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The Department of Oral & Maxillofacial surgery forms an important component of the Dental Hospital as the procedures carried out in this department include extraction of teeth, minor surgeries, biopsies, and advanced surgeries including orthognathic surgeries, management of cyst and tumors, oral malignancy and dental implants. The department also has a commitment to treat facial fractures and has dedicated faculty for management of cleft lip and cleft palate.
 
The department has also procured new equipments to run these various units efficiently & effectively hence allowing us to provide prompt service to a larger number of patients in a shorter span of time. Procedures falling under the category of minor oral surgery are conducted routinely in the new minor oral surgery section.
 
Additional staff members and auxiliary staff have been added to existing staff structure to satisfy the requirements of the various sections of the department.
 
Emergency casualty team is present in the casualty section at Bharati Hospital on a regular basis. The trauma center of this department caters to the emergencies of accident cases where transfer of patients from the ambulances to the operation theatre is done smoothly and swiftly from the casualty entrance to the operation theatre via specially designed ramp.
 
With the aim of providing treatment to indoor patients the department of Oral & Maxillofacial surgery has also developed a fully functional state of the art operation theatre complex equipped with surgical & adjunctive gadgets. These include surgical light systems, cardiac monitors, pulse oximeters, cautery systems & the like. The patients being operated in the above mentioned complex are also provided with recovery rooms following their surgical procedures with constant monitoring. Further hospitalization needs of the patient are well taken care of in our spaciously designed wards (40 beds) in Bharati hospital. A special provision has also been made for hospitalization of patients being treated for major surgeries as well as those requiring special attention .The facilities available at Bharati hospital include intensive care units, blood transfusion & neonatal care etc.

Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics


The department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics is one of the prominent departments in the college. The department is spread over a large area that includes undergraduate section, postgraduate section and preclinical laboratory.
 
This branch basically deals with restoration of diseased teeth, thus conserving remaining tooth structure and preserving the natural dentition. The subject of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics is taught from the first year of B.D.S.
 
The department has huge preclinical laboratory equipped with phantom head assembly. This assembly includes simulators with artificial jaw and teeth. In first year and second year, students are trained to work on these simulators. They perform the operative procedures on Ivorine teeth first before working on patients. In third and final year they can perform these procedures on patients. The undergraduate students perform simple operative procedures like Dental Amalgam restorations, GIC restorations etc under vigilant supervision and guidance of the faculty. In internship program students can manage little difficult case like complex restorations and root canal treatment procedures, under supervision of the faculty.
 
The post graduate section is well equipped with state of the art, advanced gadgets like Operating microscope, Digital Radiographic Equipment (RVG), Endosonic devices, Laser equipment, apex locators, Physiodispenser , recent obturating systems etc. This section is also equipped with casting laboratory and accessory machines required for casting as well as ceramic furnace and lumamate furnace for indirect composite restorations. The post graduate students are trained to perform complicated treatment procedures as well as advanced treatment modalities with innovative approach. These modalities include Smile designing, Tissue engineering for Regenerative procedure, Endodontic surgery and complicated root canal treatment procedures.
 
The department has a very well organized library with all the specialty books. Students and faculty members are best benefitted from this facility. One of the salient feature of the department is that, we regularly organize CDE program and conferences wherein invite renowned professionals who share their knowledge and expertise with students and faculty. This refurbishes us with the advanced technologies in our specialty.
 
The most important aspect is that the department has enthusiastic, highly qualified and dedicated faculty. The expertise and clinical experience of our faculty members is par excellence. The main concern of the department is satisfaction of the patients. The department is always on the progressing front as far as the quality of the treatment rendered to the patients is concerned.
 
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