In this engaging meeting program, expert faculty review basic principles and its applications in all the major branches of dentistry which gives them an all-embracing key data informing the optimal use of contemporary clinical aspect of dentistry. This program allows the students to get acquainted with dentistry in the form of various treatment modalities and its clinical application pertinent to different patient symptomatic conditions. The students are also apprised of diverse variegated dental equipments and its handling in the very first year of the B.D.S. program including sterilization, asepsis and patient management.

Dental students are expected to recognize and effectively treat dental diseases that stipulate the knowledge and skills acquired during their professional education. Safe and effective treatment of these diseases requires an understanding of and, at times, modifying the patient’s behavior to care. This program focuses on knowledge of the scientific basis of behavior guidance and skills in communication, empathy, tolerance, cultural sensitivity, and flexibility which are a pivotal requisite to proper implementation of treatment plan. Behavior guidance is the process by which dental surgeon help patients identify appropriate and inappropriate behavior, learn problem solving strategies, and develop impulse control, empathy, and self-esteem.
Behavioural Sciences and Personality Development Program is a continuum of interaction involving the dental student, the dental team and the patient. Its goals are to establish effective communication, alleviate fear and anxiety of public speaking, build self confidence, empower with leadership qualities and promote a positive attitude toward oral health care. .

The programs offer a curriculum of didactic components and dental equipments with their clinical expertise in the all the major disciplines of dentistry. Programs vary with various instrumentation techniques and procedures. The students are also exposed to various suturing techniques and characteristic usage of dental equipments on dummy models. This allows the student to keep motivated and enthusiastic in there theoretical learning and understanding. In addition, certain programs offer the opportunity for students to participate in different innovative research projects.

Forensic odontology program involves the identification of deceased individuals based upon the unique features of their dental structure. Forensic odontology relies on scientific methods as they relate to the teeth and jaw which are some of the strongest elements of the human body. Forensic odontologists are specially trained dentists who use their expertise to help identify human remains that cannot be identified using face recognition, fingerprints or other means, identify bodies in mass fatalities, such as plane crashes and natural disasters, determine the source of bite mark injuries, in cases of assault or suspected abuse, estimate the age of skeletal remains or testify in cases of dental malpractice. This program motivates and opens up new avenues in career and job perpectives who wish to pursue being a Forensic Odontologist.

Digital Dental imaging has become the gold standard of diagnostics in dentistry. This program will provide students with the skills and knowledge needed to fully utilize the potential of conventional radiography along with the technique sensitive three-dimensional imaging and diagnostics including Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT). This program will provide a foundation for understanding digital imaging technology, necessary equipment, digital imaging receptors, technique, acquisition, enhancement, transfer and storage. Comparisons with film-based imaging as well as the diagnostic utility of digital images will be discussed for superior understanding of the intricacies of 3D diagnostics in modern digital dentistry.

This is a certification module that mandates specific training of emergency drugs and equipment necessary for management of medical emergencies in the dental office and outside the hospital too, and meeting the certified standards for clinical practice. The module will train the students in Basic Life Support (BLS) which is certified by American Heart Association(AHA), hands-on training on mannequins, airway management, use of emergency drugs, intramuscular & intravenous administration of drugs and to manage other emergency situations. This interactive module addresses the practical aspects of managing medical emergencies in the dental practice, and will synergize their confidence in dental practice.

Dental Implants have become a major component of modern dental practice, as an ever-increasing number of clinicians seek to provide their patients with a fixed or stable implant prosthesis that will solve both functional and esthetic needs. Our students are trained even at an undergraduate level in Dental Implantology to have a comprehensive understanding of the biomechanics of implants and biology of implant-based oral rehabilitation, enable case-selection, clinical & radiographic assessment of patients for dental implant rehabilitation and to achieve a satisfactory degree of skill and confidence in standard implant placement. The Institute’s goal is to bring the students at the forefront of implant dentistry through research, education and its unique clinical applications.

The practice of endodontics requires precision and great attention to detail. These depend on the training, skills and experience of the students. Most endodontic procedures are carried out in dark and confined places, and fractions of millimeters may decide the outcome of treatment. Over the past decades, endodontics has gained not only basic and clinical scientific knowledge, but also has taken technological quantum leaps. Due to the intricate nature of endodontic treatment, students are exposed to highly magnified treatment strategies using magnifying equipments in our college to improve their vision of the operational field.

Esthetics has become as important as function, structure and biology in dental practice as current advertising and the media in general emphasize the effect of a pleasant appearance because of its importance in many everyday situations. This fact leads to changes in patients' esthetic needs and consequence of dental treatment priority. For a dentist the aesthetics of the oral cavity of the patient is the main factor to be concentrated on alongwith treating the disease of the patient. The new generation of people have become more beauty conscious, so the demand of Aesthetic Dentistry has gone up comparatively in the last few years, as the aesthetic dentistry deals more with aesthetics of the patient.

Molecular biology is an area of biology concerned with the process of gene transcription to yield RNA, the translation of RNA into proteins and the role these proteins play in cellular function. Molecular biology techniques are common methods used in molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics and biophysics which generally involve manipulation and analysis of DNA, RNA, Protein, and Lipid. An Advanced Research Centre has been established in our college where various molecular biology techniques are carried out on a regular basis and provide exposure to students to such researches that open avenues for students as molecular biologists in oral health.

Evidence-based Dentistry (EBD) is an approach to oral healthcare that requires the judicious integration of systematic assessments of clinically relevant scientific evidence, relating to the patient’s oral and medical condition and history, with the dentist’s clinical expertise and the patient’s treatment needs and preferences. The Center for EBD assists students and improves the oral health of the public by appraising and disseminating the best available scientific evidence on oral health care; and helping practitioners understand and apply the best available evidence in their clinical decision-making.

Today Dentists have to be entrepreneurs for survival in this market of cut throat competition and a formal training for this is provided in our college for moving ahead in the cluttered market scenario. This could be an opportunity for students to look to and recognize other market opportunities, diversify the business and flourish. Entrepreneurship education to make our dental graduates –‘future ready’, to confidently be the startup leaders who are well equipped professionals as well as business literates is the motto of I.T.S Dental College.

Dental ethics is an area of confluence of various moral and philosophical concepts with legality and with their help we can solve the conflicts of values in order to draw up principles that are accepted by most dentists. Dental students worldwide are part of a profession with very high ethical standards, because they need to deal with situations that require a behavior and judgment based on ethics, an intrinsic component of dental practice. Dental students are given training so that they are familiar with the legal aspects of the profession they practice, particularly because it may sometimes happen that the law and ethics conflict.

Grand Rounds are a time-honored approach in dental education and even in continuing dental education. They are known for bringing professionals from similar fields together and for providing opportunities to discuss differing perceptions and values. While Grand Rounds were originally mostly case-based, they can also consist of a series of lectures on one topic. Grand Rounds are exclusively used in I.T.S Dental College for educating students comprehensively about clinical issues. Clinico-Pathologic Grand Rounds are conducted every month in our college, where faculty members and postgraduate students come forward to discuss various rare and interesting or difficult cases diagnosed and treated in various departments.

Oral Pre-cancer and Cancer Screening has been defined as the process by which a dental student evaluates an asymptomatic patient to determine if he or she is likely or unlikely to have a potentially-malignant or malignant lesion. Researchers in oral cancer agree that the early diagnosis of oral carcinoma greatly increases the probability of cure with minimum impairment and deformity. Oral Pre-cancer and Cancer Screening and Prevention training is provided to our students profoundly by the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology for the immeasurable benefit of the society.

Success in dentistry depends on the ability to properly manage both the clinical and practice management aspects of your practice. This synthesis is crucial to student’s success, yet it’s amazing that many dentists completely lose sight of it. Most dentists make the mistake of focusing only on one of these aspects while ignoring or minimizing the other while I.T.S Dental College provide special training in developing these skills.

Lasers being an upcoming tool in the field of Dentistry necessitate that they be introduced in a dental graduation program. Keeping this in mind the Department of Periodontics conducts a Laser module wherein laser physics, biology and therapeutic application is deliberated highlighting its versatility. The salient features of the program include Surgical Applications, Live demonstrations, Indications & Contraindications and Safety Issue. The program goal is the specialization of dental students to become experts in laser therapy. This executive education program combines lectures, skill training sessions, live OPs, tutorials and practical workshops. Additionally, the module is rounded off with extensive literature research, homework and laboratory work, patient treatment and documentation as well as practical experiments. Under the intensive supervision of expert faculty, participants are introduced to successful and correct practical applications of lasers. This qualification innovatively links the disciplines of life-science, medicine and natural sciences. Research and teaching meet the highest quality standards at I.T.S Dental College and are provided in close interdisciplinary cooperation between dentistry and physics.

Unabated Periodontal disease results in soft & hard tissue loss, thus making regeneration of the lost tissue the ultimate goal of Periodontal therapy. This module will be demonstrating basics of regeneration, soft tissue regeneration & perio-plastic procedures, contemporary concept of GTR/ GBR and bone grafting and case based learning. The module on regenerative therapy approaches in treating soft and hard tissue defects and assessed the global applicability of these procedures. Many different techniques are introduced to treat those defects with, in general, a high degree of success. Since most of these techniques are sensitive, specific, and expensive, their present universal application is an upcoming therapeutic modality. This program keeps the BDS students well acquainted with the upcoming molecular basis of regeneration and bring the students of ITS Dental College ahead in modern dentistry.

Special health care dentistry provides preventive and treatment oral services for people who are unable to accept routine dental care because of some physical, intellectual, medical, emotional, sensory, mental or social impairment or a combination of these factors. It requires a holistic approach that is specialist led in order to meet the complex requirements of people with impairments. It pertains to children, adolescents and adults with disabilities. The department of Special Health Care Needs (SHCN) deals with the child’s or individual’s oral as well as physical and mental health. It provides comprehensive treatment including preventive as well as surgical modalities of treatment for oral problems and primary treatment with appropriate referrals for systemic problems with special health care needs individuals. Students who undergo special training in this subject needs endurance, interest to explore, observe and apply the knowledge of the pediatrics to preventive dentistry and prevention of certain diseases. An emphasis is being made for students to have a bright future one who opts for this specialty module. In this module, the BDS students get additional knowledge and practical experience including the recent advances in managing the individuals with special needs, which will boost their confidence in managing such patients more effectively and efficiently.

Traumatic dental injuries occur with great frequency in preschool, school age children and young adults comprising 5% of all injuries for which people seek treatment. Dental trauma often results in a treatment sequence which involves general dentists and many specialists. The primary care is frequently provided by a pediatric dentist, who subsequently with assistance of other specialists provides complete rehabilitation. The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) has developed guidelines to define, describe appearances and set forth objectives for general management of acute traumatic dental injuries. These guidelines if followed could result in improved outcomes especially if immediate treatment has been provided. In the Department of Pediatric dentistry, students are trained to recognize, differentiate and appropriately manage or refer children with acute traumatic injuries, as dictated by the complexity of injury. A systematic approach to determine the extent of injury to teeth, periodontium and associated structures is essential and therefore a thorough medical and dental history with clinical and radiographic examination is provided. Advanced behavior guidance techniques are also taught to ensure proper care is given. The aim for the future is to raise the standard of care of dental trauma in children provided by students of I.T.S Dental College.