COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES

Address: University BDT College of Engineering, Davangere, Karnataka 577004

Affiliated University: Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences

Year of Establishment: 1991

About College:

College of Dental Sciences, Davangere (CODS Davangere) was established in 1991. the College of Dental Sciences is one among the 2 premier dental college below the umbrella of Bapuji instructional Association. The College is Affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health and Sciences, Bangalore (RGUHS), Karnataka and is recognized by Dental Council of India (DCI). The College is operated and managed by Bapuji instructional Association that was shaped in 1958. College of Dental Science Karnataka provides education within the field of dentist, at multiple levels. The College has the excellence of beginning the primary evidence- based mostly medicine center in India.

It was also called Deva-Nagari as it was one of the biggest townships of the empire. Time eroded its popularity till the advent of the Second World War when Davangere became the shelter for many enterprising businessmen. College of Dental Sciences offers opportunities you would not find anywhere else. This is an institution involved in a rich amalgamation of scientific enquiry and comprehensive dental care service. 

At this institution, we believe in educating the students to develop a good relationship between 

patient and doctor, efficiently manage a dental office, design a good treatment plan and utilize the state-of-the-art materials and techniques. Our goal is to supplement the existing pool of dental and medical knowledge with an intention to promote public health. We strive to educate dentists with a broader vision who will play a leading role in oral health care in the next millennium. 

The college has a faculty with expertise, many of whom are recognized authorities in their respective fields. The staff is especially committed to clinical training, working extensively and intensively with students on one-to-one basis for total patient care. The teaching and hospital facilities at College of Dental Sciences are accommodated in two interconnected buildings, which are situated in proximity to the reputed J.J.M. Medical College, The Bapuji Hospital and Chigateri General Hospital. This proximity and the reputation of our institute ensure a large flow of patients with wide ranging pathological conditions, further an inter specialty management of the patients becomes practical. Each department is spaciously designed to accommodate separate undergraduate and postgraduate clinics, laboratories, seminar rooms and patient waiting lounges. Four lecture hall (seating capacity of 100 each) and a Seminar Hall (seating capacity of 250) serve the regular teaching and continuing education programmes.

Courses Offered:

UG Courses:

• BDS

PG Courses:

MDS:

• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Paedodontics and Preventive Dentistry
• Periodontics
• Conservative Dentistry
• Orthodontics
• Pedodontics
• Oral Medicine and Radiology
• Oral Pathology and Microbiology