Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is the specialty of dentistry which includes the diagnosis, surgical and adjunctive treatment of oral diseases, injuries and defects involving both the functional and esthetic aspects of the hard and soft tissue of the oral and maxillofacial regions. Our core curriculum includes anesthesia, diagnosis, patient assessment, dento-alveolar surgery, temporomandibular surgery, orthographic surgery, trauma, reconstructive surgery, oral pathology and Tumors of the Head & Neck area.
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is introduced in third year of BDS with the basic Principles of Oral Surgery, Sterilization, Disinfection, Local Anesthesia & Extraction of Teeth.
It is a major subject in the Final year, which is taught and examined according to the prescribed PMDC Syllabus. At a time other discipline of medicine, like neurosurgery, plastic surgery and ENT are incorporated for different patients working as a team to provide the best possible treatment.
We hope that department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery will become a centre of excellence for the patients of Province of the Punjab.