JSS Dental College & Hospital (JSSDCH) is a dental institutions in Southern
Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
and was established in 1986–87 at
Mysuru
Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of ...
.It offers the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (B.D.S) and Master of Dental Surgery (M.D.S) degrees. The college's graduate and post-graduate programs are recognized by the
Dental Council of India and Government of India. In 2008 it affiliated with
Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara University (
JSS University). It had been affiliated to the
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), centered in Bengaluru, India, is a public, affiliating university set up in 1996 by the government of Karnataka, India, for the regulation and promotion of higher education in health sciences ...
, Karnataka from 1996 and it was affiliated to the
University of Mysore from 1986. The college is located in a JSS Medical Institutions Campus spread across over 38 acres. 5 acres is exclusively demarcated for the Dental College.
Undergraduate Courses
The college offers a four-year
B.D.S course with a one-year compulsory rotating
internship. The seats are filled through NEET UG conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA)
Specialties offered in M.D.S
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Oral Pathology and Microbiology
*Community
dentistry
Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth. It consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions o ...
*Conservative
dentistry
Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth. It consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions o ...
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Endodontics
Endodontics (from the Greek roots ''endo-'' "inside" and ''odont-'' "tooth") is the dental specialty concerned with the study and treatment of the dental pulp.
Overview
Endodontics encompasses the study (practice) of the basic and clinical ...
*Oral medicine &
Radiology
Radiology ( ) is the medical discipline that uses medical imaging to diagnose diseases and guide their treatment, within the bodies of humans and other animals. It began with radiography (which is why its name has a root referring to radiat ...
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Oral and maxillofacial surgery
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Orthodontics
Orthodontics is a dentistry specialty that addresses the diagnosis, prevention, management, and correction of mal-positioned teeth and jaws, and misaligned bite patterns. It may also address the modification of facial growth, known as dentofacial ...
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Pedodontics
Pediatric dentistry (formerly pedodontics in American English or paedodontics in Commonwealth English) is the branch of dentistry dealing with children
from birth through adolescence. The specialty of pediatric dentistry is recognized by the Ame ...
& Preventive Dentistry
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Periodontics
Periodontology or periodontics (from Ancient Greek , – 'around'; and , – 'tooth', genitive , ) is the specialty of dentistry that studies supporting structures of teeth, as well as diseases and conditions that affect them. The supporting ...
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Prosthodontics
Prosthodontics, also known as dental prosthetics or prosthetic dentistry, is the area of dentistry that focuses on dental prostheses. It is one of 12 dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association (ADA), Royal College of Surge ...
Library & Information Centre
The Library is spread over an area of . The library is equipped with books, periodicals and academic papers and online access.
Smile Trainee Program
Since March 2002, 40 children with cleft lip and palate were operated at JSS Hospital offers complete rehabilitation facilities for these children. The JSS Dental College & Hospital treats the accompanying dental problems and works in conjunction with
JSS Medical College
Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Medical College, also known as JSS Medical College (JSSMC) is a medical college based in Mysore, Karnataka, India. The undergraduate and postgraduate programs of the college are recognized by the Medical Counci ...
and JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing for multidisciplinary management.
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Dental colleges in Karnataka
Universities and colleges in Mysore
1986 establishments in Karnataka
Educational institutions established in 1986