"Chennai is home to the Tamil Nadu Government Dental College and Hospital, one of the earliest temples of dental education and health care in India. The college was established on 10th August 1953 and is recognized as the dental unit of Madras Medical College, one of the renowned colleges in India. This combination aids in advancing education and practice of oral health by incorporating both medicine and dentistry.

India’s dental education would be quite different today without this institution, which is one of the country’s oldest dental colleges. It is connected to The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, which guarantees that the school’s syllabus is appropriate for the best dental schools in the state. The college runs different programs including Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) and different postgraduate courses in disciplines such as Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthodontics, and Prosthodontics."

The college’s affiliated hospital is quite popular because of the caseload that it maintains. It is said that in the country there is none other which successfully handles this number of cases approximately ranging from one thousand to one thousand five hundred on daily basis in treatment of all branches of dentistry. The managed case overload not only meets the needs of the community but also provides great resourceful experience for the learners readying them for the future work in the field of dentistry.

The construction of the institution integrates clinical and educational functions and so the patients are always available within the same environment. Although the precise nature of the instruments is not described, one may guess that as a reputable governmental institution of this type, it possesses advanced armchairs for dental treatment, diagnosis and therapy. Commitment of the college towards the modern provision of the dental technologies and techniques helps the students in training to be exposed to all available advancements in the field.

The Tamil Nadu Government Dental College and Hospital has been producing a large number of dental professionals who have gone on to practice dentistry within India and in foreign countries as well. There is a large alumni network as well with many of its graduates being able to practice in other parts of the country and hold key positions in many national institutions and practices as well. The history of the college and the many achievers it has in dental education make the institution a revered place for dental studies in the state of Tamil Nadu and all over India.”