Kannur Dental College, Anjarakandy: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Kannur Dental College, Anjarakandy, started in 2005 is this renowned dental college situated at Kannur, Kerala. This affiliated college that has been recognised by the Dental Council of India (DCI) has all types of dental programmes on a 220 acre campus. The college has a approved strength of 149 members of faculty and offers education in several dental specialties. There are 9 courses offered at Kannur Dental College under 2 degrees, Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) as well as Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) with various branches for students eager to start on a dental career on a bachelor’s as well as master’s degree.

A combination of learning resources in form of facilities boast assets possessed by Kannur Dental College for the student’s benefit in their academic and development. A separate hostel facility for boys and girls are available to provide best accommodation facility to the students who stay on the campus. There is a health centre station, which provides first aid, in case of emergencies throughout the company’s premise. In the area of sports and games, the college has a facility to gym for physical fitness. The library also provides a tool kit of dental literature as it aims at providing knowledge for people. Infrastructural facilities are indoor court, basketball court and a play area for footballs and cricket encouraging a sporty lifestyle. Essentials of modern leaning are improved by the college IT facilities, three canteen and a food court are available to meet the multi-cuisine requirement of the students. A 500 seating capacity auditorium and a central campus auditorium with a seating capacity of 1000 are used for academics and cultural activities. For this purpose, the college has made available transport amenities for the students and the members of the faculty who travel from Kannur and Tellicherry town.

Kannur Dental College provides all options of dental education courses. The college offers one undergraduate programme, the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) and eight postgraduate programmes, the Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) in eight different majors. All courses are on campus full time programmes that aims at providing comprehensive knowledge or skill in different fields of dentistry. The BDS programmehas an intake capacity of 100 seats. The Master of Dental Surgery or MDS programmes take three years to complete and are offered in specialty fields including Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge, Periodontology, Paedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Oral Pathology and Microbiology and Oral Medicine. These postgraduate programmes include relatively smaller number of admission limits from 2 to 3 seats per specialisation to provide an individual focus.

Admission process of Kannur Dental College is merit based and has an approval of the relevant authorities for implementation. The BDS programme's admissions criterion principally involves using the results of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). Consequently for MDS programmes, NEET MDS or the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for MDS is the principal examination for entrance. These national level examinations extend fairness and standard measurements of selecting the potential dental students nationwide. The college follows the admission schedule of these national examinations.The academic year normally starts in sync with the declaration of NEET and NEET MDS result.