- The Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge at K.M. Shah Dental College and Hospital, part of Sumandeep Vidyapeeth in Vadodara, Gujarat, stands as a cornerstone in the field of restorative and rehabilitative dentistry. This specialized department is dedicated to providing comprehensive dental care for patients requiring the replacement of missing or damaged teeth and oral structures. Their expertise spans a wide array of treatments, from meticulously crafted crowns and bridges that restore the aesthetics and function of individual teeth, to complete and partial dentures designed to rehabilitate entire dental arches.
- Beyond conventional tooth replacement, the department is at the forefront of advanced prosthodontic solutions. This includes the provision of implant-supported restorations, which offer a durable and natural-looking alternative for missing teeth, greatly enhancing a patient's chewing efficiency and overall oral health. Furthermore, the department extends its services to address more complex cases, such as maxillofacial prosthetics, where artificial substitutes are created for lost facial or oral structures resulting from trauma, disease, or congenital defects, aiming to restore both function and appearance for improved quality of life.
- As an integral part of K.M. Shah Dental College and Hospital, which is recognized by the Dental Council of India and accredited by NAAC, the Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge is committed to both patient care and academic excellence. They are equipped with modern facilities and staffed by experienced faculty who train undergraduate and postgraduate students in the latest techniques and technologies in prosthodontics. This commitment ensures that future dental professionals are well-prepared to diagnose, treatment plan, and execute sophisticated prosthetic procedures, while patients receive high-quality, evidence-based care in a comprehensive and compassionate environment.
Vision
- To emerge as a department of excellence by imparting necessary knowledge and skills in Prosthodontics and allied sciences through quality faculty, infrastructure, evidence based practice in order to prepare globally competent students with good values, ethical research aptitude and socially responsible citizens who contribute to nation building.
Mission
- To ensure quality Prosthodontic education to the student by a comprehensive curriculum that focusses on knowledge, skill and attitudinal competency building, research ethics, evidence based decision making and cross cutting issues.
- To introduce novel methods of teaching-learning-assessments which are learner centric and focus on optimum training of all strata of students.
- To provide value-added courses and fellowship programs that provide curricular enhancement
- To provide excellent infrastructure and learning resources for imparting quality education and patient care
- Provide opportunities to students to participate in social responsibility activities and encourage them in imparting service to the need
- Establish collaborations and linkages with reputed institutions and centres to promote research and development of Intellectual properties
- Facilitate students and faculties on national and international podia and meets to showcase their innovative work
- Motivate faculties and students to be abreast of modern developments in Prosthodontics by organising student and faculty development programs and continuing Prosthodontic education programs
Faculty List
Sr. No | Name of Faculty | Designation |
---|---|---|
1. | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | Professor & Head of Department Email : hod_prosthodontics@sumandeepvidyapeethdu.edu.in |
2. | Dr. Neerja Mahajan | Professor |
3. | Dr. Tamanna Marwah Chhabra | Professor |
4. | Dr. Kavita Gupta | Professor |
5. | Dr. Paranjay Prajapati | Professor |
6. | Dr. Namrata Shah Naidu | Professor |
7. | Dr. Piyush Javiya | Reader |
8. | Dr. Sameer Chauhan | Reader |
9. | Dr. Neha Anand | Senior Lecturer |
10. | Dr. Pritha Negi | Senior Lecturer |
11. | Dr. Vaibhavi Hathi | Senior Lecturer |
12. | Dr. Jay Gohil | Senior Lecturer |
13. | Dr. Nisarg Chauhan | Senior Lecturer |
14. | Mr. Viraj Shah | Senior Lecturer |
15. | Dr. Poonam Vasava | Senior Lecturer |
Course Offered
- MDS
- BDS
- DIPLOMA DENTAL MECHANICS
- Ph. D.
- VALUE ADDED CERTIFICATE COURSE ON MINIMALLY INVASIVE FIXED PROSTHODONTICS
- INTERDISCIPLINARY CERTIFICATE COURSE ON DENTAL SLEEP MEDICINE
Department Facilities
- Prosthodontic care for replacements of lost teeth, associated structures and artificial substitutes for oral and maxillofacial parts.
- High end treatments modalities including conventional & advanced clinical materials and techniques for advanced treatment modalities including Full mouth Rehabilitations, Smile designing, Maxillofacial prosthetics and Oral implantology.
- Inhouse Acrylic and Ceramo-metal laboratory facilities with high end equipments like casting furnaces, induction casting machines, ceramic furnaces and indirect composite units.
- Innovative teaching learning methods of Flipped classrooms, Reflective Group Discussions and Basic Manipulation Simulated Exercises.
- DANTSWAVLAMBAN: a unique denture camp service for the needy geriatric people as a part of Department’s outreach Program.
- PraKrutrim: Continuing Prosthodontic Education Programs; around 14 CPE programs that focus on overall training in advanced and recent developments in the subject.
- MoU with Laboratories and Reputed Institutions for research, training, student and staff exchange program
- Research fervour with focus on research thrusts in nanotechnology, biomechanics, material science and geriatric oral health along with publications and Patents on unique devices and designs
- Young and experienced Faculty trained in variety of clinical and laboratory skills, invited guest speakers and Pre-conference mentors at National Conferences, International and National Publications in PubMed and Scopus Indexed Journals.
- An all-inclusive training with academic, clinical, laboratory exposure along with participation in co-curricular, extra-curricular community outreach & social responsibility activities, celebrations of days of national and international significance.
List of Faculty and student awards, recognitions and achievements
A. Faculty:
Sr. No. | Name Of Award/Recognition | Name Of The Person Awarded | National/
International |
Academic Year Of Award |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | EC Member | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | National | 2015-16 |
2. | Chairperson | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | National | 2015-16 |
3. | Resource person | Dr. Neerja Mahajan | National | 2016-17 |
4. | Editorial Board Member
Journal of Indian Prosthodontic society |
Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | National | 2016-17 |
5. | EC Member | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | National | 2016-17 |
6. | Resource person | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | State | 2016-17 |
7. | Resource person | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | National | 2016-17 |
8. | Chairperson | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | National | 2016-17 |
9. | Guest Speaker | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | State | 2016-17 |
10. | Guest Speaker | Dr. Rajesh Seturaman | State | 2016-17 |
11. | EC Member | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | National | 2017-18 |
12. | Guest Speaker | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | State | 2017-18 |
13. | Resource person | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | State | 2017-18 |
14. | Moderator | Dr. Neerja Mahajan | National | 2018-19 |
15. | Chairperson | Dr. Neerja Mahajan | National | 2018-19 |
16. | Guest Speaker | Dr. Neerja Mahajan | State | 2018-19 |
17. | Member of Editorial Board (Implant prosthodontics) in journal of Indian Prosthodontic Society | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | National | 2018-19 |
18. | Chairperson | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | National | 2018-19 |
19. | Resource person | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | National | 2018-19 |
20. | Chairperson | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | National | 2018-19 |
21. | Resource person | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | National | 2018-19 |
22. | Chairperson | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | National | 2018-19 |
23. | Guest Speaker | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | State | 2018-19 |
24. | Reviewer | Dr. Sameeer Chauhan | International | 2018-19 |
25. | Chairperson | Dr. Neerja Mahajan | National | 2019-20 |
26. | Guest Speaker | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | State | 2019-20 |
27. | Chairperson | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | State | 2019-20 |
28. | Chairperson | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | National | 2019-20 |
29. | Chairperson | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | National | 2019-20 |
30. | Moderator | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | State | 2019-20 |
31. | Chairperson | Dr. Rajesh Sethuraman | National | 2019-20 |
32. | Second Prize in Paper | Dr. Tamanna Chhabra | State | 2019-20 |
B. Student:
Sr. No. | Name Of Award/Recognition | Name Of The Person Awarded | National/ International | Academic Year Of Award |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | “MERI AWAAZ” POEM HINDI | DR. SHWETA GANDHI | STATE | 2016-17 |
2. | DR. N.A. BHATT MEMORIAL AWARD | DR VISHAL PARMAR | STATE | 2015-16 |
3. | DR. N.A. BHATT MEMORIAL AWARD | DR DIPTESH RAMI | STATE | 2015-16 |
4. | DR. N.A. BHATT MEMORIAL AWARD | DR. SHWETA GANDHI | STATE | 2016-17 |
5. | DR. N.A. BHATT MEMORIAL AWARD | DR. BHAGYASHREE BHALANI | STATE | 2016-17 |
6. | 44TH IPS MUMBAI Best PAPER PRESENTATION | DR. SONALI JADHAV | NATIONAL | 2016-17 |
7. | PROSTHOVISTA 2019
BEST POSTER PRESENTATION |
DR UTTKARSH | NATIONAL | 2018-19 |
8. | PROSTHOVISTA 2019
BEST POSTER PRESENTATION |
DR JAY | NATIONAL | 2018-19 |
9. | PROSTHOVISTA 2019
BEST POSTER PRESENTATION |
DR MANAL | NATIONAL | 2018-19 |
10. | PROSTHOVISTA 2019
BEST POSTER PRESENTATION |
DR PRIYANKA | NATIONAL | 2018-19 |
11. | PROSTHOVISTA 2019
BEST POSTER PRESENTATION |
DR MAMTA | NATIONAL | 2018-19 |
12. | PROSTHOVISTA 2019
BEST POSTER PRESENTATION |
DR DRASHTI | NATIONAL | 2018-19 |
13. | PROSTHOVISTA 2019
BEST POSTER PRESENTATION |
DR NIRALI | NATIONAL | 2018-19 |
14. | “DRAWING COMPETITION” 72ND INDEPENDENCE DAY | DR NIRALI | NATIONAL | 2018-19 |
15. | IPS GSB POSTER SECOND PRIZE | DR MANAL | NATIONAL | 2018-19 |
16. | IPS GSB POSTER SECOND PRIZE | DR PAKSHAL | NATIONAL | 2018-19 |
17. | IPS GSB POSTER SECOND PRIZE | DR JAY | NATIONAL | 2018-19 |
18. | IPS NAGPUR
ESSAY COMPETITION 2018 |
DR MANAL | NATIONAL | 2018-19 |
19. | DR. N.A. BHATT MEMORIAL AWARD | DR. DRASHTI GANDHI | STATE | 2019-20 |
20. | PROSTHOVISTA 2020
BEST POSTER PRESENTATION |
DR. SHWETA THAKKAR | NATIONAL | 2019-20 |
21. | PROSTHOVISTA 2020
BEST POSTER PRESENTATION |
DR. MEET SHAH | NATIONAL | 2019-20 |
22. | 22nd IPS PG CONVENTION
LOGO AND TAG LINE COMPETITION |
DR. PRANIT BORA | NATIONAL | 2019-20 |
23. | INDIAN SOCIETY OF PERIODONTOLOGY ESSAY COMPETITION 2020
|
DR. PRANIT BORA | NATIONAL | 2020-21 |
24. | GDC MUMBAI BIRD WEEK CONTEST
PHOTOGRAPHY |
DR. MEET SHAH | NATIONAL | 2020-21 |
25. | 48 IPS National Virtual Conference 2020 Nagpur SECOND PRIZE Innovation In Prosthodontics | DR. PRANIT BORA | NATIONAL | 2020-21 |
26. | 48 IPS National Virtual Conference 2020 Nagpur SECOND PRIZE Innovation In Prosthodontics | DR. SHWETA THAKKAR | NATIONAL | 2020-21 |
27. | 48 IPS National Virtual Conference 2020 Nagpur THIRD PRIZE Innovation In Prosthodontics | DR. RIDDHI LALAN | NATIONAL | 2020-21 |
28. | 48 IPS National Virtual Conference 2020 Nagpur THIRD PRIZE Innovation In Prosthodontics | DR. SHRAVANI THANNEERU | NATIONAL | 2020-21 |
29. | 48 IPS National Virtual Conference 2020 Nagpur THIRD PRIZE Innovation In Prosthodontics | DR. BHAVIKA KHATED | NATIONAL | 2020-21 |
30. | DENTOSCOPE
PAPER PRESENTATION AWARD |
DR. SHRUTI SINGAL | NATIONAL | 2020-21 |
31. | DENTOSCOPE
PAPER PRESENTATION AWARD |
DR. MEET SHAH | NATIONAL | 2020-21 |
32. | SECOND PRIZE S.J. SANGVI
POSTER PRESENTATION |
DR. MEET SHAH | STATE | 2020-21 |
33. | S.J. SANGVI
POSTER PRESENTATION |
DR. SHRUTI SINGAL | STATE | 2020-21 |
34. | INDIAN SOCIETY OF PERIODONTOLOGY ESSAY COMPETITION 2020
|
DR. PRANIT BORA | NATIONAL | 2020-21 |
35. | Prosthovista 2023 | DR. PRAVISHA RAI | NATIONAL | 2023 |
36. | Prosthovista 2023 | DR. SAMIKSHA SHAHA | NATIONAL | 2023 |
37. | Prosthovista 2023 | DR. DHRUTI MODI | NATIONAL | 2023 |
38. | Prosthovista 2023 | DR. RIYA PATEL | NATIONAL | 2023 |
39. | Prosthovista 2023 | DR. SURVI SINHA | NATIONAL | 2023 |
40. | Prosthovista 2023 | DR. YESHA SHAH | NATIONAL | 20235 |