Government Dental College, Thiruvananthapuram was started in 1959 and was the second Dental College to be established in South India. The College has got eight full fledged Departments and all of them offer PG training. The College has published 8 papers in various international journals, and 21 in national level journals. A total of 125 paper presentations have been made by the college, ranging form world conferences to state conferences till date. The college offers speciality services to the public in Dentistry. Development programmes for the next five years include building a surgical block, upgradation of the college to AIIMS status, becoming a Research centre for Ph.D etc