Section 27 in Dental Council of India, Master of Dental Surgery Course Regulations, 2017
27. The following specialties for the post-graduate course to be followed by the university/institute are detailed as under.
-(i)Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge: Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge is a branch of dental art and science pertaining to the restoration and maintenance of oral function, health, comfort and appearance by the replacement of mission or lost natural teeth and associated tissues either by fixed or removable artificial substitutes.(ii)Periodontology: Periodotology is the science dealing with the health and diseases of the investing and supporting structures of the teeth and oral mucous membrane.(iii)Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery: Oral and Maxillofacial surgery deals with the diagnosis and surgical and adjunctive treatment of diseases, injuries and defects of the human jaws and associated oral and facial structures.(iv)Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics: Conservative dentistry deals with prevention and treatment of the diseases and injuries of the hard tissues and the pulp of the tooth and associated periapical lesions, alongwith restoration of those teeth to normal form function and aesthetics .(v)Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics deals with prevention and correction of oral anomalies and malocclusion and the harmonising of the structures involved, so that the dental mechanisms function in a normal way.(vi)Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Microbiology Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Microbiology deals with the nature of oral diseases, their causes, processes and effects. It relates the clinical manifestation of oral diseases to the physiologic and anatomic changes associated with these diseases.(vii)Public Health Dentistry Public Health Dentistry is the science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health through organised community efforts.(viii)Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry deals with prevention and treatment of oral and dental ailments that may occur during childhood.(ix)Oral Medicine and Radiology Oral Medicine is a speciality of dentistry concerned with the basic diagnostic procedures and techniques useful in recognising the diseases of the oral tissues of local and constitutional origin and their medical management.Radiology is a science dealing with x-rays and their uses in diagnosis and treatment of diseases in relation to orofacial diseases.
