The Government Dental College in Bangalore is one of the first few dental colleges in the country post independence and the first dental college in Karnataka to have started in 1958 with its beautiful stone walled building and campus. Within a very short period of time GDC gained lot of importance with its service to humanity mainly through best dental education to its students and catering to the needs of the population in and around Karnataka through efficient oral health care delivery.
The first Postgraduate course in the subject of Orthodontia was started in the year 1965 followed by Periodontia and Oral Surgery in 1967, in Oral medicine, Preventive and Social dentistry in 1973-74 and Conservative dentistry in 1977, which were given the due recognition by the Dental Council of India. This repute and credentials of the GDC was the reason for the expert committee of World Health Organisation(WHO) to visit this college as a centre and choose this institution amongst several institutions throughout the Southeast Asia to establish a Service clinic in the college and also recommended the starting of the Post graduate programme in the subject of Preventive and social dentistry for the first time in our country.GDC is a recognized center for the PhD programme in the six specialities with 3 recognised PhD guides .Its also a centre for numerous ongoing WHO-GOI projects .