Background

Primarily involved in the teaching of the Phase 1 undergraduate programme, which spans over the first 2 years of the dental programme. The teaching-learning is used in all the subjects and several practical correlation classes are held in order to prepare graduates towards a comprehensive approach to solve the problem related to the needs of the dental profession.

Objectives

• To understand the mechanisms of body functions in health and disease from the biological, behavioral, epidemiological and social aspects.
• To produce graduates who are competent to apply knowledge and able to relate their understanding of the structures, functions, chemical composition, development, metabolic pathways of the oral tissues and environment of the oral cavity to the study and practice of dentistry.