Faculty of Dental Sciences
Medical education in Varanasi, the oldest living city of the world,
dates from the days of Sushruta 500 BC. Infact this is also the history
of Medical education in India. The great treatise - 'Sushruta Samhita'
is a living testimony of contributions to Medical education that
originated in Varanasi, Sushruta was the first to perform cadaver
dissections and described a number of operating instruments and surgical
operations. Perhaps it is a continuation of this historical perspective
that Medical education in Banaras Hindu University took roots in 1920
with the establishment of Department of Ayurveda under Faculty of
Oriental Learning and Theology (1922-1927). Under the influence of
Pandit Madan Mohan Malviyaji, Seth Mathuradas Vissanji Khimji of Bombay
donated a large some of Rs.1.5 Lacs for the Ayurvedic College. This was
further augmented by donations from Shri Daya Shankar Dev Shankar Dave
of Kathiawar and Bombay.
This department came into existence in the Institute of Medical Sciences in 1972.
At the moment the department offers only post graduate training in
Prosthodontics and in Operative Dentistry. The department after its
growing importance was upgraded to the Faculty of Dental Sciences in 2004.
The efforts were made and BDS course as well as MDS course in the
specialty of Orthodontics, Periodontia, and Dental Auxilliary courses
started.
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