DENTISTRY

• About Us

• Staff

• Teaching to Undergraduate Students

• Hospital Services

• Research

• Publications

• Activities Carried Out

About Us

Department of Dentistry is one amongst many other specialties in the field of medicine at Baroda Medical College & S.S.G. Hospital. Department began its journey with tiny steps in the decade of 60s, and since then it is thriving to provide compassionate, comprehensive and superior quality dental care to community.

Our scope of practice encompasses the diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of conditions and diseases of the Teeth, mouth, face, head and neck.

Department has also been entrusted with an academic task of introducing the budding medical students to the subject of dentistry and to provide holistic view of clinical dental practice.

Department aims to become the standard bearer for education of medical students in the subject of dentistry and high quality patient care in the field of dental practice.

LOCATE US:
Department of dentistry (OPD-14) is situated on the first floor of OPD building block in the campus of medical college & S.S.G. Hospital, Vadodara.

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Staff

LIST OF FACULTY MEMBERS (CURRENT)

DETAILS OF FACULTY MEMBERS (CURRENT)

TEACHING TO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

 Subject of dentistry falls in to the category of allied specialty under the main subject of general surgery at medical college.
 Theory lectures are held for students of IInd year of M.B.B.S on a weekly basis for a period of 6 months. Theory lectures are based on standard syllabus in accordance with guidelines prescribed by Medical Council of India.
 During their IIIrd year students are posted for a period of 15 days in the dental clinics for 2-3 hours on daily basis. During which daily they participate in clinical discussions of various significant topics of dental science and receive chair side clinical teaching. They are demonstrated to obtain a case history and perform thorough clinical examination of a dental patient. Students are allowed to observe the dispensing of various common dental procedures and are explained the principles and rationale behind it.
 At the end of the posting an assessment is made which is based on evaluating knowledge and information they have gained through clinical posting. A short written assessment is organized during their IIIrd year of M.B.B.S.
 Regular academic activities for undergraduate students in the form of clinical case discussions, chair side demonstration and seminars.
 Department intends highly in participating in interdisciplinary research project in collaboration with other fields of medicine and raising the research and scholarly activity profile of the department.

Hospital Services

Spread by word of mouth has brought patients from all walks of life, not only from Vadodara city, but all towns around and also from neighboring states.

The outpatient department not only imparts plethora of dental treatment services, but also segregates patients to be admitted in house for the treatment of various oral and maxillofacial disorders. E.N.T. department generously accommodates dental patients for indoor service facilities (6 Beds) and also provides operation theatre facility for major oral surgical procedures.

Consultants attend dental references sent from various OPD and UBS/NUBS references from Wards of various medical disciplines. Department maintains symbiotic relationships with all other departments for the betterment of patient.

Department returns its obligation to society by actively participating in social and community services in terms of organizing diagnostic and therapeutic dental camps.

Providing Modern dental care with good hospitality is the motto of department.

Department offers following treatment procedure :-

• Routine Extractions
• Restorative Procedures ( Filling)
• Endodontic Procedures ( Root Canal Treatment/ Pulpal Procedures)
• Routine Cleaning Of Teeth ( Oral Prophylaxis)
• Periodontal Procedures
• Periodontal Flap Surgery
• Complete Denture Prosthesis
• Removable Denture Prosthesis
• Dental Implants
• General Dental Care For Medically Compromised Patient
• Dental Care For Geriatric Patients
• Dental Care For Pediatric Patients
• Dental Care For Physically And Mentally Challenged Patients
• Removal Of Impacted Third Molars (Wisdom Teeth)
• Routine Tooth Extraction
• Evaluation And Management Of Oral Mucosal Lesions
• Minor Oral Surgical Procedures Under Local Anesthesia
• Major Oral Surgical Procedures Under General Anesthesia
• Diagnosis Of Oral Carcinoma
• Treat Accident Victims Suffering From Facial Trauma/Injuries
• Jaw Cysts And Tumors
• Temporo-Mandibular Joint Surgery
• Jaw And Facial Reconstruction Following Tumor Surgery Or Trauma
• Reconstructive And Cosmetic Facial Surgery
• Corrective Jaw Surgery (Orthognathic Surgery)

INFRA STRUCTURE:

 Outpatient Area with 4 manual dental chairs
 Minor oral surgical operation theatre with 2 dental semiautomatic chairs
 Prosthetic Laboratory with one manual dental chair
 Demonstration room for students

E. ONGOING RESEARCH

1. Efficacy of Modified Erich Arch Bar in Maxillomandibular Fixation in Cases of Mandibular Fractures.

2. A survey about awareness of periodontal health amongst the students of professional medical and paramedical colleges in Vadodara.

3. A comparative study between serratopeptidase versus a combination of trypsin+bromelain+rutoside in the reduction of postoperative sequelae after surgical removal of impacted mandibular third molar.

PUBLICATIONS

Activities Carried Out

Also we have celebrated “ORAL HEALTH WEEK ’’from dated: 20/03/2018 to 26/03/2018 where outdoor camps were held out to different places with free oral check up and distribution of tooth brushes were carried out…..and parallel to the indoor departmental lectures and advices needed for different oral hygiene measures were carried out under which maximum participation was observed.