Regional Dental College, Guwahati is an Indian government dental college under NEC. It was established in 1982 by

NEC is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The company was known as the Nippon Electric Company, Limited, before rebranding in 1983 as NEC. It provides IT and network soluti ...

. It is the first dental college of North-East India. It is situated at Bhangagarh,

Guwahati Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the ...

. The college offers 5 year full-time degree course of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS). After acquiring bachelor's degree in dentistry, candidates can also opt for master's degree in dentistry (MDS) in the same as the institute also stresses on the master level program of Dental sciences. Initially the college was affiliated under

Gauhati University Gauhati University, also known as GU, is a collegiate public state university located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was established on 26 January 1948 under the provisions of an Act enacted by the Assam Legislative Assembly. It is the oldest ...

. After establishment of first Health University of Assam, the college is under

Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences, Guwahati, Assam, India is established in 2009 as per The Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences Act, 2007. The Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences is the only Health ...

since 2011. Regional Dental College is recognized by

Dental Council of India The Dental Council of India was incorporated under The Dentists Act, 1948 to regulate dental education and the profession throughout India. It is financed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and through the local state dental councils. ...

Academics

The college offers 5year full-time undergraduate degree course of Bachelor of Dental Surgery. The admission into the BDS course was based on Assam-CEE and

AIPMT The All India Pre-Medical test/ Pre-Dental Entrance Test was an annual medical entrance examination in India. The exam was conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) but is now replaced by NEET-UG by National Testing Agency. The e ...

till 2016. From 2017 it will be based on

NEET NEET, an acronym for "Not in Education, Employment, or Training", refers to a person who is unemployed and not receiving an education or vocational training. The classification originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1990s, and its use has ...

. The college also offers Post graduate degree courses in Dental Science. All of the courses are under

Courses

* Bachelor of Dental Surgery - 50 seats (increased in 2019 from 40 to 50) seat pear year * Master of Dental Surgery - 10 seats #Periodontia - 2 seats # Operative Conservative Dentistry - 2 seats # Prosthodontics - 2 seats # Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery - 2 seats # Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics - 2 seats

References

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