Saraswati-Dhanwantari Dental College and Hospital and Post Graduate Research Institute, Parbhani

Saraswati-Dhanwantari Dental College and Hospital and Post Graduate Research Institute, Parbhani, was established in the year 2007. This is one of the premier institutions for dental education in Maharashtra, India. This affiliated college is accredited to the National Assessment and Accreditation Council.

This institution, spread over an area of 5 acres, has approval from DCI and offers various dental courses of 1 undergraduate and 7 postgraduate programmes. While having a total enrolment of 579 students, this college has a strength of 258 faculty members.

Saraswati-Dhanwantari Dental College and Hospital and Post Graduate Research Institute has many facilities that help in raising the academic standards of the learners and provide comfort to their lives. There are separate boy's and girl's hostels inside the campus which provide comfortable accommodation to students who stay on campus.

There is a well-equipped health centre which has first-aid facilities that will take care of the medical needs of the students. Other facilities include the working of the college library as a centre of academic resources and the IT infrastructure in support of the digital learning initiatives.

For keeping themselves physically fit and to engage themselves in sports activities, there is a sports facility and gymnasium available on campus for students. It also has an auditorium for events and seminars and departmental laboratories for practical training. A cafeteria caters to the culinary requirements of the students and staff while guest rooms can be availed by visiting faculty and family members.

Saraswati-Dhanwantari Dental College offers different programmes in comprehensive dental education at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels with a total of 8 courses . At the undergraduate level, it has an intake capacity of 100 seats in the Bachelor of Dental Surgery.

This institution offers, at the postgraduate level, 7 specialised Master of Dental Surgery programmes, each oriented to different aspects of advanced dental care.

Course Name Total Number of Seats BDS 100 MDS Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry 3 MDS Oral Medicine and Radiology 3 MDS Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Microbiology 2 MDS Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics 2 MDS Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics 2 The admission process into Saraswati-Dhanwantari Dental College is primarily founded on the results of national-level entrance exams.

For the BDS course, admission is made on the basis of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET-UG , that provides a uniform and fair admission procedure for candidates aspiring for dental courses all over the country. Admission into the different MDS programmes is based on the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test conducted by NEET-MDS for MDS.

Entrance examinations open up an opportunity to the students in the field of dentistry at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.