Department Of Oral Pathology & Microbiology

Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology is a specialized branch of dentistry that includes diagnostic procedures like cytology, histopathology and blood investigations and also provides a broad understanding of the pathophysiology and behaviour of disease.

Work undertaken in department

UG Training

Our objective is to motivate undergraduates towards fundamentals in oral biology.
=> The department is involved in teaching 1st Year, 2nd Year, 3rd Year BDS students. Students are taught subjects of Oral Embryology & Histology, Oral Pathology and Forensic Dentistry.
=> Students are encouraged to present case reports of special cases.

PG Training

=> PG Programme was established in the year 2009.
=> The overall goal for post graduate programme is to train a specialist who is able to:
=> Provide highest level of microscopy diagnostic skills utilizing appropriate new technologies
=> Immunohistochemistry
=> Oral cancer screening
=> Diagnosis and management of patients with syndromes
=> Encourage post graduate students to learn about modern teaching techniques to upgrade and enhance the teaching methodology by attending and conducting various workshops.
=> To compete for research grants from various sponsoring bodies