A.B.S.M. INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES, MANGALURU

Established in 1985, the A B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences is recognized by the Dental Council of India for undergraduate and postgraduate courses. It has been recognized by the Malaysian Dental Council and is an affiliate of Okayama University Dental School, Japan and academic mentor to Oman Dental College, Sultanate of Oman. In association with the Smile Train Organization, USA and Cleft Children International, Switzerland, the college has the unique distinction of being at the forefront of treatment and research in cleft and craniofacial anomalies, in the country.

The college also has MoUs with Goethe University, Germany and the Universite de Paul Sabatier, France for faculty and student exchanges.

It is a matter of great pride that the Institution has been ranked as one among the 5 th Best Dental college in the Country according to the Recently announced NIRF ranking 2020 , 3rd among the private dental colleges in the country and 8th among all the dental colleges in India (The Week magazine’s “Hansa Research Survey – 2018). The college also won the Best Dental College (2018) Award, instituted by the Indian Health Professionals Committee for "Outstanding Clinical Work, Contribution towards Research and Scientific Publications".