Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

OVERVIEW:

The Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery at BIDSH, Patna is a speciality in dentistry established in the year 1984. Oral and maxillofacial surgery is a unique branch which bridges disciplines between dentistry and medical sciences.
The Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery forms an important component of Dental Hospital as the procedures carried out in this department includes treatment from basic oral surgical procedures like exodontia(extraction or removal tooth/teeth)& impaction surgeries of third molar as well as other impacted tooth under local anaesthesia to advanced complex surgical procedures like TMJ ankylosis surgeries under fiber-optic intubation& surgical correction of cleft lip & palate, Orthognathic surgery /reconstructive surgery of face, surgeries for facial trauma as well as facial cosmetic surgery.
The department has also procured new equipments to run these various units efficiently and effectively hence allowing us to provide prompt service to a larger number of patients in a shorter span of time. Procedures falling under the category of minor oral surgery are conducted routinely in the new minor oral surgery section.
Additional staff members and auxiliary staff have been added to existing staff structure to satisfy the requirements of the various sections of the department.
With the aim of providing treatment to indoor patients the department of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery has also developed a fully functional state of the art operation theatre complex equipped with surgical and adjunctive gadgets. These include surgical light systems, cardiac monitors, pulse oximeters, cautery systems. The patients being operated in the above mentioned complex are also provided with a constant monitoring.

ACADEMICS

  • The department caters to both undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) training curriculum.

Undergraduate Curriculum

  • The under graduate program deals with extraction of teeth and the complications arising and the subsequent management along with the management of medical emergencies on the dental chair.
  • This program involves lectures, seminars, clinical experiences in the last 2 years of the 4-year dental curriculum.
  • Students are exposed to a wide variety of orofacial pathologies and all students get an extensive knowledge of asepsis in clinical practice along with clinical experience in extractions and observations and assistance in minor and major surgical procedures.
  • Those interested in research will be able to collaborate in some of the ongoing research projects in the department.
  • The undergraduate section has 32 dental chairs, on which the students are trained the basic procedures of oral surgery.

Postgraduate Curriculum

  • The post graduate section has – cabins with dental chairs for each post graduate student.
  • There are 20 chairs in the Minor Operation Theatres.
  • About – cases of minor oral surgery are done by post graduates per week which include all complicated Dento-Alveolar Surgeries, Biopsies, Small cysts and Tumour Excisions, Minor Scar Revisions and Fracture Treatment.
  • With support of team of Oral Surgery, a variety of different cases are operated under General Anaesthesia and Local Anaesthesia.
  • All major cases are operated here in the highly equipped operation theatres and first-rate care is provided to post-operative patients in the attached ICU facility with attached NABH accredited Hospital.
  • Along with this various research projects to train the students in research methodology allotted to the post graduate students.

CDE programs

  • ON Periodic Interval

DEPARTMENT FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES

Infrastructure

  • Separate unit for under graduates and postgraduates with fully equipped ultra-modern dental chairs.
  • Minor surgery unit with post operative room
  • Laser surgery unit
  • Dental Implantology clinic
  • Seminar room with audio visual unit
  • Ward for day care post-surgery patients
  • Instruments for orthognathic surgery (Stryker Oscillating saw)
  • Instruments for maxillofacial cleft surgeries.
  • Instruments for TMJ surgeries.

Services to patients

  • Painless Dental extraction
  • Trans alveolar extraction
  • Impacted teeth surgery
  • Maxillofacial trauma surgery
  • Maxillofacial cyst and tumour surgery
  • TMJ ankylosis surgery
  • Maxillofacial cleft surgery
  • Orthognathic surgery
  • Dental implant surgery

Peripheral Posting for PGs:
AIIMS Patna for Peripheral training in the department of Surgical Oncology (Head and Neck), Trauma and Emergency ENT, Ophthalmology, for post graduates.

TEACHING FACULTIES:

Dr. Hiralal Ash (HOD & Professor)

He graduated from RADCH ,Kolkata in the year 1998 and did his post-graduation in the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery from the same college in the year 2001. He has 20 years of teaching experience and expertise in major surgery like TMJ surgery, orthognathic surgery. He has more than 100 publications in national as well international journals.


Dr. Manas De (Professor)


Dr. Sujoy Kumar Sinha (professor)


Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh (Professor)


Dr. Kumar Arunesh (Professor)

  • Editor of Journal Of Clinical Research In Dentistry (Journal of Magadh University Bodh Gaya).

Dr. Rajeev Kumar Singh (Professor)


Dr. Krishna Kishor (Reader)

  • 1st prize in paper presentation on the topic of OSSYFING FIBROMA :11th National triple O symposium at ITS DENTAL COLLEGE GAZIABAD (U.P).
  • 3rd prize in Poster presentation on the topic of RECONSTRUCTION OF POST RTA PATIENT USING FREE FIBULA GRAFT : A MICROVASCULAR SURGERY at Shubharti Dental College & Hospital, Meerut (U.P).
  • Awarded Fellowship in Maxillofacial Cleft by DCKH cleft society.
  • Author of Books – Salivary Gland Tumours, Mandibular Fractures Published in Lambert Publication.

Dr. Abhishek Kumar Singh (Senior lecturer)

  • Author of book Implant in Compromised Ridges published in Lambert Publication.
  • Invited as Chairperson in the scientific session in 1st zonal conference of Uttarakhand state chapter of AOMSI held on sept 7th 2018 Seema Dental College Rishikesh.
  • Best paper presentation at international summit INSPACON19-20 April 2019, SGT University Gurgaon, Haryana.

Dr. Zaid Khan (Senior Lecturer)

  • Ex Surgical trainee Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery at Craniofacial Center, Nepal under Future Faces (UK).
  • Author of the book MANDIBULAR RECONSTRUCTION [Lambert Publication].

Dr. Rahul Kumar (Senior Lecturer)

  • Best scientific E-poster 6th STAR Summit 28-30 Jan 2019 at Saveetha Dental College, SIMATS Chennai.
  • 3rd prize in scientific E-poster 7th STAR Summit 06-09 Jan 2020 at Saveetha Dental College, SIMATS Chennai.

Dr. Harsh jha

  • BDS ( Year of Passing 2018) Army College of Dental Sciences Secunderbad with distinction in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • MDS (2022) Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from Army College of Dental Sciences, Secunderabad.
  • Certified Training in Zygoma Implants from Nobel Biocare

Dr. Sonali Mishra

  • Graduated in 2017 with Merit position, Hons. and Post Graduation in 2021 as Gold Medalist with Hons
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support Provider 2019 -ACS guidelines
  • AOCMF facial Trauma certification 2019
  • Certified Implantologist from Nobel Biocare 2018
  • Experienced in Facial Plastics, Facial Cosmetics, and Hair Transplantation

Academic achievements of the students:

Dr. Sudarsan Sen.
1st Prize in scientific paper in WB AOMSI state conference 17th OCT 2020.