BDS
BDS stands for in Pakistan as Bachelor of Dental Surgery. It is a four-year degree program along with one year of house job. BDS is also a well-known and respectable profession. This degree is ought to be the second most demanded degree in the field of medicine after MBBS which ensures a bright future as a Dentist. As getting enrolled in this BDS medical degree program is very difficult and needs a lot of hard work and study because the merit for BDS is also high like MBBS as thousands of students apply for the admissions in BDS.
Goals of BDS Degree Program
The purpose of BDS Degree is to prepare dental professional who will be trained in:
- Taking care of patients by utilizing clinical and intellectual skills
- Research related to various diseases and cures
- Healthcare and dental practice should be provided by logical knowledge
- Uphold the professionalism
- Obtained written informed consent for all presented treatment plans
- To recognize new techniques needed for the provision of high standard oral health care
- To practice dentistry with professional attitude
Objectives of BDS Degree Program
At the end of completion of BDS Degree, a graduate shall be able to:
- Team working abilities with providing good health care
- Exhibiting leadership roles in order to make important decisions
- Must evaluate every procedure critically and carefully
- To enable the students to perform and interpret required investigate procedure
- To provide theoretical knowledge and practice to students of orthodontic appliances
- Provide knowledge and abilities in the field of oral health care
- Improvement in oral health system through patient and community education
1st Professional:
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Biochemistry
- Oral Biology
- Behaviour Sciences
- Computers
2nd Professional:
- Pathology
- Pharmacology
- Community Medicine
- Dental Material
- Operative Dentistry
3rd Professional:
- Medicine
- Surgery
- Oral Pathology
- Periodontology
- Oral Medicine & Oral Radiology
4th Professional:
- Prosthodontics
- Orthodontics
- Periodontology
- Operaive Dentistry
- Oral & Maxillofacial
- Surgery