The mouth is the window into human health. This course provides an
overview of dental medicine to engage, educate, excite and assist you in
improving the oral health of your patients and members of your community. This
course offer scientific background, some skills for patient evaluation and
interview etc. Those who do these procedures are called the DENTISTs. The dentist is a noble health profession and is in high demand for a
country such as ours as there are only few dentists in Nepal. It’s not limited
to Nepal only but also has a huge scope in Foreign Countries too.
ABOUT FACULTY:
In Nepal we can found 3 programs to study dental science.
1.
CDS (Certificate level after SEE) – 3 year course
2.
BDS (Bachelor level after +2) – 4.5 year + 1 year compulsory internship
3.
MDS (Master level after BDS) – Generally 3 years
WHO CAN STUDY?
Anybody
can study dentistry if you score at least 50% in SEE and take BIOLOGY as a
major in +2 sciences. In +2 also you’ll need at least 50% in both years.
HOW?
There
are lots of institute (NAME, VIBRANT etc) which will provide you the required
knowledge and information to sit for the entrance exam. There is provision for
the central ENTRANCE EXAM now a day for all the Universities providing Dental
Education in Nepal. The entrance exam will be of the same pattern as for the
MBBS.
WHERE?
·
Here are the list of
the medical college in Nepal that you can enroll for Certificate level in
Dental Science
o Kantipur
Dental College
o Himal
Dental Hospial
o Other
CTEVT colleges
Here are the lists of the medical
college in Nepal that you can enroll for Bachelor in Dental Surgery (BDS)
TU
Affiliated Colleges
·
INSTITUTE OF
MEDICINE (Kathmandu)
·
NATIONAL MEDICAL
COLLEGE (Birgunj)
·
GANDAKI MEDICAL
COLLEGE (Pokhara)
·
UNIVERSAL COLLEGE OF
MEDICAL SCIENCE(Bhairahawa)
·
CHITWAN MEDICAL
COLLEGE(Chitwan)
·
PEOPLE’S DENTAL
COLLEGE (Balaju)
KU
Affiliated Colleges
·
KATHMANDU MEDICAL
COLLEGE (Kathmandu)
·
NEPAL MEDICAL
COLLEGE (Kathmandu)
·
KANTIPUR DENTAL
COLLEGE (Kathmandu)
·
MANIPAL MEDICAL
COLLEGE (Pokhara)
·
NOBEL MEDICAL
COLLEGE (Biratnagar)
·
KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF MEDICAL STUDIES (Dhulikhel)
Ø For
the respective University you have to give the CENTRAL ENTRANCE EXAM and score
at least 50% marks to pass and able to apply for the admission to the
affiliated colleges.
Ø After
passing the entrance exam you have to approach the colleges you want to enroll
and fill the college form separately.
Ø MOE
(Minister of Education) will also take the entrance exam yearly and they will
provide the Scholarship on Merit Basis.
Ø Some
of the Embassy also provides scholarship to deserving student to study abroad.
BPKIHS ( B.P Koirala School of Health
Science ) situated at Dharan also have the BDS program and isn’t affiliated to
any of the university, they are autonomous and as per the information I get
they also enroll the students by the central entrance exam.
CAREER AFTER
BACHELOR DEGREE:
Ø You
can start your own clinic if you are interested.
Ø Work
as a Medical Officer in the hospitals or clinics.
Ø You
can proceed abroad for further studies.
COST AND DONATIONS
TO COLLEGE:
Ø As
mentioned above if you can get your name in MERIT LIST in the entrance exam the
government will provide you SCHOLARSHIP.
Ø Some
of the Embassy also provide Deserving student SCHOLARSHIP.
Ø If
you have to study on donation it will cost around 18-22 lakhs now, but it may
vary from college to college.
FURTHER COURSES:
Ø Master
in all the Branches of Dentistry (
Community Dentistry, Oral Pathology, Orthodontics, Peridontics, Pedodontics,
Oral medicine and Radiology, Prosthodontics, Conservative and Endodontics, Oral
Surgery)
Ø Master
in all Basic subjects except Pathology ( Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology,
Pharmacology, Microbiology )
Ø Further
you can do fellowship in your interested topic to gain more specialties.
By
Vijay Rai, BDS Student, Ktm Valley CBS
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