Khyber College Of Dentistry

Khyber College of Dentistry (KCD), a premier institution in the country, since its establishment in 1964. Khyber College of Dentistry is located within the University Campus adjacent to Khyber Medical College, Khyber Teaching Hospital and the Administration Block of the Peshawar University. To provide oral health care facilities to the people of the 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 University of Peshawar. The Department of Dentistry was formally declared open by the then Minister for Health Begum Mahmuda Salim on12th October 1964. Prof. Dr Ahmad Iqbal was the founder chairman of the department. 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 function of the Silver Jubilee of the Department of Dentistry. In 2009 the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery was shifted to a new purpose-built building comprising of 18 beds ward 9 private rooms with 4 well-equipped operation theaters along with extended minor oral surgery facility. In 2010, R&D Cell, Pathology Laboratory and a new digital library were established. The annual intake of students has gone up gradually from 14 in the year 1964 to 77 in 2008. So far more than 1800 dental graduates have qualified. Apart from undergraduate studies, this institute provides postgraduate training in different disciplines of Dentistry. Construction of a new seven-story building is underway over an area 85402 square feet for extension of various departments.