In the draft guidelines issued by the Dental Council, proposals have been made to switch to the credit and semester system instead of the current yearly system. Those who transfer to a different college or resume studies after taking a break will be able to transfer their credits until then. Besides the mandatory core subjects and the foundation course, the syllabus would have electives too. Subjects like medical bio ethics would be included as a main subject. Meanwhile, sports dentistry, sleep medicine, forensic odontology, social justice, environmental science and yoga would be included as electives. The draft proposals have been...