Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

About the Department

Headed By:

DR. AMIT RAY

MDS

This department primarily deals with the surgical work carried out by dental surgeons and oral & maxillofacial surgeons. Teeth which are significantly affected by cavities or gum disease , may not be restorable and henceforth referred to this department for removal / extraction. Apart from the patients requiring dental extractions , patients who need biopsy , surgical removal of dental cysts , ulcers , lumps and growths in the oral cavity and as well as in the head-neck regions are referred to this department. Apart from the above , this department also caters as a primary care centre for medical emergencies and facial trauma & oral cancer in the dental college , due to the availability of medical monitoring equipment being present here.

The department has an attachment and MOU with Sagar Dutta Medical College and Hospital , Kamarhati ( A West Bengal Government Medical College approved by MCI ) for admitting and operating its patients under general anesthesia. The patients with fractures of jaw ( eg. by road traffic accidents ) , dental cysts , jaw tumors including oral cancer , congenital facial deformities are treated by this department through this hospital attachment. The postgraduates of this department have rotatory postings in various super speciality areas like plastic surgery , neurosurgery and oncosurgery.

MDS Faculty

PROF DR AMIT RAY-	PROF & HEAD
PROF DR SAMIRAN GHOSH-	PROFESSOR
PROF DR SUDIP CHAKRABARTY-	PROFESSOR
PROF DR RICHI BURMAN-	PROFESSOR
PROF DR AVISHEK DE SARKAR-	PROFESOR
DR SIDDHARTHA CHATTERJEE-	READER
DR RAJARSHI BANDYOPADHAY-	SR LECTURER
DR GOURAB MONDAL-	SR LECTURER
DR SOMAK SAHA-	SR LECTURER

Scope of Treatment

The department deals with

Oral Cancer
Craniofacial Fracture
Jaw Reconstruction Surgery
Esthetic Jaw Surgery
Surgical Correction of Orofacial deffects
Cysts and Tumors of the Jaws
Treatment of Orofacial Infections
Temporomandibular Joint Disorder
Orofacial Pain Management
Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery
Salivary Gland Tumors
Orthognathic and Facial Plastic Surgery
Dental Implants
Wisdom Tooth Extraction

Infrastructural Highlights

Dedicated 20 Beds for Maxillofacial Surgery at Sagar Dutta Medical College , Kolkata
Comprehensive Minor Operation Theatre for Complicated Oral Surgery
Latest Equipment like Orthomax Trauma Kits , Fibre Optic Laryngoscope , Satellac Piezo Bone Surgery and Implant Centre
Dedicated Team of Oral Surgeons imparting round the clock care to Comorbid patients