The Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge at MCODS Manipal was established in 1965. It offers diagnosis, treatment planning, rehabilitation and maintenance of the oral function, while ensuring comfort, appearance and health of patients with clinical conditions associated with missing or deficient teeth. It specialises in implant, aesthetic and reconstructive dentistry. Restoration of oral function is done through prostheses and restorations (i.e., complete dentures, crowns, implant retained/supported restorations).

The department focuses not just on patient care, but also gives equal emphasis to innovative teaching methodologies and research.

The Core competencies

• Removable prosthodontics
• Fixed prosthodontics
• Maxillo-facial prosthodontics
• Implant prosthodontics
• Advanced aesthetics
• Digital Prosthodontics 

Key features

• Well-equipped laboratory to fabricate dentures and prosthesis, one for undergraduates and an air-conditioned laboratory for postgraduates
• Best-in-class infrastructure and faculty
• Teaching activities are designed to put students at par with their peers at reputed universities in India and abroad
• Department organises professional development programs to upgrade the knowledge of faculty and students
• Regular hands on programs for students facilitate insight into recent advances
• Free denture camps organized by the department expose the students to a variety of patients. The departmental library is adequately stocked with textbooks and an internet facility
• Two well-equipped departmental laboratories, one for undergraduates and an air-conditioned laboratory for postgraduates
• Three air-conditioned labs for preclinical prosthodontic work, which caters to the needs of 100 students and postgraduates
• A separate casting and ceramic lab with the latest equipment and material, capable of functioning as a commercial dental laboratory
• Recent materials and latest equipment like RVG, IPS Empress 2, Autoclave Uniclave C 79 B Confident, Hot Air Oven Kemi, High seed alloy grinder AG 04 (Ray Foster), Multimat NTX Press unit, Bego Vacuum mixer, Orion pressure moulding machine, Advanced surveyor has added to the new dimension in treatment planning.
• A newly established Advanced Digital Laboratory caters to the needs of modern-day dentistry.
•  A full-fledged setup of CAD-CAM and 3D printing technologies which include Dentsply Sirona Primescan Intraoral Scanner and model scanner have made the workflow in the department completely digital, precise, and fast-tracked.

It has world-class facilities for training undergraduate and postgraduate students with a well-equipped laboratory to fabricate dentures and prosthesis.

The newly established Advanced Digital Laboratory also helps the students to keep pace with the modern world and upgrade their skills in digital dentistry.