The Goa Dental College & Hospital was envisioned to generate technical and professional manpower in dentistry in this state and to provide dental care delivery system to the public at large. With an annual intake capacity of 50 seats, the BDS Course is a 5 year course including one year of compulsory paid rotating internship.
It acts as a referral centre in the state for dental services and since 1980 has been rendering specialized services through nine departments in various specialties which provide the students clinical exposure and experience in imparting dental care to the patients.
In order to provide higher education to the dental graduates of this institution and to improve the potential of the dental manpower generated at this institution, the post graduate (MDS) courses in the following specialties have been started with the number of seats shown against them:-