In consonance of the provisions of the Act, Dental Council of India is entrusted with the following objectives.

◊ Maintenance of uniform standards of Dental Education – both at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. (a) It envisages inspections/visitations of Dental Colleges for permission to start Dental colleges, increase of seats, starting of new P.G. courses (as per provisions of section 10A of the Act).

◊ To prescribe the standard curricula for the training of dentists, dental hygienists, dental mechanics and the conditions for such training;

◊ To prescribe the standards of examinations and other requirements to be satisfied to secure for qualifications recognition under the Act;

To achieve these, the needs are:

◊ Uniformity of curriculum standards of technical and clinical requirements, standards of examinations;

◊ A uniform standard of entrance to various courses in dentistry;

◊ Affiliation of every dental college to an University;

◊ Supervision over all the dental institutions to ensure that they maintain the prescribed standards;

◊ Regulation of the profession of dentistry.