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Academic Department

Department Of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics

02164-241555/6/7

Head of Department

Dr. Chanamallappa Ganiger

Professor & Head.

About the Department

To impart quality education pertaining to various treatment modalities in

ORTHODONTIA.

To impart theoretical and practical training to interns.

To train the students to diagnose and treat various cases.

To train students in preparation of active and retentive removable and

Myofunctional appliances

Our Vision

  • To provide the under graduate and post graduate students about orthodontic training, research and advanced patient treatment needs.
  • To provide comprehensive smile enhancement treatment accessible for rural population
  • To provide thorough knowledge about the various removable and fixed appliances
  • Patient care through invisible orthodontics including aligners.
  • Total esthetic rehabilitation of cleft patients

Our Mission

shall prepare competent and compassionate orthodontics professionals with sound

knowledge and excellent skill through quality education based on competency model

that inculcates scientific temper, moral and ethical values.

Department shall foster inter-disciplinary research that will generate meaningful

outcomes for the community and nation.

It shall provide quality health care to the rural and needy using holistic approach

for the development of the community .

Department shall provide high quality accessible, affordable advanced tertiary

dental care to patients.

Objectives

  • To facilitate high quality accessible, affordable advanced orthodontic care to patients.
  • To promote high quality education, training and research facilities to students.
  • To achieve proper esthetic stability, structural balance and functional efficiency.

Infrastructure

Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics is well equipped with all the

required instruments and equipments as per the DCI requirements. The department also

has various modern Undergraduate section for undergraduate teaching

 Post graduate section for patient

 Well furnished seminar room

 Well equipped photography room

 Preclinical lab for under graduate & post graduates

 Separate cabin for HOD

 Separate cabin for Professors

 Separate cabin for Associate Professor, Assistant Professors

 Separate space for PG Common room

 Well equipped sterilization room, ( top loading Autoclave , front loading autoclave

glass bid sterilizer ultrasonic cleaner pouch sealing machine )

 Department having computers , printers, x-ray scanner, cephalometrics tracing

software,(Nemoceph )

 Department well connected with Wi-Fi

 Separate Department library

 Department is having a fridge and small museum for undergraduate

 Department is also having modern equipment for pre clinical lab 02 biostar

machines , hydro solder machine , 4 cast trimmers plaster mixing vibrators ,micromoters hand pieces, polishing lathe machine plaster dispensers .

 Department is also separate records rooms for patient records.

Teaching Methodology

  1. Problem based Learning
  2. I-CARE
  3. OSPE/OSCE
  4. Inter-disciplinary seminars
  5. Open book test
  6. Project based learning
  7. A total of 49 Lectures in the form of PowerPoint
  8. CD’s available in Departmental
  9. Case Discussions