AIM OF THE BDS PROGRAMME
To develop health professionals who improve and maintain the oral health status of individuals and populations.
OBJECTIVES
1. To graduate proficient general dentists adequately trained and capable of providing comprehensive dental care.
2. To prepare graduates to develop skills and abilities to deliver quality comprehensive care in all the clinical disciplines of general dentistry and make clinical judgments using evidence - based diagnoses and treatment planning.
3. To prepare graduates to effectively communicate knowledge of comprehensive dental care and related diseases to others.
4. To develop graduates' ability to integrate the basic and clinical sciences in the practice of general dentistry.
5. To develop graduates' ability to contribute to the profession through research and scholarly activity.
6. To graduate proficient general dentists who understand the importance of life -long learning, professional development and their responsibility to the community-at-large.
7. To prepare graduates to function effectively and efficiently in multiple health care environments within interdisciplinary health care teams in a hospital setting.