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Pediatric & Preventive Dentistry

Pediatric & Preventive Dentistry

Children are our most valuable natural resource. Pediatric Dentistry is an age defined specialty, privileged to be entrusted with providing primary and comprehensive, preventive and therapeutic oral health care to them. This includes screening infants in the first year of life, providing anticipatory guidance to parents, dealing with the unique challenges of adolescents, and addressing and managing the oral health care concerns of children with special health care needs. The Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, are a specialized and highly motivated dental team, trained in behaviour management techniques, introducing and performing dental treatment for children while building rapport and trust with them.

The dedicated faculty, in the Department favour and apply a student centric approach, employing innovative teaching methods to undergraduate and postgraduate Teaching as facilitators and guides. The excellent patient inflow ensures that the postgraduates receive extensive hands-on clinical training with exposure to a wide variety of special cases. The Department boosts the state-of-the-art infrastructure and well stocked department library catering to the needs of the UG and PG Students.  The department encourages the development of critical thinking and independent problem solving skills making it one of the best options of choice for pursuing specialization in the subject.

Vision Statement

To be a center of excellence in Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry dedicated to providing compassionate, comprehensive, and evidence-based oral healthcare for all children — including infants, adolescents, and children with special healthcare needs — through free and equitable access to quality dental treatment, preventive care, parental involvement, academic excellence, and community outreach, thereby fostering lifelong positive oral health attitudes and practices.

Mission Statement

  • To provide comprehensive pediatric dental care free of cost to all children under the institutional policy, ensuring accessible and equitable oral healthcare services.
  • To promote preventive and therapeutic oral healthcare for infants, children, adolescents, and children with special healthcare needs through ethical, child-friendly, and evidence-based clinical practices.
  • To encourage active parental participation and oral health education in order to establish positive lifelong oral hygiene practices and attitudes among children.
  • To undertake extensive community outreach and preventive dental programs for underserved and socially underprivileged populations, improving awareness and access to oral healthcare.
  • To foster academic excellence, research, innovation, and interdisciplinary learning in Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry for the advancement of child oral healthcare.
  • To develop socially responsible dental professionals committed to service, compassion, prevention, and holistic child healthcare.