Dental education and List of all Dental Colleges in Tamil Nadu


List of Dental Colleges in Tamil Nadu, Districts supporting Dental Colleges, Career Option in Dentistry, Scope of Dentistry with its specializations along with various activities performed by the Dentists with few Best Dental Colleges in Tamil Nadu can be known here. Read more to get to know the details.

Dental Education as a Carrier Choice


Medical Education in India by taking various factors into consideration is being given a huge importance in aspects of human life. A number of Medical colleges both government and private exists in all corners of the world and the medical education are being regularly monitored , reviewed and inspected by Medical Council of India in providing the right standard of education to the students.

Dentist plays a vital role in one's life as they let an Individual to maintain their health and appearance. Due to latest Technological developments and advancement in medical even Dentist are in a position to upgrade them self in order to fit themselves with various opportunities and challenges. With increasing awareness and campaigns related to the importance of oral health among public the importance of Dentist and Dental Education have reached to a certain heights.

These days with increase in latest medical developments and scope of new fields like Periodontics, Oral Pathology, and Orthodontics Dentist are playing a vital role in whole Health care system.

Career options in Dentistry


DentistThe field of Dentistry offers different types of jobs and careers. There are 4 available options to choose in Dentistry such as:
  1. Dentist
  2. Dental Hygienists
  3. Dental Assistance and
  4. Dental Technicians

The main role of a Dentist is to diagnose and treat various problems related to patients Teeth and Mouth. A Dental Hygienist basically works under the supervision of a dentist and their role is to provide their patients with preventive dental care. Dental assistant perform office and laboratory duties with some patient care under the guidance of a dentist. Dental Technicians manufacture dental items based on their dentist specifications. Dental Hygienists, Dental Assistance and Dental Technicians are some mid level career in dentistry.

Specialization in Dental Education


There are different forms of specialization in Dental Education and these people perform their work based on the duties they perform and carry out with their patients. I have highlighted some specialization list below:
Orthodontists – Straightens the Teeth of the patient
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons – Operates on Mouth and Jaws of the patient
Pediatric Dentists – Dentist specialized for Children dental care
Prosthodontists – Replaces missing Teeth's of the patients
Periodontists – Treats Gums and Bone supporting the Teeth of the Patient
Endodontists – Specialized in Root Canal Theraphy
Public Health Dentist – Promotes Dental Health
Oral Pathologists – Studies and Diagnosis Oral Diseases
Oral and Maxillofacial Radiologists – Diagnosis Diseases in Head and Neck

Scope of Dentistry Education in Tamilnadu, India


In order to get into a Dental course an Individual is requested to undergo an Entrance Exam conducted by the respective council and few deemed colleges. Especially in India Dentistry course has become a traditional medical course and it is open to all candidates who are qualified and being eligible to undertake the courses through the results of their Entrance Exam.

The jobs of Dentists are in both in Dental Hospitals and Multi Functionality Hospitals. Dentist or Dental surgeon provides medical and surgical treatments to their patients by carefully examining their Teeth and Mouth. Most dentists are general practitioners with few as specialized dentist. Each dentist handles different procedure and techniques of treatments to their patients based on their diagnosis towards the problems.

The careers towards Dentistry Education are being available in two forms such as Medical Dentist and Aesthetic Dentistry. The main role of Medical Dentistry is alignment of teeth and gums where as Aesthetic Dentistry focuses on external appearance and alignment of the teeth. There are wide scopes for Dentist and we might be able to witness it from the placements records of various colleges and in few cases overseas opportunity too based on their level of experience. We would also be able to note few dentists setting up their own dental hospitals with latest facility in their home town or in different cities.

Activities Performed by the Dentists


Dental SpecialisationExamines and Diagnosis the Problems
Remove Decays from Teeth
Extracts and Removes Teeth
Apply Coatings to the Teeth
Straighten Teeth
Replace missing Teeth with duplicate Teeth
Root canal Treatments
Xrays
Stitching
Prescribe Medicine
Dental Care suggestions

Detail View of Dentistry Institutes in Tamil Nadu


There are a number of Dental colleges in Tamil Nadu and each college's offers different forms of specialization with various factors of consideration. Some of notable institutions offering Dental degree are listed below. I have made efforts in collecting the complete list and facilities of the colleges.

List of District available with Dental Colleges:
  1. Chennai
  2. Coimbatore
  3. Madurai
  4. Nammakal
  5. Salem
  6. Tirunelveli
  7. Kanyakumari

Complete List of Dental Colleges in Tamil Nadu


Here is the complete list of Dental colleges tamilnadu
  1. Adhiparasakthi
  2. Dental College & Hospital,Melmaravathur,CheyyarTaluk, Kanchipuram
  3. Amrita School of Dentistry,Coimbatore
  4. Best Dental Sciences College, Madurai
  5. Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute,chennai
  6. CSI College of Dental Sciences and Research,Madurai
  7. J K K Natarajah Dental College,Komarapalayam,Namakkal Dt
  8. K.S.R. Institute of Dental Science & Research, Thokkavadi Post,Tiruchengodu
  9. Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Dental Sciences, Madhuranthagam Taluk
  10. Madha Dental College and Hospital, Chennai
  11. Meenakshi Ammal Dental College & Hospital,Maduravoyal,Chennai
  12. Priyadarshini Dental College & Hospital,Thiruvallur,Chennai
  13. R.V.S. Dental College, Kannampalayam,Coimbatore
  14. Ragas Dental College,Chennai
  15. Rajah Muthiah Dental College & Hospital, Annamalai Nagar,Chidambaram
  16. Rajas Dental College, Tirunelveli
  17. S R M Dental College & Hospital,Chennai
  18. Sathyabhama University Dental College & Hospital, Chennai
  19. Saveetha Dental College & Hospital,Chennai
  20. Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital,Chennai
  21. Sri Mookambika Institute of Dental Sciences,Pandanilam,Kulasekharam,
  22. Kaniyakumari Dt
  23. Sri Ramachandra Dental College, Porur, Chennai
  24. Sri Ramakrishna Dental College & Hospital, Avarampalayam,Coimbatore
  25. Sri Venkateshwar Dental College and Hospital, Kanchipuram
  26. Tagore Dental College & Hospital, Rathinamangalam, Vandalur,Chennai
  27. Tamil Nadu Dental College,Chennai
  28. Thai Moogambigai Dental College & Hospital,Chennai
  29. Vinayaka Mission's Sankarachariyar Dental College,Ariyanoor,Salem
  30. Vivekananda Dental College for Women,Elampalayam,Tiruchengodu,Namakkal Dt

Best Dental Colleges in Tamil Nadu


Ramachandra Dental College Porur Chennai, Tamilnadu


Ramachandra Dental College is located at Porur in Chennai. Shri NPV Ramaswamy Udayar is the founder of this college and this is deemed university run under the name of Ramachandra University which was established in the year 1985. This college belongs to Ramachandra Education Trust.

This college provides both UG (B.D.S) course and PG (M.D.S ) courses to its students. This college is provided with a good infra structure with a huge build up area with good facilities consisting of Hospital, Hostel, Library, and Lecture Halls with well equipped dental equipments and furniture's.
The UG program is designed for 5 years with intake of 100 students with one year compulsory internship training and PG course is designed for 3 years with various specialization like Prosthodontics, Periodontics, Oral and Maxillifacial Surgery, Conservative dentistry and Endodontics, Orthodontics, Oral medical and Radiology, Oral Pathology, Pedodontics and preventive dentistry with intake of three, four and five students accordingly.

In order to benefit the students various advanced courses like Orthopantomographs, Cephalstats and Maxillofacial and Dental Surgery.

SRM Dental College Chennai, Tamilandu


SRM Dental college is located at kathankulathur in Chennai and it is a private college affliated to SRM university. This college consists of both UG and PG courses. The UG course is for a period of 5 years and PG course is for 3 years offering different specialization of studies. The college is provided with good infra with a huge built up area and well developed facilities like Central Library, Hostel, Clinic with latest equipment and instruments.

Raja Muthiah Dental College Chidambaram, Tamilnadu


Raja Muthiah Dental college is located at Annamalai Nagar in Chidambaram. This is one of the oldest colleges which huge infra with a very large built up area. The UG course was started in the year 1980 and PG courses was started in the year 1987. The college consists of various facilities like Separate blocks for specialized courses, Lecture hall, Hospital and Hostels with latest modern equipments and furniture's. The college also has strong Alumni which provides with an opportunity for placements.


Comments

Guest Author: 19 Nov 2011

This resource clarifies all the doubts of dental student. Students interested in joining dental course will surely get benefit through this article.

Guest Author: 19 Nov 2011

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Guest Author: 19 Nov 2011

Hello Naina Khan,
I think you have provided the detailed information of all the dental colleges in Chennai and the Ramachandra and SRM colleges are the best colleges not only in Chennai but throughout India. I think there would be more number of colleges arising in the future period of time.



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