Department of Prosthodontics

Prosthodontics is one of the specialties in dentistry which endeavors to restore the function of dental and oral tissues using aesthetic principles. The department emphasizes to rehabilitate completely and partially edentulous patients with complete dentures, removable and fixed partial dentures, maxillofacial prosthesis and intra and extra oral implants.

The department is keen in imparting comprehensive skills to the undergraduate and postgraduate students. The clinical training begins in third year BDS and the students are trained and tested to carry our treatment ranging from simple cases to complex ones. The Post graduates carry out routine treatment as well as complex cases involving complete dentures, cast partial dentures, fixed prosthesis, implants and maxillofacial cases.

The department has separate undergraduate and post graduate clinics with modern equipment. The clinic is supplemented by dental laboratory for casting and fabricating a variety of prostheses.

CDE Programs Organized

‘Implant Prosthodontics Workshop- Basic to Advanced’ on 13th and 14th December 2017

Professor and HOD

Dr. Shweta Gupta, MDS

BDS: Manipal college of dental sciences  Manipal, Karnataka. 2007

MDS: The Oxford dental college , Rajiv Gandhi University of Health sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka. 2011

Achievements

  • Life member of Indian Prosthodontic society
  • Life member of Indian dental association
  • Fellowship of Academy of general education, Manipal
  • Organizing member of several conferences and cde programmes at state and national level.

Articles published

An in vitro study on effect of thickness of various impression materials upon their dimensional stability. JODC, 2010.
Treatment planning for restoration of endodontically treated tooth. Guident, 2012.
Factors determining post selection. JIDA, 2012.
An in vitro evaluation of apical sealing ability of different gutta percha obturating techniques. National research denticon. 2015.
Comparative evaluation of scaling and root planning with and without subantimicrobial dose of doxycycline in treatment of patients with chronic periodontitis. IJMPR, 2019
Comparison between different combinations of alendronate, platelet rich fibrin, hydroxyapatite in bone regeneration in endodontic surgeries using cone beam computed tomography. JCDP, PUBMED, 2022.