DIPLOMA IN DENTAL HYGIENE

The Dental Hygienist is a person, not being a dentist or a medical practitioner, who scales, cleans & polishes teeth or gives instructions in dental hygiene. He will work under the supervision of registered dental surgeon. The Diploma Course will extend for a period of two year sliding to the qualification of Dental Hygienist Diploma.

The medium of instruction shall be in English. Department to teach the dental hygienist course is entrusted to department of Periodontics or where faculty of related subjects are available. First year of the course comprises of Basic medical subjects, food nutrition & dental radiology &the 2nd year comprises of relevant dental clinical subjects. There will be a primary examination in the first year & final diploma examination in the second year .The Dental Mechanics Diploma Course Dental Mechanic means a person who makes or repairs dentures & dental appliances. He shall restrict his activities to purely mechanical laboratory under the registered dental surgeon. He shall not do any chair side work.