Bachelor of Dental surgery (BDS) : Basic introduction about the course

           

BDS: Basic ideas for freshers and aspirants

 

(TU affiliation)

Colleges under TU affiliation :

1. MMC,Maharajgunj
2. PDCH,Nayabazzar
3. UCMS, Bhairahawa
4. KIST, Imadol
5. MB Kedia,Birgunj
6. CMC, bharatpur
7. GMC, Pokhara

Curriculum outline for BDS Programme:(Duration of  course=5.5yrs)

Year 1st and 2nd:Integrated Basic Medical Sciences(IBMS)

• First year:

IBMS(General concepts, Neurosensory and musculoskeletal system)

1. Anatomy  
2. Physiology, 
3. Biochemistry ,
4.  Microbiology,
5.  Pathology and 
6. Pharmacology ­
7. Dental Material Science , Laboratory techniques/Preclinical  practices(Conservation, Prosthetics and orthodontics)

• Second year:

1. IBMS: ­ Respiratory system , Cardiovascular system ­, Gastrointestinal system ­,Renal ­electrolyte system ­,Reproductive system ­, Metabolic/endocrine system
2. Oral anatomy (Theory and practical)
3. Laboratory Technique/Preclinicals (Conservation, Prosthetics and orthodontics)

• Third year:

1. Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology/Oral Medicine (including Imaging) 
2. General Medicine 
3. General Surgery
4.  Anesthesiology
5.  Forensic Dentistry
6.  Community Dentistry ­III (Preventive Dentistry and Field visit) 
7.  Periodontology 
8.  Paediatric dentistry

• Fourth year:

1. Oral Surgery 
2. Orthodontics 
3. Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge 
4. Conservative dentistry (including Endodontics)

• Fifth year

     Internship of one year duration

Barriers: Second and final year

Books recommendation: (for year 1)

1. IBMS books:

• Anatomy: BD Chaurasia’s Textbook of Anatomy, all volumes

1. Histology: diFiore’s Atlas of Human Histology with Functional Correlation, Victor P Eroschenko
2. Embryology: Langman’s’s textbook of Medical Embryology, TW Sadler
3. Atlas: Netter's atlas
4. Practical (dissection): Cunningham's manual of practical anatomy
5. Neuroanatomy: Clinical Neuroanatomy, Richard Snell

• Biochemistry: Essentials of biochemistry by U. satyanarayana 
• Physiology: Guyton and Hall. Text of Medical Physiology, Mario Vaz, Anura Kurpad, Tony Raj
• Pathology: Text book of pathology by Robbins
• Pharmacology: Essentials of Medical Pharmacology. Tripathi KD (Ed)
• Microbiology: Textbook of Microbiology – R. Ananthanarayan

2.For Dental material science:

• Text Book of Dental Materials by Skinner Philips ­
•  Basic Dental Materials by John J. Manappallil

Common Instrument list for Dental practical classes I and II years (Students ought to buy them in first year itself; These instruments are used upto final year BDS )

1. For preclinical prosthodontics:

• Kidney tray-1 (medium)
• enamel tray
• Blow torch , chip blower
• BP blade with handle
• Rubber bowl-2 (medium and large)
• stock tray(non perforated) 2&3, upper and lower
• macintosh sheet-2
• glass plate 
• glass slab
• spirit lamp
• Plaster spatula- straight and curved
• plaster knife
• lacrons carver
• wax knife, wax spatula, wax carver
• Hot plate spatula
• clamp and flasks (for second year)
• burs (acrylic, stone, sand paper mandril)
• 3 pin articulator
• porcelain jar with lid

2.For Dental materials (additional materials required) 

• Dental plaster
• dental stone
• alginate
• modelling waxes
• ceramic tile-1

3.For  Operative dentistry:

• Hand instrument set (GDC)-1 set
• Straight chisel
• Discoid cleiod carver
• williams periodontal probe
• amalgam capsules and carrier
• dappen dish
• Condensors (round and parallelogram)
• glass slab
• Base cements (Zinc phosphate)
• Diamond burs
• typhodont jaw set
• typhodont teeth set 
• slow speed contra angle hand piece-1
• Plastic instrument tray
• tofflemire matrix band and retainer
• cement spatula
• wedge
• 6" metal scale 

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