Prof. Ranjeet Kumar Namdeo Patil
Dean Professor & Head
Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology
Faculty of Dental Sciences,
King George's Medical University
Lucknow, UP, (India)
Welcome to the Faculty of Dental Sciences, King Georges Medical University,
U.P. Lucknow. The Dental establishment at King Georges Medical University, is
one of the oldest post-independence dental institutions in the country and has
remained as one of the top institutions for undergraduate and postgraduate
teaching in the country for more than seven decades and is currently ranked
among the top five in the country (NIRF ranking). Since its foundation in the year
1949, the Faculty of Dental Sciences has been committed to excellence in
education, patient care, research, and public service.
The establishment is extremely well funded by the Government of Uttar Pradesh
and caters to one of the largest OPD’s in the country with patients from
Lucknow, other parts of Uttar Pradesh, neighbouring states and adjacent
countries.
Coming here for specialized dental treatment at a very affordable cost, our
students possess the abilities and confidence to provide technical advice and
policy leadership addressing the challenges to oral health to improve oral health
population-wide. As we focus on developing exceptional dentist, we are ever
mindful that academic excellence must be matched with empathy, ethics and
high moral standards.
The Faculty of Dental Sciences has always been a preferred choice of students
wanting to pursue their undergraduate degree in dentistry as well as in various
disciplines of postgraduation. Our alumni over the years constitute some of the
most eminent dental fraternity of the country. Most alumnus are illustrious
practioners, educationist and administrators in the country and abroad. Some
being conferred the most prestigious Padma Bhushan, Padmashree and B.C. Roy
awards. Most of our faculty members are nationally acclaimed.
At present, there are nine departments, with an annual intake of seventy BDS
students with three seats each in oral pathology, public health dentistry and oral
medicine and six each in the remaining departments. Each department being
very well equipped with advanced dental armamentarium and materials which
are readily available to students and patients. The dental faculty has one of the
biggest centrally air conditioned infrastructure in the country.
We extend a warm welcome to all incoming students, patients and visitors.
Prof. Ranjeet Kumar Namdeo Patil DEAN, Faculty of Dental Sciences,
KGMU, Lucknow.Email: ranjitkumarpatil@kgmcindia.edu, dean.dental@kgmcindia.edu