 Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery involves surgical management of Various Pathologies and Deformities of the Oral cavity, Jaws & Face. These procedures are undertaken on either Elective or Emergency basis. Minor surgeries are conducted on day basis in out patient Department.
Major surgeries involve admission of the patient in Hospital & use of General Anesthesia.
Various surgical procedures undertaken in the Department are Divided in to Two parts
(A) Various Major Maxillofacial surgeries
- Management of Facial Trauma: Mandible, Midface, Pan Facial
- Open reduction with rigid fixation using miniplates & Screws.
- Management of Benign & Malignant tumors of Oral cavity & reconstruction using autogenous grafts
- Management of Cysts of Oral Cavity
- Management of TMJ joint Ankylosis & other Pathologies.
- Surgeries for Correction of Jaw profiles i.e. Orthognath i.e. surgeries.
Minor Oral surgical procedures:
Involves procedures done under Local Anesthesia
- Exodontia - Extraction of teeth
- Trans Alveolar Extractions - Extraction of teeth as a minor surgical procedure.
- Surgical extraction of Impacted / Supernumerary teeth
- Apical surgeries – for Endodontically treated teeth with periapical pathologies
- Excisional Biopsies – of Precancerous lesions , lesions of the Mucosa i.e. Ranula, Mucocoele
- Incisional Biopsies –of suspected Carcinoma of Oral cavities , F.N.A.C of cystic lesions
- Closed reduction & fixation- of patient with facial trauma, fractures of mandible , Mid face dent alveolar fractures
- Placement of dental Implants – for Prosthetic replacement of teeth
- Use of CO2 laser - for treatment of mucosal pathologies, Precancerous lesions.
The infrastructure & various equipment for management of these surgeries are as follows.
- Exodontia clinic.
- Minor Oral surgical Department
- Major Operation Theatre fully equipped with Multiparameter, Boyles apparatus ventilator, Suction apparatus, Oxygen cylinders.
- ICU -Two bedded with Recovery room –fully equipped with trined staff
- Anesthetists & Paramedical / Nursing staff.
- Micro Oscillating Saws & Micro motors.
- Distraction Osteogenesis Kit.
- Titanium bone plating kit _ Synthes
- CO2 Laser
- Implantology Dept
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