VISION
To provide the highest quality of comprehensive surgical and medical care with compassion and concern for every patient.
MISSION
To train the students in various oral and maxillofacial surgeries in an organized, systematic and ethical manner by our renowned team of maxillofacial surgeons to mould them in achieving, maintaining and rejuvenating a successful surgical career.
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery is the branch of dentistry that specializes in surgical treatment or intervention of diseases, disorders, defects and injuries of both soft and hard tissues of the head and neck. Department of Oral & maxillofacial surgery has its presence where all the emergency and trauma services are provided to the patients having maxillofacial problems.
MINOR OPERATION THEATRE
The Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery in Malabar Dental College has a separate minor operation theatre and exodontia clinic. In exodontia the undergraduates are trained in basic extraction procedures. In the minor operation theatre all minor surgical procedures under local anesthesia are performed.
GERIATRIC CLINIC
The Department also has a well established geriatric centre in which the geriatric patients are treated with utmost care and compassion under the guidance of well trained and experienced staffs.
EMERGENCY CARE AND MAJOR OPERATION THEATRE
Department has an MOU with Amana hospital, Kuttipuram for major surgical procedure. Procedures undertaken by the department include: surgical treatment of facial injuries – complex craniofacial fractures, fractures of the lower jaw, upper jaw, cheek bone, nose, and orbit (sometimes all of these together) and soft tissue injuries of the mouth, face and neck, Removal of head and neck benign and malignant tumors, Reconstructive surgeries, Dental Implants and bone grafting for prosthetic rehabilitation of jaws, Removal of impacted teeth and complex buried dental roots. Minor surgical procedure includes Exodontias, Incision and drainage, Treatment of cyst and tumors, Biopsy, Periradicular surgery, Oroantral fistula closure, Frenectomy, Alveoloplasty, and Torus removal.
SIMULATION CENTRE
The department has a simulation centre that provides training for BLS, Arch bar fixation and suturing. These are given as three modules in each year.
DORA CENTRE
Our department is very proud to be the first in Kerala to give training for Dental operating room assistant (DORA).
We also conduct and take an active part in study group discussions on clinical topics for the betterment of the students. The strength of the department is well experienced staff with academic and clinical skills, very good patient inflow, minimum charges with maximum benefit to patients, quality patient treatment.
CENTRAL STERILE SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT
Our department is having Central Sterile supplies Department facility (CSSD), responsible for the processing, sterilization and quality control of all sterile supplies and equipments used on patient care units. The main objectives of this facility are to centralize the sterilization activities among hospital, to maintain quality control parameters for all sterile items, methods of sterilization and to document the effectiveness of each sterilization method, to maintain aseptic procedures in order to control the spread of infection.
