About DoPHD
The Department of Public Health Dentistry is a speciality in dentistry established in the year 1991 concerned with the oral health of the community rather than the individuals.
The postgraduate started in the year 2003. It aims to provide leadership and expertise in population-based dentistry, policy development, oral health promotion initiatives and emphasising patient-centred care rather than disease-centred care. The department offers courses on public health dentistry to undergraduate students which exposes them to view community as a unit rather than individual patient.
It also facilitates students’ understanding of the healthcare delivery systems and their operations. Understanding the natural history of disease and planning promotional and prevention programmes accordingly is another area that the student learns. Establishing private dental practice and seeing it from an entrepreneur’s point of view is emphasised. The department strives and works to align with the principle of a learning institution. The postgraduate program is well structured with specific competencies to be achieved in each year. The curriculum is well planned to take students through basic of public health to advanced dental public health aspects. The students are encouraged to use software for statistical analysis. To reinforce this, the students are encouraged to conduct research aligning with the thematic areas of the department. They are given the opportunity to work in community settings for we believe in effective learning with experiential learning.
The department also contributes to the training, service, research and outreach realms of the institution. To this effect, the department has a Centre in a rural area and a comprehensive oral health care unit to meet the requirements of service and outreach. The department imparts training predominantly in community settings providing experiential learning and the future workplace for advanced students. The research areas emphasize providing strategies for oral health promotion in community settings.
Highlights
- To adopt the philosophy of the learning department.
- To create a centre for oral health promotion and oral cancer prevention by adopting population-level strategies.
- To collaborate and partner with national and global intellectuals in academia, industry and research.
- To contribute to improving the oral health of the public through an inter-disciplinary approach, innovation and professionalism.
- To provide a safe, healthy and sustainable workplace to support and advance teaching, learning and research.
Our Vision
Our vision is to be recognized as leaders in oral health promotion at the community level.
Our Mission
The department aspires to adopt the philosophy of lifelong learning while creating a Centre for oral health promotion. The department collaborates with national and global intellectuals to contribute in improving the oral health of the people through inter-disciplinary approach, innovation and professionalism.
Message From The HoD
Welcome to the Department of Public Health Dentistry. Being mindful of the international policies ratified by the Government and recognising the responsibility as an individual and specialist in public health dentistry towards the ratification the department has made certain meaningful attempts to its existence.
Dr. K. PushpanjaliHead-Department of Public Health Dentistry
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