SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERN OF ACADEMIC DENTAL INSTITUTES IN INDIAN STATES AND THE COMPARISON WITH POPULATION PATTERN-A TREND ANALYSIS

Abstract

Aim: To juxtapose the dental educational institutes, population distribution and analyze India's dental educational system's changing trends.

Methodology: The current data was obtained from the website of the dental council of India, Central Bureau of Health Intelligence and the Ministry of Health and family welfare and further data regarding the number of dental institutions, number of seats in under graduation and post-graduation course. India is geographically grouped into six zones, namely North, South, East, West, Central, Northeast, which were entered in Excel for descriptive analysis.

Results: There are currently 318 dental colleges in India granting degrees in dentistry.  In India, among 268 postgraduate colleges, 230 dental colleges are in the private sector (86%) and 38 dental colleges in the government sector (14%).

Conclusion: - The study concluded that there is a lack of allocation resulting in an increasing spurt of dental colleges in India.