Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology
- The Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology is situated in the clinical OPD Block, it has fully functional Clinical Block and Radiology section.
- Clinical block has separate undergraduate and postgraduate sections.
- All the operatory chairs have intraoral cameras and LED
- Radiology section is completely digitalized and equipped with latest equipment’s ie Two Digital OPG Machines, Five Intra-Oral-Oral X Ray Machines, Cone Beam Computed Tomography and PSP Digital X Ray Systems- Vista Scan.
- Orofacial Pain Clinic
- Patient Counselling Room forms the vital part of the Department which is recognized not only for basic counselling of the patients but also for clarifying the myths regarding dental practice.
- Patients are well guided for their treatment and its outcome.
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME
- Apart from casing the essential curriculum defined by DCI, department encourage students to make integrated seminars and projects.
- Students learn diagnostic skills and medical management of oral diseases
- Exhaustive hands on exposure in Diagnostic Radiology where they learn to take different radiographic views and image interpretation.
- Regular discussions and demonstrations are taken in the clinic and radiology sections.
- Lectures are uploaded by the concerned faculty fifteen days prior to the lecture scheduled for the students so that students are familiarized about the topic.
- Student evaluation at the department level is done every month.
POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME
- Department admits Three post graduates every year.
- One of a kind Oro-Facial Pain Clinic to treat, diagnose and manage complex Orofacial Pain conditions.
- Post graduate programme is well structured with clearly defined goals, which grooms them for management of various Oro-facial pathologies and various radiographic techniques specified.
- Comprehensive Research oriented program with focus on Clinical based research where post graduates undertake individual short and long term research projects
- Apart from this they are trained in taking CBCT scans and their interpretations.
- The clinical workup of the special case is an unwavering area of focus.
- Evidence based learning methodologies are taken up for post graduate training
- Biopsy procedures for different pre-cancerous and cancerous lesions
- Vital Staining
- Intra-oral and Extra-oral Imaging protocols with Interpretation
- Conventional and CBCT guided Sialography
- Ultrasound imaging exposure in conjugation with Radiology Department of Surya Hospital
- Allied postings at different Hospitals in Radiotherpay and Diagnostic Imaging including CT and MRI
- Students are encouraged to practice recent trends in the management of diseases via CAUTERY, LASER and TENS therapy, ULTRASOUND THERAPY and DIATHERMY along with Basic Life Support and Emergency Management.