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For the academic year 2018-2019, there were a handful of informative and educative CDE and Awareness programmes conducted by the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, which included participation of Postgraduate and Undergraduate students, also eminent maxillofacial surgeons across India.

The Awareness programmes“RUN FOR OMFS” and “OMFS MARATHON” conducted in Chennai on30th September 2018 and 9th February 2019 respectively helped in creating public awareness about the Field of Maxillofacial Surgery and its role in the present scenario of healthcare system. The “Oral Cancer Screening” programme conducted on 31st May 2019 at the Koyembedu Bus Stand and Koyembedu Market helped in screening a huge number of people and educating them on the importance of early detection, etiology, prevention and various treatment modalities available for Oral Cancer.

The CDE programmes included, the yearly course of BLS( Basic Life Support) which was conducted on 25th April 2018 and 14th May 2019 for the Undergraduates, Postgraduates and Staffs We were proud to host the Preconference Course of 43rd AOMSI on the topic “Principles in Maxillofacial Trauma” on 10th October 2018 which was informative to a lot of budding young maxillofacial surgeons. “Live Surgical Workshop and Student Convention” conducted on 14th and 15th November 2018 at our college received huge appreciation and positive feedback from the Students and Delegates. Other CDE programmes include, on topics “Current Management of Oral Cancer- A Multidisciplinary Approach” and “Outcome based Education” which were conducted on 12th April 2019 and 16th-17th April 2019 respectively.

There were two Guest lectures organized by the Department of Oral and maxillofacial Surgery in the previous year which included,

1. “Role of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons in Trauma Management” and “Oral Cancer and its Update” by Dr.S. Ramkumar (Hon. State Secretary, AOMSI) &DrSenthilMurugan (Prof. Dept of OMFS, SRM Dental College) respectively on 13th February 2018.

2. “Etiology, Classification and Surgical management of impacted teeth” by Dr. Deepak. C (Reader, Dept of OMFS, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Sri Ramachandra University) on 18th December 2018.

Dr. Ann Bevina made the College and Department of Oral and maxillofacial Surgery proud by obtaining the “University Gold Medal in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery” from “The Dr. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai” for the academic year 2018, also Mr. Subham Agarwal was awarded with “The State AOMSI Medal” for the academic year 2019.

Academic year 2018-2019 came out to be a prosperous period for the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and College. Dr. Bharathi was awarded the AOMSI Gold Medal for the Exam conducted by the AOMSI Tamilnadu state branch for the year 2018.

Google Teaching Classrooms for third and final year BDS and Small group discussions (everyday) for third, final year BDS & CRRI are the unique teaching methodology adopted by the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery which benefit students by giving them individual attention and imparting thorough knowledge of the subject. There is also a Video Library in the Department which students can make use of.

MINOR SURGICAL PROCEDURES DONE

1. Extraction of teeth
2. Alveoloplasty
3. Transalveolar extraction
4. Biopsy
5. Surgical removal of impacted teeth
6. Incision and Drainage
7. Cyst Removal
8. Oro antral fistula Closure
9. Periapical Surgery
10. Implant
11. Bone Grafting &Ridge Augmentation
12. TMJ Arthrocentesis
13. Cryosurgery
14. Peripheral Neurectomy
15. Orofacial pain

MAJOR SURGICAL PROCEDURES DONE

1. Surgery for facial fracture
• Frontal bone fracture
• Nasal bone fracture
• Orbital bone fracture
• Zygomatic complex fracture
• Maxillary fracture
• Mandibular fracture
2. Orthognathic Surgery
3. Sleep apnea treatment Surgery
4. TMJ Ankylosis management
5. TMJ Total Joint Prosthesis
6. TMJ Arthroscopic Surgery
7. Cleft Lip Surgery
8. Cleft Palate Surgery
9. Management of maxillofacial pathology
10. Microvasular Reconstruction of maxillary and mandible
11. Surgery for vascular malformation
12. Management of Cyst & Tumors
13. Cancer surgeries
14. Distractions
15. Implant surgery [Zygomatic]
16. Facial esthetic procedures
17. Rhinoplasty
18. Scar revision
19. Craniofacial surgery
20. Management of infection of jaw [Osteomyelitis, Ludwig’s angina, BRONJ etc]
21. Management of OSMF