KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY , PESHAWAR

In order to provide dental health

facilities to the people of this region, it

was considered necessary to set up a

teaching dental department at Khyber

Medical College, Peshawar. The idea to

start a dental department came from late

Dr. Hassan Raza Shah, the then

Principal of de, Montmorency College of

Dentistry, Lahore. It was gladly

accepted; appreciated and very much

encouraged by General Mohammad

Akram, the then Principal of Khyber

Medical College and Mr. Mohammad Ali,

the then Vice Chancellor of the Univer-sity of Peshawar. The Department of

Dentistry was formally declared open by

the then Minister for Health Begum

Mahmuda Salim on 12

th

 October 1964.

The first batch graduated in 1968

while Pakistan Medical and Dental

Council accorded permanent recogni-tion to BDS degree in its session held in

Dacca (Bangladesh), the Capital of the

then East Pakistan in November, 1968.

From the modest start, it has grown

to become a fully developed teaching

institute with its modern Oral and Dental

Hospital and Surgeries, Operation

theatres and Wards in its new building

complex, which was opened on 9th

September 1978.

The annual intake of students has

gone up gradually from 14 in 1964 to 50.

So far more than 600 dental graduates

have qualified from this institute. Nearly

300 patients receive daily dental treat-ment of various natures. This includes

highly specialized treatment modalities

KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY ,

PESHAWAR

like orthodontic appliances, treatment for

oro-facial pain, facial injuries, oral

cancer and fixed and removable

prostheses of various kinds.

Three new blocks housing the

Departments of Orthodontia, Prosthetic

and Conservation were added to the

present set-up in 1992. After the

completion of Basic Science Block, it

can be said without any hesitation that

Khyber college of Dentistry Peshawar is

the largest teaching dental Institute in

Pakistan. On 11th January 1990, the

Department of Dentistry was upgraded

to the status of the College by the then

Chief Minister, Mr. Aftab Ahmad Khan

Sherpao who made this announcement

while presiding over the inaugural func-tion of the Silver Jubilee of the Depart-ment of Dentistry.

Khyber College of Dentistry is

located within the University Campus

and adjacent to Khyber Medical College,

Khyber Teaching Hospital and the

Administration Block of the Peshawar

University. The shopping centre,

telegraph and post office are situated

very close. Within the large green

campus vans of the University ply

regularly whereas the government buses

and private carriers are available from

early morning till late in the night for travel

between the college and Peshawar City.

The college is amazingly close to World

famous Khyber Pass and the most

beautiful scenery in the hilly areas and

valleys.

Present Principal is  Professor Dr.

Qiamud Din BDS (Pesh.), M.Sc (Lon-don),

Contact Details are:

Tele: (+92-91) 9216217

Fax: (+92-91) 9216217