Affiliated to NTR University, Recognized by the Dental Council of India(DCI).
The mandatory academic curriculum formatted by Dental Council of India (DCI) for BDS is strictly followed by KIMS Dental college, Amalapuram campus. The curriculum has been designed to train the dental graduates to acquire adequate knowledge, necessary skills and reasonable attitudes which are required for carrying out all activities appropriate to general dental practice involving prevention, diagnosis and treatment of anomalies and diseases of teeth, mouth, jaws and associated tissues. The graduates are also trained understand the concept of community oral health education and be able to participate in the rural health care programmes existing in the country.
CURRICULUM:
http://www.dciindia.org.in/rule_regulation/bds_course_regulation_2007_alongwith_amendments.pdf
S.NO | SUBJECTS OF STUDY | EXAMINATION SUBJECTS |
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1 | Human Anatomy,Embryology & Histology | Human Anatomy,Embryology & Histology |
2 | Human Physiology | Human Physiology |
3 | Medical Biochemistry | Medical Biochemistry |
4 | Oral Anatomy,Physiology,Histology and Tooth Morphology | Oral Anatomy,Physiology,Histology and Tooth Morphology |
S.NO | SUBJECTS OF STUDY | EXAMINATION SUBJECTS |
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1 | Dental Materials | Dental Materials |
2 | General Pathology | General Pathology |
3 | General Microbiology | General Microbiology |
4 | General and Dental Pharmacology and Therapeutics | General and Dental Pharmacology and Therapeutics |
5 | Preclinical Prosthodontics | Preclinical Prosthodontics |
6 | Preclinical Conservative Dentistry | Preclinical Conservative Dentistry |
S.NO | SUBJECTS OF STUDY | EXAMINATION SUBJECTS |
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1 | Oral Pathology and Microbiology | Oral Pathology and Microbiology |
2 | General Medicine | General Medicine |
3 | General Surgery | General Surgery |
4 | Public Health Dentistry | |
5 | Periodontics | |
6 | Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics | |
7 | Oral Medicine and Radiology | |
8 | Oral andMaxillo Facial Surgery | |
9 | Conservative and esthetic dentistry | |
10 | Prosthetics - Crown and Bridge,esthetic dentistry | |
11 | Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry |
S.NO | SUBJECTS OF STUDY | EXAMINATION SUBJECTS |
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1 | Public Health Dentistry | Public Health Dentistry |
2 | Periodontics | Periodontics |
3 | Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics | Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics |
4 | Oral Medicine and Radiology | Oral Medicine and Radiology |
5 | Oral andMaxillo Facial Surgery | Oral andMaxillo Facial Surgery |
6 | Conservative and esthetic dentistry | Conservative and esthetic dentistry |
7 | Prosthetics - Crown and Bridge,esthetic dentistry | Prosthetics - Crown and Bridge,esthetic dentistry |
8 | Pediatric and Preventive dentistry | Pediatric and Preventive dentistry |
MDS KIMS Dental College, Amalapuram strictly follows the MDS curriculum as given by Dental Council Of India. The college offers MDS course in various specialties of Dentistry, which include, Orthodontics, Prosthodontics, Conservative Dentistry, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.
S.NO | Course Title | Duration | Eligibility | No. of Seats Available |
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1 | Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics | 3 years | B.D.S. | 3 |
2 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 3 years | B.D.S. | 3 |
3 | Orthodontics & Dento Facial Orthopeadics | 3 years | B.D.S. | 3 |
4 | Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge | 3 years | B.D.S. | 2 |
The examination for M.D.S. courses shall be held at the end of first year (part I) and at the end of third year (part II).
Eligibility:
The following requirements shall be fulfilled by every candidate to become eligible to appear for the final examination.
The written examination consists of
Paper 1 Examination for 1st Year MDS students is common to all branches and consists of Applied Anatomy, Applied Physiology and Applied Pathology, Bio statistics and Research Methodology is common to all the branches
Paper 2,Paper 3,Paper 4 Examinations will be conducted at the end of 3rd Year.
Practical Clinical Examination: In case of practical examination, it would be aimed at assessing competence and skills of techniques and procedures. It would also aim at testing student’s ability to make relevant and valid observations, interpretation and inference of laboratory or experimental or clinical work relating to his / her subject for undertaking independent work as a specialist.
Viva Voce: Viva-Voce examination will aim at assessing depth of knowledge, logical reasoning, confidence and oral communication skills. Duration of viva voce for each candidate is one hr.
S.NO | M.D.S | Marks |
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1 | Theory (Each paper shall carry 75 marks) 75 X 4 | 300 |
2 | Practical / clinical examination | 200 |
3 | Viva voce examination | 80 |
4 | Dissertation / Pedagogy | 20 |
5 | Total | 600 Marks |
To pass in the university examination, a candidate shall secure in both theory examination and in the practical / clinical including viva voce independently an aggregate of 50% of total marks allotted [150 marks out of 300 marks for theory and 150 marks out of 200 marks for clinical + 100 marks for viva voce together] A candidate who scores 360 marks & more out of the total 600 marks will be declared as passed with first class. A candidate who scores 450 marks and more out of the total 600 marks will be declared as pass in first class with distinction.
A candidate registered for 3 years MDS Post Graduate dental course must qualify in the examinations within five years from the date of his / her admission However, a candidate shall be permitted to undergo a further period of study and training of minimum six months duration in a recognised Post Graduate department in the speciality in an Institution approved by Dental Council of India for every subsequent appearance beyond five years up to a maximum of 2 appearances. The candidate should submit a certificate of study and training from the Head of the Institution to Controller of Examinations of this University along with his / her application for admission to every subsequent examination The candidates will not be, however, permitted to appear for more than 7 attempts in the final examination and shall be discharged from the course if he / she fail to pass in such attempts.
The students must be aware of the Vision and Mission of the College . They should be familiar with their departmental goals. Students should take all efforts to enable their department to achieve these goals. The following Rules and Regulations based on the present University regulations would be followed. These are subject to changes effected by the Institution from time to time. Violation of rules & regulations of the college will be strictly dealt with.