A.b.shetty Memorial Institute Dental Sciences Dakshina Kannada

The A B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences was founded in the year 1985 by the Nitte Education Trust with the objective of making available up-to-date training facilities to produce dental professionals and to help meet the country’s growing healthcare requirements. The A B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences offers Graduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral training facilities. The Institution is a constituent unit of Nitte University and is recognised by the Dental Council of India.

It constantly strives to upgrade its capabilities by participating in exchange programs with national and international institutions.

The AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences was set up to convert aspiring students into dental professionals for helping the nation in healthcare requirements. With the changing trends in the eating habits in adults as well as in children, it has become very important to visit the dentists on a regular basis. To fulfill this growing need of talented dentists in the whole country, the institute is striving very hard. The institute has experienced faculty members who provide optimum education to their students theoretically as well as practically. The whole work of a dentist is practical only so it is really important for a student to be in compliance with all the tools, equipments and techniques required for a better treatment. All these are provided by the college to the students. All the departments of the college have latest equipments and tools for research and diagnostics purposes irrespective of their prices. The institute always upgrades all the gadgets for the use of the students as and when new changes are made in their technologies.

Facts and Figures of AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore

Why to join AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore?

• Well equipped campus and labs: All the departments of all streams of dentistry are well stocked and well equipped with the latest dentistry tools and gadgets which are required to make the students familiar with them and their usage.
• Scholarships: Institute provides scholarship or fee concessions based on marks obtained in 12th class at the time of admission.

Departments at A B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Science

• Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Craniofacial Surgery

• Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

• Department of Orthodontics

• Department of Prosthodontics

• Department of Rural Satellite Health Centres

• Centre for Advanced Dentofacial & Stomatognathic Sciences

• Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics

• Department of Oral Biology

• Department of Oral Medicine & Maxillofacial Radiology

• Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology

Eligibility criteria for M.D.S course

The minimum qualification for admission to the postgraduate program is a BDS degree or an equivalent degree recognized by the University and DCI.

Postgraduate program is offered in 8 specialties:

• Prosthetics with Crown andBridge, Implantology -09
• Oral Medicine and Radiology – 02
• Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics – 08
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery – 08
• Periodontics – 05
• Orthodontics and Dentofacial orthopaedics – 09
• Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry – 06
• Oral Pathology and Microbiology – 02

TOTAL SEATS 49

Application forms are available at the University office at Mangalore. The same can also be downloaded from the website www.nitte.edu.in. The duly filled-in application form should be forwarded along with the copies of requisite documents accompanied by a DD for Rs.3000/- favoring Nitte University payable at Mangalore.

For General Merit

• 10th Std./SSLC certificate
• BDS Marks cards for all the years
• Attempt certificate issued by the college authorities
• Degree/Provisional Degree certificate issued by the University
• Internship Completion Certificate
• Council”s Registration Certificate

For NRIs and Foreign nationals

• 10th Std./SSLC certificate
• BDS Marks cards for all the years
• Degree/Provisional Degree certificate issued by the University
• Internship Completion Certificate
• Council”s Registration Certificate
• Proof of NRI status – Passport copy and Student visa
• Proof of employment & attested copy of the passport of the parent
• Sponsorship letter

Intake & Duration

Intake: 49

Duration: 3 yrs

List of documents to be produced at the time of admission

• 10th Std./SSLC pass certificate(for date of birth) – Original + 3 copies
• BDS Marks cards for all the years – Original + 3 copies
• BDS degree/Provisional Degree certificate issued by the University – Original + 3 copies
• Internship Completion Certificate – Original + 3 copies
• Council”s Registration Certificate
• Eligibility Certificate issued by Nitte University
• Migration certificate from the outgoing university
• Physical fitness certificate from a Registered Medical Practitioner and Blood group certificate
• Photographs: Passport size: 05 ; Stamp size: 05

Additional documents to be produced for NRIs only

• Valid passport and student visa for the period of study. (Original must be shown for verification. 5 duly-attested photocopies must be produced.)
• Proof of employment of the parent – Original
• Attested photocopy of the passport (if the student has studied in India)

Additional documents to be produced for Foreign nationals only

• Valid passport and student visa for the period of study. (Original must be shown for verification. 5 duly-attested photocopies must be produced.)
• Letter of Sponsorship if applicable – Original + 5 copies
• Residential permit from the local SP and FRO
• No objection certificate issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India
• These will be processed once the student reports at the University/Institution.

Admission to the MDS course is based on merit in the All India Entrance Test, NU PGET which is conducted in February each year.