The Dental Council of India an Indian organization which regulates the Dental Education and the profession of Dentistry throughout India in an organized and a functional way.
Dental Council of India is a Statutory Body incorporated under an Act of Parliament viz. The Dentists Act, 1948 to regulate the Dental Education and the profession of Dentistry throughout India and it is financed by the Govt. of India in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (Department of Health).
Functions and Responsibilities of DCI:
DCI is a Statoury body which is mainly concerned with the maintainance of Standard of Dental Education in India and to Register only Qualified Dentists and to Eliminate Quacks.
- To fulfill the above objectives DCI has formed some rules:
- Basic Principles for the maintainance of the minimum education standard for the BDS degree.
- Minimum Physical requirement for a Dental college.
- Minimum staff pattern for the Undergraduate Dental Studies in Dental Colleges.
- Basic qualifications for the teaching staff and experience required to teach BDS and MDS students.
- General Establishment of Dental facilities and its duration of course, and criteria for selection of students.
- Migration and transfer rules for students.
- Regulation of scheme of exam for BDS and MDS.
- Dental curriculum: Time and Subject, Specifications to clinical programme and field programme, syllabus. . etc
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after the course completion if college is not recognised than how will be get degree clarify please
I have passed 1st year BDS in Self finance college at uvarsad, Gujarat now as per my financial condition i am not able to study further now institution is not surrenduring my LC and Marksheets of 10th and 12th. what to do, plz. guide me as per rules
what all the facilites should college managment should provide for MDS teaching staff according to DCI regulations ? if any pls reply
sir my daughter completed Bds course in Tamilnadu
she has been married she wants do internship in andhrapradesh wt is the proceedure to follow
Baba farid university of health science,punjab has not cleared that 2008-2009 bds batch will have 1 year intership or not.
It is applicable to all the universities coming under DCI so you will be having the same but the format of examination should be decided by your respective University.