Research Activities and Diagnostic Pathology

• Elaborate protocol for research activities
• Decahead Research microscope along with an attached digital camera for photomicrograhic evaluation.
• Fluorescent and polarised microscopy
• Morphometry Image analysis software (Magnus Pro)
• Stereomicroscope
• Diagnostic Pathology: Special Stains, Immunohistochemistry And Microbiological Analysis.

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME

• The department is involved in teaching Undergraduate students of I BDS, II BDS & III BDS in the subjects of Oral Anatomy & Histology and Oral Pathology & Microbiology respectively.
• In Oral Pathology, about 110hrs of theory are taken annually covering all the basic aspects and 176 hrs of practical classes are taken annually wherein students are trained to identify the pathology slides, casts and specimens of Oral diseases.
• Students are also trained using case presentations and pictorial representation of oral diseases, participate in discussions and present seminars.
• In Oral Anatomy & Histology,  practicals are dealt with respect to the normal histology slides related to tooth development and various other Oro-facial structures, identification of normal morphology and different dentitions of human teeth with the help of casts and specimens.
• Students also perform carving of all permanent teeth and make longitudinal and transverse ground sections of teeth.

postGRADUATE PROGRAMME

• Training programme including self learning and interactive teaching methods.
• Specialized Training to ensure higher competence in both general and special pathology dealing with the nature of oral diseases, their causes, processes and effects by conducting lectures for undergraduates.
• Routine histopathological evaluation of specimens relating to oral and perioral tissues
• Advanced diagnostic pathology: Molecular diagnostic aids such as Immunohistochemistry, PCR, ELISA, Spectrophotometry.
• The department has maintained the MUSEUM with variety of specimens including soft and hard tissues ranging from odontogenic cysts, odontogenic tumors to head and neck resections.
• The museum also displays numerous specimens of developmental anomalies including extracted teeth and casts.