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Patna Dental College is an institution for Dentistry, Dental science and is a part of the Aryabhatt knowledge University,

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History

Patna Dental College was established by the

Government of Bihar The Government of Bihar, known locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Bihar and its 9 divisions which consist of 38 districts . It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Bihar, a ju ...

by Dr R.P. Lall on 9 September 1960 in the premises of Patna Medical College and Hospital.

Location

Presently, the college is situated in the heart of the city on the bank of the river

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adjacent to PMCH on main

Ashok Rajpath Ashok Rajpath is a road in Patna, the capital of Bihar. It is named after Ashoka, an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from ca. 269 BCE to 232 BCE. It connects Patna with Patna city or Patna Sa ...

Department

* Oral, Medicine & Dental Radiology *

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 Surgeo ...

Conservative Dentistry Conservative Dentistry, also known as operative dentistry or crown and bridge dentistry, is the area of dentistry that focuses on dental crowns and bridges. Treatment modalities * Bridge * Crown * Veneer * Fixed prosthodontics * Inlays and ...

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 ...

* Orthodontics *

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 ...

Pediatric Dentistry 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 Ameri ...

Oral Pathology Oral and maxillofacial pathology refers to the diseases of the mouth ("oral cavity" or "stoma"), jaws ("maxillae" or "gnath") and related structures such as salivary glands, temporomandibular joints, facial muscles and perioral skin (the skin arou ...

* Oral Surgery * Community Dentistry

Courses

* Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) * Master of Dental Surgery (MDS)

Alumni

* Mansur Ahmad. President of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (2013). President of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (2020). Faculty member at the University of Minnesota.

References

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