Coorg Institute of Dental Sciences (CIDS) is located a top a hill in

Virajpet The town of Virajpet also spelled as Virajapete is the second town of the district of Kodagu (Coorg), in Karnataka. It is the main town of the ''Virajpet taluka'', south of the district, in the Kerala-Karnataka border. The name is an abbreviati ...

town. The institution was set up in September 1999. It is affiliated to the

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), centered in Bengaluru, India, is a public, affiliating university set up in 1996 by the government of Karnataka, India, for the regulation and promotion of higher education in health sciences ...

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and recognized by the

Dental Council of India The Dental Council of India was incorporated under The Dentists Act, 1948 to regulate dental education and the profession throughout India. It is financed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and through the local state dental councils. ...

, the

Government of Karnataka The Government of Karnataka, abbreviated as, GoK, or simply Karnataka Government, is a democratically-elected state body with the governor as the ceremonial head to govern the Southwest Indian state of Karnataka. The governor who is appointed ...

and the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Departments

Non-clinical

* Department of Anatomy * Department of Physiology & Bio-chemistry * Department of Dental Materials * Department of Gen. & Dental Pharmacology * Department of General Pathology & Microbiology * Department of General Medicine * Department of General Surgery

Clinical

* Department of Prosthodontics * Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics * Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery * Department of Periodontics * Department of Orthodontics * Department of Pedodontics * Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology * Department of Community Dentistry * Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology

External links

Coorg Institute of Dental Sciences - Official website
Dental colleges in Karnataka Colleges affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Universities and colleges in Kodagu district Educational institutions established in 1999 1999 establishments in Karnataka {{Karnataka-university-stub