Department Oral Medicine and Radiology::

The department of Oral Medicine & Radiology is the first department where the patient visits in any dental institution. Based on history & radiographic examination, patients are diagnosed, referred to & even treated with non surgical line of treatment for various orofacial disorders.

Oral medicine is that area of special competence concerned with the health of and with disease involving the oral and para oral structures. It includes those principles of medicine that relate to the mouth, as well as research in biological, pathological and clinical spheres. Oral Medicine includes the diagnosis and medical management of diseases specific to the orofacial tissues and of oral manifestations of systemic diseases. It further includes the management of behavioral disorders and the oral and dental treatment of medically compromised patients.

The department helps in development of dental graduates during training in the institution with adequate knowledge, necessary skills & reasonable attitudes which are required for carrying out all activities appropriate to general dental practice involving the prevention, diagnosis & treatment of all Dental & Maxillofacial diseases. The students should understand the concept of community oral health education and be able to participate in the health care delivery programmes.