role of Periodontal disease as a focus of sepsis

Identify Dental caries and Counsel patients with respect to oral hygiene, diet and the direct bearing on systemic health
Counsel patients on the importance of restoring missing teeth/tissues with respect to the benefits on oral and systemic health.
Identify potential pre-cancerous /cancerous lesions and Counsel patients to risks of oral cancer with respect to tobacco, smoking, alcohol and other causative factors
Identify Periodontal disease
Identify malocclusion and Counsel patients with respect to correction of malocclusion and the role it might have on oral health specifically on the TMJ