Government Dental College, Kozhikode

Government Dental College, Kozhikode is the second Dental College to be established in the state. The college was started as a small department of Dentistry at Calicut Medical College in 1969. The college was further expanded as a Dental wing with four specialties in 1974. In 1981 the Government decided to upgrade the wing to a full fledged Dental College. The B.D.S.Course was started with thirty students in 1982. Dr. B.R.R. Varma, Prof. of Periodontics, Dental College, and Trivandrum was appointed as the special Officer for this College.The College was shifted form Medical College building to the present six storied building in 1984. Classes for basic medical subjects are being conducted in the respective departments of the medical college, Calicut. Eight Dental specialties are functioning in the Dental College, giving competent services to the public at large. The college is affiliated to University of Calicut and is approved by Dental Council of India (DCI).