The Dental Wing of the King George's Medical College started as a part of the ENT Department in 1949 with Dr B Sampat in charge. It shifted to a separate premesis as a Department of Dentistry in 1952. The department made steady progress with constituent sections of different specialities offering comprehensive dental care to patients under the stewardship of Prof TN Chawla who succeeeded Dr Sampat. The Dental Department became a full fledged separate faculty in 1980 with the respective sections becoming full fledged departments.
The Faculty of Dental Sciences also made significant contributions in the field of research. A research unit in Periodontology was established under Prof TN Chawla by the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi in 1965. Fluoride Study and Oral Prophylaxis Study units were established with PL480 grants. Various other research schemes are also in hand under the Faculty.