Departments
- Orofacial Pain
- Oral Medicine & Radiology
- Prosthetics & Crown & Bridge
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Periodontology
- Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry
- Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics
- Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics
- Public Health Dentistry
- Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology
- Implantology
- Research & Publication
Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics >> Overview
One of the busiest departments of the college, the Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics aims at “Increasing the life span of teeth”. Towards this end, department offers root canal treatment, endodontic surgeries, metallic non-metallic and aesthetic restorations. UG and PG students gain thorough knowledge in areas such as restorative dentistry and endodontic treatment which includes endodontic microsurgery, regenerative endodontics and management of traumatic injuries. The department also teaches students, the procedures involved in aesthetic dentistry. The department is fully equipped with facilities such as vista scan, thermoplasticized gutta percha system, rotary endodontic system, power bleaching , LED light curing unit, endosonics and a complete ceramics lab.
The latest addition to the department is the waterlase- “Hard Tissue Laser”. This has helped in making the procedures such as cavity preparation, caries removal, desensitization and bleaching more precise and painless. This new technology can be used in the field of endodontics for access cavity preparation without anaesthesia and also for root canal disinfection. The advantages of water lase extends to endo surgery as well which includes procedures involving soft tissues and osseous tissues such as Periosurgeries, Implant placements.
These, enables students to watch, understand and gain hands on experience on the complete range of treatments and procedures. A new department namely, aesthetic dentistry has been created to serve the present day cosmetic needs of the patients. Faculty of the department has authored a text book on endodontics. Several national and international papers have been published by the staff. Future plans include conducting workshops on endo microsurgical procedures and to make the department a PHD center.
Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics >> Faculty
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