Faculty of Dental Sciences
Medical education in Varanasi, the oldest living city of the world, dates from the days of Sushruta 500 BC. Infact this is also the history of Medical education in India. The great treatise - 'Sushruta Samhita' is a living testimony of contributions to Medical education that originated in Varanasi, Sushruta was the first to perform cadaver dissections and described a number of operating instruments and surgical operations. Perhaps it is a continuation of this historical perspective that Medical education in Banaras Hindu University took roots in 1920 with the establishment of Department of Ayurveda under Faculty of Oriental Learning and Theology (1922-1927). Under the influence of Pandit Madan Mohan Malviyaji, Seth Mathuradas Vissanji Khimji of Bombay donated a large some of Rs.1.5 Lacs for the Ayurvedic College. This was further augmented by donations from Shri Daya Shankar Dev Shankar Dave of Kathiawar and Bombay.
This department came into existence in the Institute of Medical Sciences in 1972. At the moment the department offers only post graduate training in Prosthodontics and in Operative Dentistry. The department after its growing importance was upgraded to the Faculty of Dental Sciences in 2004. The efforts were made and BDS course as well as MDS course in the specialty of Orthodontics, Periodontia, and Dental Auxilliary courses started.
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