Department of

PAEDIATRIC & PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY

Paediatric & Preventive Dentistry

Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry  is the branch of dentistry that is concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of children, including those with special care needs, under one roof. Private dental college in Kerala Department of Pedodontics provides high quality comprehensive, primary, and specialized oral health care to all the children. Our motto is to achieve a disease free oral cavity by creating awareness and instilling a positive attitude towards dentistry and Pedodontists.

Pediatric dentistry aims to provide quality education and treatment for children. Students at the undergraduate level are trained by imparting knowledge on understanding growth and development, psychology and behaviour from birth through adolescence and management of children. A UG student receives training for two and a half years, beginning with the third year of the BDS course and continuing until the final year, part II. Training in the form of pre-clinical exercises, clinical training on patients involves demonstrations of various treatment procedures, supervising and assisting the senior’s work, working on patients under the direct supervision of faculty, and finally working independently along with the presentation of case histories, submission of posters, seminars, and model work. Students are encouraged to actively participate in rural and urban outreach dental and oral health education, screening, and treatment camps.

Programmes Offered

Private dental college in Kerala, Educare Institute of Dental Sciences offers a Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree programme in Dental Surgery. We also offer academic exchange programmes and research facilities. The academic rigour at EIDS is matched by the excellent system of equipping each student to seamlessly navigate into a professional life with the highest standards of knowledge, medical ethics and professional integrity.

MDS Programme

Educare Institute of Dental Sciences offers various Master's Degree in Dental Surgery.

BDS Programme

Educare Institute of Dental Sciences offers Bachelor's Degree in Dental Surgery

Services Provided

Vision

To train the students in managing the child patient effectively and delivering the treatment efficiently.

Mission

To develop and instill a positive attitude and behavior among students, Parents, and children. To develop caring attitude towards the child patient To manage common dental problems and adopt preventive principles to create good oral health in children. To recognize the condition that they are not competent to manage by them and refers to Paediatric dentist.

Faculties

Dr. Indushekar .K.R

Principal and Professor & Head Pedodontics

Dr. K. R. Indushekar BDS, MDS, is a Principal and Head in a Private dental college in Kerala Educare Institute of dental science. Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry. He has a great experience in lecturing. Have scientific articles presentation and publications in various National and international journals. As a Professor, he is a recipient of many awards for his valuable contributions and discoveries in major area of research. He has 30 years of experience in guiding the under graduates and post graduate students. Under his guidance many post graduates have qualified and are well settled in the profession.

Dr. Aswathy T

Senior Lecturer

Dr. RISWANA KHALID

Senior Lecturer

Ongoing research

  1. Prevalence and distribution of dental anomalies in children with primary and mixed dentition: A radiographic survey.
  2. To evaluate the oral hygiene status of specially abled kids using powered tooth brush.

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