Department of Oral &
Maxillofacial Surgery
The specialty of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
(OMFS) is the art and science that merges the skill and acumen acquired in dentistry
with the knowledge and confidence of medical surgical specialty by treating minor surgical to
major in patient surgical treatments.
From the humble beginning of dental background, confined to
treating difficult extractions and impacted teeth and jaw pathologies, to treating of facial
bone fractures the specialty has gradually widened its expertise to cosmetic jaw and facial
surgery (Orthognathic Surgery), Oral Rehabilitation through Dental Implants, Temporo Mandibular
Joint disorder management and to the handle the ever burgeoning burden of oral pre-cancer and
cancer of oral cavity.