Located in Varkala, Kerala, Sri Shankara Dental College (SSDC) is an Institute of great reputation in Dentistry. Founded in 2006 by ‘The S R Educational and Charitable Trust’, it has quickly established itself as one of the leading dental colleges of the region. It is a tertiary level college and welcomes students from a large part of the world for effective education. The designing of the academic building makes it easy for students and staff to learn as it faces Akathumuri Railway station and Ry fits in the banks of Ashtamudi Lake.

The shutle service allows for flexible time control which enables SSDC to streamline learning and personal growth in a more viable way. SSDC is recognized by the Dental Council of India and is affiliated to the Kerala University of Health Sciences. In addition to BDS and MDS in various specialities, the Institute further offers a PhD program. With a wide range of well organized facilities, cutting edge dentofacial imaging equipment such as the Fuji film 3D CBCT are provided ensuring students are well equipped to accompany the advanced changes within the science of dental medicine.

Community healthcare is a very important aspect of Sri Shankara Dental College’s mission. The college hospital’S Out Patient Department (OPD) attends to 75-100 clients every day performing crucial dental services to the surrounding population.Essentially, the experience is worth a lot for students since they get an opportunity to practice what they have learned in theory under supervision. Also, the 400 bedded medical hospital attached facilitates inter-professional education as students learn from exposure to different medical conditions and therapies.

As for the objectives of the college its infrastructure also seeks to achieve them. Five lecture halls that can each take in 100 students have been built and this has modern audiovisual equipment. The main library which is also WIFI enabled has a vast collection of 6000 books which includes 2000 in the field of dentistry and 46 international and national journals. Such a rich resource center together with internet coverage of new publications enables students to catch up with developments in the field of dental science.

Shri Shankara Dental College pays great attention to the non academic aspects as well. The campus is well designed to provide a good community life for both male and female students through properly structured hostel facilities. Continuing education in dentistry is offered periodically, or as the need arises, in the modern equipped conference hall to the attendants and members of the faculty. These various factors combined: quality of the studies, practical training and state-of-the-art facilities, make Shri Shankara Dental College a key institution in the training of future dental health care workers for the new perspectives in the field of oral health care not only in India but in the world at large.

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