Theoretical tour of KCDS

I have always loved the subject of endodontics and that is what motivates me to join the course. I also love surgery. The curriculum prepared us quite well for the outside world. But if I had to suggest improvements ,it would be to use advanced technology which would be relevant and find its use in clinical practice . We still have a lot of outdated concepts being taught ,which can be replaced. For example, amalgam restorations, IOPAR, extra oral radiographic techniques , etc. Instead of these, emphasis could be laid on composite restoration, RVG etc The 3 internals are conducted once every 3 months and final exam happens once a year. As I have mentioned earlier ,going through previous years question papers and learning your skills thoroughly should suffice to achieve a good score in the exams

I secured a seat in this college under government quota and so I'm paying 1,46,000 every year. The fees has not increased since the time I have joined. This fee is divided into 2 parts. Karnataka examination authority demands a few of 90,000 per year and college fees(tuition fee) is 56,000. Apart from these , we have to spend about 10,000 on instruments each year (which we will be buying from outside) . The miscellaneous expenses ( food, records , stationery,etc) comes upto another 10000. I belong to general merit and so this was my fees. Now coming to SC, ST and OBC , they have the facility of applying for an SSP scholarship . The amount awarded in the this scholarship can range from 12000 to reimbursement of full fee depending on merit. The fees for private quota students would be around 4 lakhs and for management seat 6 lakhs .

All the major festivals and events like valintes day are celebrated our college. An annual fest called krisdentz ,which includes sports and culturals is a major interest for all the staff and students. The college also offers gym facilities, playground, badminton court,etc. We have a huge library containing all the relevant books and jounals to help students expand their knowledge base.

We write NEET exam to join the medical courses . My rank in NEET was pretty bad ( around 4 lakhs ) ., so I did not get a seat until I reached the mop up round . We have a system of counselling where we choose our college preferences and submit them ,and based on our rank, we get accepted or rejected from those colleges. To secure a seat in dental, you need to have a rank of below 1 lakh. During my counselling , this was the only college available in Bangalore. I did not want to move outside of Bangalore and so I ended up choosing it

Faculty of this college are pretty good. They are very approachable and are more than happy to help you out with any problem. The only issue I faced during my college years is the discrimination between boys and girls. They seem to favour boys in any situation,but I think that would be a normal thing when we consider the patriarchal structure of society. The faculties that I really like would be Dr Suhana , Dr Anagha, Dr Aparna .All 3 of them are very very sweet and will help you out in any way they can . There is no faculty I did not like ,as they only scold you if you have done something wrong. But none of them carry it forward. We have a concept of 3 internals and one final exam. The average of internals marks is considered for the final exam score. The division of marks for theory would be 70- theory paper, 10- internals and 20- theory viva . For practicals ,it is 90- practical exam and 10- internals. Course curriculum is relevant to the exams conducted.