JAMMU, Feb. 2 -- In a major achievement, Indira Gandhi Government Dental College (IGGDC) Jammu has been granted recognition for 14 MDS seats in seven specialties by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, which issued a notification in this regard recently.

The recognition has been granted for 2 seats each in the Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Periodontology, Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Pediatric & Preventive Dentistry as well as Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Microbiology.

The IGGDC Jammu was established in the year 2004 and within 16 years of its establishment, the MDS courses were commenced here in the year 2020 on the persistent...