DEPARTMENT OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY

Faculty

S. No.

Faculty Name

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Post

01

Lt. Gen. (Dr.) N K Sahoo

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Professor & Head

02

Dr. Apoorva Mowar

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Professor

03

Dr. Prajesh Dubey

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Professor

04

Dr. Nimish

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Associate Professor

05

Dr. Shelly Sharma

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Lecturer

06

Dr. Nitish Gupta

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Lecturer

07

Dr. Parul Gupta

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Lecturer

 

Department’s Mission

“The department aims to offer maxillofacial surgeons, who shall have excellent skills in providing preventive, therapeutic and surgical care to the patients and at the same time should have an inclination towards academic development, uplift of profession and society as a whole”

About The Department

The Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery consists of the OPD, Post-graduate section and OT block. The OT block consists of minor OT and Implant clinics. The department has an average daily OPD of 70 – 100 patients and a large diversity of cases report to the department. Thrice in a week major (under GA) surgery, like cleft related surgeries, trauma, TMJ orthognathic surgeries, Jaw pathologies including cancer resections and reconstruction, are operated in the OT complex of adjoining Chhatrapati Shivaji Subharti Hospital, where separate wards for male and female patients, exclusively for maxillofacial patients are also available.

Salient Features of The Department

The Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery takes pride in imparting knowledge and education at both graduate and Post Graduate levels. The department not only has the latest state of the art equipment but also provides the students with facilities like:

  • Access and training in the emergency department, specialized branches and wards of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Subharti Hospital, which allows them to gain knowledge about

    • Dealing in emergency care

    • Intensive care patients in the surgical, medicine, respiratory and neonatal care units

    • Day to daycare and monitoring of the patient in the wards

  • The hospital operation theatres where procedures under sedation and General anaesthesia are routinely performed and are well equipped with the latest anaesthesia stations and fibre optic endoscopes for treating difficult to operate cases of TM ankylosis and trismus also.

  • The department itself has its own resuscitation room equipped with a crash cart, multi-para monitor and Automatic External Defibrillator (AED)

  • The various modern equipment in the department like

    • Oscillating saw unit

    • Piezosurgery unit

    • RVG

    • Electro-cautery

    • Fibre-optic Naso-endoscope

    • Magnavision (for the magnified vision of the surgical area)

    • Autoclaves

      • Flash autoclave

      • Front-loading autoclaves (with drying cycle)

      • Large Vertical autoclave

    • Ultrasonic instrument cleaner

    • All chairs in the department are fully electronic.

  • Multiple Implant systems, including kits and instruments for performing both basic and advanced dental implantology.

  • Trauma kits of Lebinger and Orthomax company, titanium plates, for open reduction and internal fixation, so that international level recommended treatment can be provided. 

  • Advanced equipment for performing Cleft lip and palate, Orthognathic, Oncosurgery and facial plastic surgery.

The department has full-time internet access, a well-stocked library (with both national and international titles of Books and Journals) and an LCD projector for seminars, journal club, case presentations, webinars and discussions.

Guest Lectures, Workshops And Conferences Organized By The Department In Last Five Years

 

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Year

 

Title of the Workshop/ Conference/ CDE/ Guest Lecture/ Webinar

 

Details

1.

2015

Guest Lecture on Advanced Implantology by Dr. Ronen Bordovski, consultant Implantologist, Italy.

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2.

2016

Annual XIV National Triple “o” Symposium

  1. 1st Pre-conference course – Hands-on course for Nobel Implant system – Dr. Ravi Batra
  2. 2nd Pre-conference course – American Heart Association certified BLS course

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3.

2016

Guest Lecture by Dr. Ashish Gupta Professor and Head of Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery,  Sudha Rastogi Dental College, Faridabad.

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4.

2016

Lecture & Hands-on course for closed reduction of maxillofacial fracture – Dr. Nageshwar Iyer, (Professor and Head Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dean, Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Dental Sciences and Research, Mullana).

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5.

2017

Guest Lecture by Dr. Anurag Yadav, Consultant Head & Neck Oncosurgeon, Bareilly.

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6.

2017

Master class 2017 - Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons of India. (24 Experts from all over India)

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7.

2019

Guest Lecture "Antibiotics in Dentistry (Uses and Misuses)" – Dr. Maj. Gen. G.K. Thapliyal (Professor& Head, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, ITS Dental College, Greater Noida).

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8.

2019

CDE & Hands-on Course on "Advance Implantology - Zygomatic and All on four Implants". (Professor & Head, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Government Dental College, Jaipur)

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9.

2020

Closed Reduction in Maxillofacial Trauma and Methods of Intermaxillary Fixation" – Dr. Amit Aggarwal. (Professor & Head, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Seema Dental College, Rishikesh).

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10.

2020

Local Anesthesia – Tips and Tricks" – Dr. Sankalp Mittal. (Professor & Head, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Government Dental College, Jaipur).

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11.

2021

Oral Submucous Fibrosis – An Interprofessional Approach in Early Diagnosis and Clinical Management" by Dr. Jitender Aurora Professor and Head Saraswati Dental College, Lucknow, and the date was 19.11.2021.

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12.

2021

Tooth to Skull" by Dr. S.M. Balaji Professor and Director at Balaji Dental and Craniofacial Hospital, Chennai and date was 26.11.2021.

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13.

2022

International Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons Day

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14.

2022

ORTHO- SURGE 2022 – A workshop On Orthognathic Surgery

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Achievements, Awards & Recognitions of the Department

Students and faculty both take active participation in academic activities at National and International platforms. Students have won awards at different events. Patents have been awarded and the faculty of the department has served as “Resource Person” – as chairperson, course conductor, guest lectures and Experts. (Click here for Details)

Academic writings are encouraged and there are numerous International and National publications by the faculty, with a high citation index. (Click here for details of publications by the department).