Government Dental College

About GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE

Established in 2015, the Government Dental College, Thrissur is one of the premier Dental Colleges in Kerala, providing quality education in dentistry and catering to the needs of people especially the indigent sections from Thrissur, Palakkad and Malappuram districts. As per G.O(MS) No.263/2012/H&FWD Dated 07-08-2012 administrative sanction was accorded for the establishment of new dental college attached to Government Medical College, Thrissur. Subsequently Government accorded permission for the Dental College to function with 9 departments with an annual intake of 50 students. As per G.O(MS) No.99/2015/H&FWD dated 12-05-2012, 51 posts of teaching and nonteaching staffs were created. Later the college started functioning with effect from 2015. The G.O (Rt) No.617/2014/H&FWD Dated 22-02-2014 accorded administrative sanction for the construction of Dental College, Thrissur (1st phase) by appointing M/s HLL Life care Ltd, Thiruvananthapuram as the project management consultancy agency. The first phase construction has been completed and Thrissur dental college is currently functioning in the new building situated in the campus sprawling in a 5 acre land, since 2016. The college is designed with five floors and an area of 18059 sq.mtrs with future expansion and development including a postgraduate wing and research facilities envisioned. Over the years, our college has earned the reputation of being one of the best dental colleges in the state. It was formed with the objective of providing quality education in dentistry. From its inception the mission of the Govt. Dental College, Thrissur has been to improve the oral health care of the population. Our training programs are focused on the provision of quality educational experiences to train clinically competent dentists to address the oral health issues of the community. We achieve this through service, training, teaching and research.