Vision
The Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology strives to be internationally recognized for academic excellence in the fields of Oral Pathology, Oral Biology and Forensic Odontology.Mission

Mission
The mission of the Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology is to:

This is achieved through our core values of respect, care and consideration for our colleagues, patients and students, and the belief that there is no substitute for excellence.

Oral Health and Diseases forms the core of the School of Clinical Dentistry. A thorough understanding of Oral Diseases and Conditions is an essential pre-requisite. Understanding a disease process right through pathogenesis and clinical behavior prepares the clinician to intercept and treat. And we endeavour to impart this knowledge to our students so that they can be good clinicians in the future.

The Department of Oral Pathology is an academic department with responsibilities for undergraduate teaching in the first three years of the BDS course.

We also run a postgraduate teaching program training dental surgeons to be Oral Pathologists and provide a specialist, diagnostic head and neck histopathology reporting service, admitting two students per year.
Procedures undertaken in the department

Department provides a specialist diagnostic head and neck surgical pathology service to oral and maxillofacial surgeons and other clinicians in local and regional hospitals.

Comprehensive final diagnostics from case history, patient examination to using various biopsy procedures, processing techniques and histopathology reporting.

All this and our specially trained attendants provide routine blood examination including HBV and HIV profile.

Equipments used for the above procedures are up to date and include: