Department of Public Health Dentistry is one of the nine specialities of Dentistry which is mainly concerned with prevention and control of dental diseases and promoting dental care through organized community efforts. The objectives of this speciality are three fold i.e. Community diagnosis of conditions related to oral health, developing ways of helping community towards maintaining good oral health through planning & implementation of Oral Health Programs, Conduct scholarly research and be a resource unit for research in dentistry.

In short, this speciality is concerned with creating awareness among the public about the dental health and thereby helping the people to seek the necessary intervention at the earliest through the organization of dental outreach activities. The department is actively conducting a number of dental outreach activities for providing basic dental care to the needy, underprivileged people and making appropriate referrals for providing the specialty care through its dedicated mobile dental unit.

The department is also providing comprehensive dental care to the patients within the institution. It is also spreading awareness through the celebration of various special days of health importance to spread the dental awareness among public. The department is running one urban and one rural training centre at Jaiatala and Katol in order to fulfil the oral care demands of the public. There is also undergraduate teaching as per the recommendations of Dental Council of India. The department is also involved in carrying out various social welfare activities for the benefit of the society through its NSS wing. The department is rendering primary dental care to the needy, underprivileged public on a periodic basis through its mobile dental unit in collaboration with Primary health centres and Rural hospitals located within a radius of 20 Km at Gondhkheri and Hingna respectively