| The word Periodontics comes from the Greek words peri meaning around and odons meaning tooth. Literally taken, it means study of that which is "around the tooth".The department of Periodontics at Bapuji Dental College and Hospital is committed to achieving academic excellence, providing optimal oral health care and high quality, state-of-the-art periodontal treatment along with placing of dental implants . | This department aspires to be recognized as one of the best of its class in the country today, thanks to outstanding educational programs, excellence in patient care and cutting-edge research. The program includes a diverse schooling in clinical instruction. It also affords the tyro the opportunity to develop the capacity for judgment and adaptability from knowledge of basic and clinical science and from evaluation of the literature. This unit is orchestrated to its present status by its eminent head, Dr. D.S. Mehta. | | This illustrious department started its post graduate wing in the year 1987 and it has grown in leaps and bounds to increase the in take of post-graduate student from two to six per year. There are 18 postgraduate students, 6 in each batch. The M.D.S. program lasts for a period of 3 years and prepares the novice for certification in the specialty of Periodontics during that time frame, they undergo extensive training in different treatment modalities including flap surgeries, bone grafts etc. | | This illustrious department started its post graduate wing in the year 1987 and it has grown in leaps and bounds to increase the in take of post-graduate student from two to six per year. There are 18 postgraduate students, 6 in each batch. The M.D.S. program lasts for a period of 3 years and prepares the novice for certification in the specialty of Periodontics during that time frame, they undergo extensive training in different treatment modalities including flap surgeries, bone grafts etc.
| | A lot of work in the field of research as well as treatment of various periodontal pathologies has been carried out from the time of its inception more than twenty years ago. | | | | | | | | | | | |
