Department of Dental Surgery is a fully functional Department with highly qualified and competent staff catering to the oral,dental and maxillofacial surgery needs of patients not only from Bhopal but also from entire state of M.P.
The Department has highly advanced and state of the art Eight (8) Dental Chairs.The Maxillofacial Surgery Unit has latest equipments like Diode Laser,Implant Physiodispenser, Oscillating Saws,Oral Videoscope,Operating Microscope,Electrocautery Machine,Radio Visual Graphs(RVG),Pulse Oximeters etc.
The prime objective of the department is to have a patient centered approach and provide quality dental and maxillofacial health care to the masses ranging from simple dental procedures like oral prophylaxis, restorations, root canal treatments ,teeth whitening,laser surgery ,microscopic endodontics etc to orthodontic treatment,maxillofacial prosthetics and complex oral and maxillofacial surgeries under GA needed for the management of maxillofacial pathologies and conditions like TMJ ankylosis, OSMF,cleft lip/palate, facial trauma, facial deformities, cysts and tumors of the maxillofacial region, etc.
Department staff has published many Research Articles in renowned National and International Peer Reviewed Journals.The Department is actively involved in teaching MBBS Students in the field of Dental and Orofacial Region as per the NMC curriculum.Fulfilling its duty towards the community, the Department of Dental Surgery has been organizing community camps as well.
Currently,the department is running 2 special clinics:
1. Temporomandibular Joint Diseases and
2. Oral Cancer Screening and Prevention.
The highly skilled team in the department is headed by Dr.Anuj Bhargava (Associate Professor & HOD) along with Dr Animesh Barodiya , Assistant Professor, who both are maxillofacial surgeons trained in cleft lip/palate, orthognathic surgeries,facial trauma,tumors of orofacial complex etc.
Medical Officers,Senior Resident and Junior Resident staff increase the academic richness of the department. In Future, it is also proposed to start post graduate course(MDS) in the discipline of oral & maxillofacial surgery along with setting up of a National Oral Maxillofacial / Craniofacial center.
