Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
discipline of dentistry
Oral and maxillofacial surgery is a branch of surgery to correct a wide spectrum of diseases, injuries and defects in the head, neck, face, jaws and the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region. It is a recognized international surgical specialty and it is one of the nine specialties of dentistry. The Maxillofacial post graduate out-patient department deals with minor oral surgical procedures like Impactions, Trauma, Surgical removal of cysts and Oral Implantology.
About Department
The Maxillofacial unit teams up with surgeons of other specialties like Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Surgical Oncology and undertake Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeries, Management of Trauma patients, Orthognathic Surgeries and Oncosurgical cases. Post graduate programme was started by 2009. There are 6 post graduate students in the department who are posted on-call 24×7 at the hospital casualty.
They undergo special training in departments like Casualty, Anesthesia, and Intensive care, General Medicine, General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, ENT, Radiology, Orthopedic, Plastic Surgery and Surgical Oncology at Sri Ramakrishna Hospital.
Teaching Methodology
- Integrated and Interdisciplinary Learning
- Experiential Learning
- Participatory Learning
- Problem Solving Methodologies
- Patient Centric and Evidence Based Learning
- Project Based Learning
- Self-Directed Learning
Clinical Core
- Dentoalveolar surgery (surgery to remove impacted teeth, difficult tooth extractions, extractions on medically compromised patients, bone grafting or pre prosthetic surgery to provide better anatomy for the placement of implants, dentures, or other dental prostheses)
- Diagnosis and Surgical treatment of benign and malignant pathology, cysts, tumors etc.
- Diagnosis and Surgical treatment of congenital craniofacial malformations such as cleft lip and palate and cranial vault malformations such as craniosynostosis, (craniofacial surgery)
- Diagnosis and Surgical treatment of soft and hard tissue trauma of the oral and maxillofacial region (jaw fractures, cheek bone fractures, nasal fractures, Face bone fractures, skull fractures and eye socket fractures)
- Diagnosis and treatment of chronic facial pain disorders.
- Diagnosis and treatment of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders
- Cosmetic surgery limited to the head and neck: orthognathic surgeries and allied surgeries (rhytidectomy/facelift, browlift/blepharoplasty, otoplasty, rhinoplasty, septoplasty, cheek augmentation, chin augmentation, genioplasty, neck liposuction, lip enhancement, injectable cosmetic treatments, botox, chemical peel etc.)
- Oncological( oral cancer) surgeries and reconstruction of defects
IT Services
- We use software – Dental Management System (DMS) to manage the student details, patient records and academic records. Digital displays, video security systems, high-speed internet access for students and staff, are among the IT services.
department programmes
| S.No | Date | Program | Venue | Target Audience |
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1 |
13/02/2016
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International OMFS day
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SRDCH |
Faculty, UGs & PGs
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2 |
18/08/2017
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Stem Cell Regenerative Medicine
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SRDCH |
Faculty, UGs & PGs
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3 |
27/09/2018
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AOMSI Awareness Run
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SRDCH
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Faculty, UGs &PGs, Public
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4 |
13/02/2019
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International OMFS day
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SRDCH
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Faculty, UGs &PGs, Public
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5 |
13/02/2020
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International OMFS day
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SRDCH |
Faculty, UGs &PGs
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6 |
17-10-2019 &
18-10-2019
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Orthognathic Surgery- Contemporary approach to Diagnosis & Treatment Planning.
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SRDCH
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Faculty, PGs
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7 |
13/02/2021
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International OMFS day
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SRDCH
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Faculty, UGs &PGs
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department achievements
| S.No | Awards by Students |
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1 |
Sai nanthini.K ,
Monika C A – CRI/2020 – E- POSTER – Maxillary Sinus Lift – 2nd Prize
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2 |
Franklin Manova – FINAL YEAR / 2020 – PAPER PRESENTATION – 2nd Prize
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3 |
Mano Rekha ,
Nivetha B – FINAL YEAR / 2020 – POSTER PRESENTATION – 3RD Prize
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4 |
Keerthika,
Hari Pranesh,
Melvyn John – FINAL YEAR / 2020 – QUIZ – 3RD Prize
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5 |
The department had performed more than 1000 major surgeries, 15000 minor surgeries and few lakh tooth extraction procedures. Under graduate and post graduates have bought laurels to the department by achieving gold medals in the subject at university level and also winning at various Scientific Competitions. The faculties have presented papers and published articles at national and international level; have been updating the skills by attending conferences and workshops. The department has conducted various Skill Enhancement workshops. |
department Faculties
The Maxillofacial Surgery Unit has a dedicated 20 beds in Sri Ramakrishna Hospital at very affordable charges and coordinated with other specialities from Emergency Medicine, Neurosurgery, Orthopedic, Plastic Surgery and Surgical Oncology. The library is equipped with more than 120 titles of books and 9 journals in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery.