Dental Science is an area that has gained tremendous recognition in recent years. In view of wide spread oral diseases and dental problems among the rural population and to meet the ever increasing demands of Dental personnel in rural areas, the Pravara Medical Trust established Rural Dental College and Hospital in 1989. Currently Rural Dental College is affiliated to Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Loni. Initially it had an intake of 60 students that was later increased to 100 admissions from 2007 onwards. Academically, Rural Dental College was affiliated to the Pune University (1989 - 1998) and then to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik (1999- 2003). However, our founder’s dream of setting up an independent university became a reality with the naissance of Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences in the year 2003. Today our infrastructure proudly supports more than 310 dental chairs and state of the art laboratories with an intake of 100 undergraduate students and 22 postgraduate students and research scholars for PhD program per year. The college has all the specialized dental preclinical and clinical departments as stipulated by Dental Council of India (DCI). These are Dental Materials, Dental Anatomy, Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Microbiology , Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics, Pediatric and preventive dentistry , Oral Medicine & Radiology, Public Health Dentistry, Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Periodontology , Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. All these departments are adequately staffed and equipped as per the norms prescribed by Dental Council of India for conducting effective undergraduate & post graduate training. The College and courses offered are recognized by Dental Council of India. The College also offers post graduate courses in Dental Surgery (M.D.S) in eight disciplines. The students of this dental college are benefited with both high technological dental education as well as simultaneous exposure to the rural population through community based training. Extensive preclinical and clinical training is imparted to the students at Rural Dental College & Hospital as well as at its well equipped peripheral clinical wings. In a nutshell, Rural Dental College of PIMS, Loni stands as one of the finest centers for higher learning, acclaimed internationally for its excellence in dental education as well as oral health care, complying with the institutional mission set forth.