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Introduction Vision Education in Mauritius Facts about MCD Achievements of MCDH Recognitions & Affiliations Accrediaction Duration of the Course Academic Year & Admission Procedures Departments of the Existing MCDH 1) Oral Medicine & Diagnosis, 2) Pedodontics, 3) Oral Surgery, 4) Prosthodontics, 5) Conservative & Endodontics 6) Periodontics, 7) Orthodontics.

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I N T R O D U C T I O N

A centre for excellence was founded in the year 2003 and it was christened Mauras College of Dentistry & Oral Research Institute &Hospital (MCDH). Found amidst tropics, it was implanted in the peaceful, mesmerizing and paradisiacal Island of Mauritius.

Of volcanic origin and sheltered for its major part by barriers of coral reefs forming natural, safe, crystal clear lagoons, Mauritius has long been a dream destination for tourists…

Mauras College of Dentistry was established with the objective of eradication of oral diseases globally.

The college is affiliated with Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar Gujarat, India which is an eminent university in the state of Gujarat in the Union of India.

The Ministry of Education & Scientific Research, Republic of Mauritius has given permission for the setting up of the Dental College, Dental Hospital & ORI. The Ministry has also set up a Monitoring Committee to ensure the compliance of International Quality & Standards.

The Dental College is accredited with Tertiary Education Commission, Mauritius The road to success, however, was not easy to pave out. The promoters were applauded for their endeavour to make Mauritius into a Knowledge Hub, though they had to trespass a series of hurdles and struggles.

Mauras College of Dentistry & ORI & Hospital has got nevertheless unflinching support from the Government and its population, who has always trusted the services offered and are continuing to come in bigger numbers.

Now the R.F.Gandhi A. K. T. Ltd is over take by the Samarth Vividhlaxi Seva Trust, a well known dedicated trust from India to develop the education not only in India but all over the world. The Trust is working under the guidance of the young and dynamic professional team having expertise in all the fields and under leadership of Mr. Hemang Patel.

Still, the management does not want to stop till here and wants now to explore the world of dentistry in Mauritius towards another level, a different height, we believe….

Established Principles

to achieve the vision

Improving the health of the public in a socially responsible and culturally competent manner is the primary goal of the dental profession and will remain dentistry’s central focus.

The College shall continue its commitment to the adoption of appropriate science-based practices so essential to the future of dentistry.

The establishment of a strong educational system critical to the future of dentistry An aggressive approach to health promotion, disease prevention, and access to appropriate care will improve oral health and quality of life.

Closer collaboration among all health professions will contribute to achieving dentistry’s primary goal of improving the health of the public.

The development of a global perspective and an action plan to fulfil its responsibility as part of the world community.

The aim and objective of the curriculum is to produce a Dentist who is socially acceptable and is able to work safely and effectively on patients in diagnosis, prevention and treatment of dental and oral diseases.

To produce a dental graduate who is capable of functioning effectively both under the rural and urban settings.

Education in

Mauritius

Facts About

MCD

The Government of Mauritius, through the Minister of Health & Quality of life, SatyaVeyashFaugoo have said, “The strategy of my Ministry in the field of education and training is in line with Government objective to develop Mauritius into a knowledge hub. Our strategy aims at enhancing the development of medical, dental and nursing education. In this respect, my Ministry in collaboration with the Board of Investment (BOI) is leaving no stone unturned to facilitate the task of private stakeholders in the setting up of medical institutions.”

Education in Mauritius has moved to dimensional proportions over the last decade. At present, we have foreign institutions which have implanted in Mauritius and many are yet to come.

The list of universities in Mauritius as follows:

Universities

Address

1

The University of Mauritius

Reduit

2

University of Technology, Mauritius

La Tour Koenig, Pointe-aux-Sables

3

The Mauritius Institute of Education

Reduit, Moka

4

The Mahatma Gandhi Institute

Mahatma Gandhi, Avenue Moka

5

The Mauritius College of the Air

6

Rabindranath Tagore Institute

Illot, Terre Rouge

7

Technical School Management Trust Fund

Reduit

8

The Industrial and Vocational Training Board

Pont Fer, Phoenix

9

The Mauritius Institute of Health

Powder Mill, Pamplemousses

10

University of the Indian Ocean

Reduit

11

Institut de la Francophonie pour L’Entrepreneuriat

Reduit

12

Sir SeewosagurRamgoolam Medical College

Belle Rive

Reduit

Mauras College of Dentistry & Oral Research Institute & Hospital (MCDH) is 1st and only school of Dentistry in Mauritius.

It managed by R. F. Gandhi A. K. T. Ltd. and R. F. Gandhi A. K. Trust, established with the objective of eradication of oral diseases globally. The trust has been set up by Professional Dentists dedicated towards the profession and advancement.

The college is affiliated for B.D.S Course with Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India which is an eminent University in the State of Gujarat in the Republic of India.

The college is also affiliated for Post Graduate M.D.S. Course with TSMA, Tver, Russia whose degree is recognized in Africa, Eastern Europe & U.A.E. The Ministry of EDUCATION & SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, Republic of Mauritius has granted permission for the setting up of the Dental College, Dental Hospital & ORI. The Ministry has also set up a Monitoring Committee to ensure the compliance of International Quality & Standards.

The College has an attachment with 1000 Bed Multi Speciality SSR National Hospital, Pamplemousses for training thestudents for the Medical Related subject.

The Dental College is registered with Mauritius Qualifications Authority.

The College is aimed at getting accreditation from various other universities in South Africa & Russia. The curriculum of the College has incorporated the major requirements of the Dental Councils of the UK, USA and other prominent countries of Europe.

The Recognition of the Dental Council of India shall be obtained after the completion of the 4th year of the 1st batch.

Recognitions & Total Number of patients treated in 2010

Affiliations

The Government of Mauritius has given the permission for the setting up of the 40-seat Dental College, Dental Hospital and Oral Research Institute in Mauritius.

The College is affiliated with the Bhavnagar University. The Bhavnagar University is an institution recognized by the Medical Council of India and is under the purview of University Brants Commission, India.

Bhavnagar University is a member of the Association of Indian Universities which is the apex co-ordinating body that has served the Universities over seven decades. Its member embraces all types of Institutions viz., traditional universities, agriculture universities, institutes of national importance, institutes of technology, information technology and those devoted to medical education and research.

Achievements of

MCDH

“The University of Mauritius is an Associate Member of the Association of Indian Universities.”

“3 out of 5 vacancies bagged by

MCDH students!!!”

It is the FIRSTand ONLYdental college in Mauritius.

Well situated. Arsenal links the north to the capital of Mauritius, Port Louis.

Bhavnagar University is running all the major courses in education with more than 19,000 students and 900 teaching staff.

The University has also many colleges and institutions within its ambit rendering education in various fields.

Out of 360 Indian Universities, 10 Universities have been selected for international collaboration by University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India, New Delhi & Bhavnagar University is amongst the selected universities.

It has created employment for Mauritian citizens.

The College will apply for recognition to the Dental Council across the globe in the near future.

Patients very satisfied. The OPD figures speak for themselves.( 80-90 pts per day)

As mentioned earlier, across Mauritius, there are various tertiary colleges and universities which have affiliations with other prominent Universities abroad and consequently, they have brought in foreign students from every part of the world.

Success rates for students very high without impairing the quality of education.

Students who have already graduated from Mauras College of Dentistry & ORI & Hospital are now: I.Registered Dentists.

II.Few are working in the Government sector of Mauritius which is indeed praiseworthy.

DR. Nitin Kumar Ramdonee, DR. NishaSweetyBaichoo, DR. MeghrajJayeprokash.

III.Few are doing specialization in eminent universities abroad.

DR. VedPoorun , DR. VarshaMohadeb, DR. MrinalSomar.

IV.Few are running high tech clinics in different places in Mauritius and India.

DR. Ismael , DR. Olivier Wong, DR. Deesha

V.Few are working under renowned dentists of Mauritius and India.

DR. NitinMitranand, DR. NadeemKinoo

These students come to Mauritius with the ambitions of having a cost effective but world-class education as compared to other countries like U.K and U.S where the price for tertiary education is indeed expensive.

Hence, the new dental college will aim for International students, mainly from the Africa continent for higher education as it creates a platform where dental education is easily reachable at the cheapest price with the same standard of education in comparison with the outside dominant world.

Here, is a some tertiary colleges and Universities operating under affiliations with other universities having foreign students in their enrolment every year.

MEDICAL COUNCIL APPROVAL: The Medical Council of Mauritius has already approved the MBBS course of the SSR Medical College.

Others are: -

Medical council of U.K, Medical council of India, Medical council of South Africa.

duration of the

Course "A"ccredi "D"action The Mauras College of Dentistry & ORI and Hospital affiliated with BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Gujarat has already been accredidated ;

Grade B In collaboration with the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC), our College shall get accreditation from various other Universities around the world;

The duration of the B.D.S course will be of 5 calendars years, with internship included.

The basic concept of Under-graduate dental education shall be health oriented teaching with stress on prevention of oral diseases, instead of the traditional diseases oriented teaching. To achieve this objective, the dental students shall be exposed to health problems throughout the period of under graduate training.

DENTAL CURRICULUM The aim of the dental curriculum is to produce a caring, knowledgeable, competent and skilful dentist who is able to accept professional responsibility for the effective and safe care of patients, who appreciates the need for continuing professional development, which is able to utilize advances in relevant knowledge.

The education process shall be an evolving one and not merely a process of acquisition of a large number of disjointed facts.

There shall be less emphasis on didactic lectures and major part of the learning time shall be devoted to demonstrations, group discussions, seminars, clinical work and conferences.

The dental council of Singapore, National College of Singapore, The dental council of Malaysia, The dental council of South Africa, The dental council of Kenya, The Tver State Medical Academy, Russia & Those from other European countries.

Every attempt shall be made to encourage the students to participate in group discussions and seminars to enable them to develop expression, character, personality and other qualities essential for a dental graduate to serve the community and the nation effectively.

The curriculum of the college has incorporated the major requirements of the Dental Councils of the UK, USA and other prominent countries in Europe.

SUCCESS RATE Along with imparting quality education to the students, Mauras College of Dentistry & ORI & Hospital has so far had a commendable success rate.

Frequent internal assessment tests shall be held, so that, the process of learning would be a continuous one and not sporadic.

Careful record of work shall be maintained, which shall form the basis for internal assessment.

Selection of Candidates: Selection will be based solely on Merit. Short listed candidates may be required to appear for an interview before the “Admission Panel” on the given date and venue which will be intimated later, at their own expense.

Selected candidates will have to pay the required fee before the admission.

Certificates/documents to be attached to Application form:

Academic Year &

Admission Procedures Eligibility for Admission: a) Academic: Candidates should have passed the 10 + 2/ A` level or an equivalent examination from a recognized board with Chemistry, Biology, Physics as principal subjects.

Candidates should have obtained not less than 50% marks as the minimum requirement b) Nativity/Domicile: Students from Mauritius as well as other countries like South Africa are eligible to apply. The candidates should have proficiency in English. c) Age: Candidates should have completed 17 years of age on 31st July. They should submit documents like Birth Certificate or School Leaving Certificate to prove their age.

Commencement of the Academic Year shall commence from the ACADEMIC YEAR month of August every year.

Application form: A candidate for admission must submit an application in his own hand writing, in prescribed Application forms which has been duly signed and issued by the dean.

The Application forms can be obtained from the Administrative Office at Mauritius or our website i.e., http://www.maurascollege.org/application_form_dental_college.asp This form, duly completed in all respects along with necessary documents, must be submitted either by Registered Post or handed over personally together with stamped and self addressed envelope for a reply, so as to reach the office of the Trust before the last date.

A processing fee of EU 25 must accompany the application form.

Incomplete, defective and late applications will not be considered and no correspondence in this matter will be entertained.

- Pass certificate of Qualifying examination (10 + 2)/A level or equivalent.

- Marks list of the Qualifying examination.

- 10 Passport size photographs.

- Copy of the Passport.

- Course and conduct certificate from the Head of the Institution where candidate studied.

- Document of proof of age.

- Demand draft of EU 25 payable at Mauritius drawn in favour of the company.

- Medical Certificate from a Registered Medical Practitioner as to the candidate`s physical fitness to undergo the course.

- Hepatitis B Vaccination Certificate.

- HIV testing report.

- Self addressed and stamped envelope size 9.5  4.5 inch.

Cancellation of Admission: If any candidate who is offered admission does not pay the prescribed fees at the time of admission, his/her admission will be treated as cancelled and the seat will be offered to the next eligible candidate.

The college will not be responsible for any postal delay or delay due to any other cause in the receipt of the notification or admission of the candidate.

The admission offered to the candidate shall be cancelled if at any point of time the College finds and declares that the candidate is not eligible for admission due to non-fulfilment of the conditions of admission.

Even if a candidate has paid the fees but fails to join the college within a fortnight without intimation or prior permission of the Dean, the latter may at his discretion cancel the admission of such a student.

If any information supplied by the student in connection with his admission is later at any time found to be incorrect, the student shall be liable to be removed from the college and the fees paid by him shall be forfeited.

The decision of the Management in this regard shall be final.

The Chairman of the Company reserves absolute right to reject all or any of the applications without assigning any reason at any time.

Execution of Agreement: Agreement: The Parent/Guardian of the student admitted to the College shall be required to execute an agreement on a stamp paper in the performa as prescribed at the time of admission of the ward to this college.

Advance Post dated cheques/Direct Debit for the tuition fees for the subsequent academic years will be deposited along with the application form.

III.

ORAL SURGERY

In this department, the students and the staff work best to relieve the suffering patients from Oral Pain.

Departments of the

Existing MCDH

WORK DONE: i.

Extraction ii.

Disimpaction iii.

Enucleation iv.

Marsupilalization v.

Alveoplasty vi.

Oro antral fistula management vii.

Cyst & tumour treatment.

IV.

PROSTHODONTICS

In this department, the students and the staff work to their best of their ability to satisfy the patients with suitable prosthesis so as to replace their missing natural teeth or tooth structure.

Mauras College of Dentistry & ORI & Hospital comprises basically of 7 departments which illustrates as follows: 1) 3) 5) 7)

Oral Medicine & Diagnosis, Oral Surgery, Conservative & Endodontics Orthodontics.

I.

ORAL MEDICINE & DIAGNOSIS

2) 4) 6)

Pedodontics, Prosthodontics, Periodontics,

In this department, the students and the staff do the oral check-up before sending the patients to the other departments, based on the patient`s final diagnosis.

No dental treatment is provided.

WORK DONE: i.

Check-up with the oral findings written on the patient`s case sheet. ii.

X-ray film is taken to the required tooth region.

II. PEDODONTICS In this department, special care and attention is given to the children.

Both the students and the staff have to cope with the child psychology and be aware of the child management WORK DONE: I. Scaling iii.

Pulpotomy v.

Apexification vii.

Extraction ix.

Habit breaking appliances

ii. iv. vi. viii. x.

Pulpectomy Restoration Polyp excision Child management Space maintener fabrication

WORK DONE: i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi.

Complete denture, Removable partial denture, Crown and bridges, Inlays and onlays, Enameloplasty, Relining & rebasing.

V.

CONSERVATIVE & ENDODONTICS

The most working and profitable department of the clinic.

In this department, special attention is given to maintain the integrity of the tooth structure.

Patients who prefer to preserve the teeth rather than lose them are referred to the department for treatment.

WORK DONE: I. i. ii. ii. iii. iv. v.

Dental restorations Silver restoration Composite restoration Root canal therapy Post & core placement Dentinal hypersensitivity management Glass-ionomer cement.

Departments of the

Existing MCDH

VI. PERIODONTICS In this department, patients usually come to have his oral cavity cleaned through mechanical means.

They come to treat their gingival problems also.

WORK DONE: i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. i.

Scaling Bleaching/whitening Foot planning Curettage Flap surgery Frenectomy Crown lengthening Gingivectomy Drainage of abscess Bone grafting.

VII.

ORTHODONTICS

In this department, the patients want to have their teeth aligned with orthodontic appliances.

The students guided by their HOD, make the different parts in the fabrication of the appliance WORK DONE: i. ii. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii.

Performing model analysis Fixed Orthodontic Appliance fabrication Removable Orthodontic Appliance fabrication Molar band fabrication Elastic replacement Space maintener fabrication.

Soldering and welding the orthodontic parts.

Activator fabrication.

Taking primary impression and pouring the cast.

FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Dental Council of India is the STATUTORY BODY which is mainly concerned with the MAINTENANCE of standard of DENTAL EDUCATION and further is the duty of the council to REGISTER QUALIFIED DENTIST and ELIMINATE QUACKS from the field.

Some specified rules & regulations brought forward by the Dental Council of India: a)

Basic principles for the maintenance of minimum education standard for the B.D.S degree.

b)

Minimum physical requirements of a dental college.

c)

Minimum staff pattern for under graduate dental studies in colleges with 40, 60, & 100 number of admissions.

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Basic qualifications and teaching experience required to teach B.D.S & M.D.S students.

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e)

General establishment of dental facilities, its duration of course, select on of students.

The Dental Council of India was formed on the 12th April 1949.

f)

Migration and transfer rules for students.

As per the Dentist act 1948, the representatives of following groups contribute to the composition of Dental council of India.

g)

Regulations of scheme of exam for B.D.S & M.D.S.

h)

Dental Curriculum: Time and subject specifications to clinical programme and field programme, syllabus etc.

THE DENTAL COUNCIL OF INDIA

1. One registered dentist possessing a recognised dental qualification elected by the dentist registered in part “A”, of each state.

2. One member elected from amongst themselves by the members of the Medical Council of India. Not more than four members elected from among themselves by Principles, Deans, Directors, and Vice-principals of Dental Colleges in the states training students for recognised dental qualifications, provided that not more than one member shall be elected from the same college, and Heads of Dental wings of Medical Colleges in the state training students for recognized dental qualifications.

3. One member from each university established by Law which grants a recognized dental qualification.

4. One member to represent each state to be nominated by the government of each state.

5. Six members nominated by central government.

6. Director general of health services.

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