Health Ministry Grants Recognition, IGGDC Jammu gets 14 new MDS Seats in 7 specialities
Srinagar: Bringing good news to the postgraduate dental aspirants in Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has granted recognition to Indira Gandhi Govt. Dental College and Hospital Jammu for 14 Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) seats in seven specialities.
The Health Ministry recognition comes in respect of 2 seats each in the specialities including Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Periodontology, Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Pediatric & Preventive Dentistry as well as Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Microbiology, adds Daily Excelsior.
IGGDC is among the two Government Dental Colleges in the Union Territory of Jammy and Kashmir. The college has around 250 undergraduate students. While the college was set up in 2004, the MDS courses were introduced in the year 2020, in response to the demands from the undergraduate students.
Currently, the college has nine PG dental specialities and out of those, seven specialities have been allowed for MDS. However, efforts are underway to obtain the nod to commence MDS courses in the rest of the two specialties.
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