ORAL MEDICINE AND RADIOLOGY

ORAL MEDICINE AND RADIOLOGY

Attention M.D.S. aspirants, Why should you join Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Radiology Department of Hazaribag College of Dental Sciences and Hospital to pursue post-graduation?

I. Overview: The Department of Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Radiology, Hazaribag College of Dental Sciences and Hospital is the academic destination for all the dental graduates who want to pursue post graduation in this speciality.

First and foremost the department boasts of an extremely dedicated and experienced team of faculty members headed by Dr. Sri Krishna. The number of new patients visiting the department ranges between 250-300 everyday. The equipments installed in the department are all state of the art and cutting edge. The department has Intraoral and Extraoral X-ray machines. Additionally, we also have a CBCT machine which is the first to be installed in this region.

We have organized Continuing Dental Education programmes in the past and continuously endeavour to hold more such activities to further strengthen our knowledge.

Continuing efforts made by the students and faculty to achieve academic excellence has led to the recognition of the department at State and National Levels. Undergraduate students have won a total of four best paper awards at the National Undergraduate Convention of Oral Medicine and Radiology in 2017. Continuing the tradition the post graduate students of the department have won a total of eight best paper awards and one poster award at various National Conferences and Conventions. Dr Sugandha Verma, post graduate from the first batch of PG`s from the department was the University topper for the year 2019.

II. Faculty Details:

1) Professor & Head: Dr Sri krishna K

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B. Publications: Total no. of Articles - 15

                            Total no. of Books - 1

C. Awards with details:

1. Best Dissertation Award - 2003, Awarded at national level by the Indian Academy of Oral Medicine & Radiology (IAOMR)

2. 1st Prize in Scientific paper presentation, 22nd A.P. State Dental Conference, 18th - 19th Nov, 2000, Tirupathi

3. 1st Prize in Scientific paper presentation, 28th A.P. State Dental Conference, 5th - 7th Oct, 2007, Vijayawada

4. Best Poster in Scientific poster presentation, 3rd National Triple ‘O’ Symposium, 13th - 14th Oct, 2001, Chennai

5. 4th Prize in Scientific poster presentation, 2rd National Triple ‘O’ Symposium, 23rd - 25th June, 2000, Mumbai

E. Any other significant detail:

1. Elected as Editor-in-Chief of the “Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology” in 2014-15.

2. Elected as Treasurer of the Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology in 2016-17

3. Felicitated at “Doctors and Teachers Function” at Hazaribag conducted by Dainik Bhaskar Newspaper in 2017

4. Elected as Vice-President of the Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology in 2019

5. Elected as Treasurer of the Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology in 2020-21

2) Professor: Dr Anand Choudhary

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B. Publications: Total no. of Articles - 15

C. Awards with details:

1. Awarded Best Paper in 13^th National Conference IAOMR in 2005.

2. Best Paper in OOOE convention in 2007.

E. Any other significant detail: He is in the Editorial Board of three International Journals of Repute.

3) Professor: Dr Devarshi Nandi

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B. Publications: Total no. of Articles – 4

C. Awards with details:

E. Any other significant detail:

1. He was a part of Medical Team for Nepal Earthquake Relief in 2016.

2. Conducted several courses at various locations on self development: “Happiness Program” in 2016-17.

3. Guest speaker for Colgate Dental Future’s Professional Program on “Career prospects after BDS and MDS” in 2018

4) Reader: Dr Saumya Verma

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B. Publications: Total no. of Articles - 5

C. Awards with details:

1. 1^st prize in Poster Presentation at OOOE Symposium in 2011.

2. 1st Prize in Paper Presentation at 27th IAOMR National Conference, Hyderabad in 2015

3. 1st Prize in Paper Presentation at 29th IAOMR National Conference, New Delhi in 2017

4. 1st Prize in Paper Presentation at 30th IAOMR National Conference, Udaipur in 2018

5. 2nd Prize in Paper Presentation at 31st IAOMR National Conference, Amritsar in 2019

E. Any other significant detail:

5) Reader: Dr Ashutosh Kumar

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B. Publications: Total no. of Articles - 5

C. Awards with details: 

E. Any other significant detail:

1. Elected as Vice President, Indian Dental Association, Hazaribag Branch

6) Senior lecturer: Dr Gunjan Sinha

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B. Publications: Total no. of Articles - 3

C. Awards with details:

1. 2^nd Prize in Paper Presentation at 28^th ISDR Conference in 2015.

2. 1st Prize in Paper Presentation at 28th IAOMR National Conference, Kanyakumari in 2017

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7) Senior Lecturer: Dr Srishti

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B. Publications: Total no. of Articles – 

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III. Activities:

1) Undergraduate students: The number of new patients visiting the department ranges between 250-300 everyday. This large patient pool creates a unique opportunity for the student trainees to hone their diagnostic skills while being exposed to myriad number of cases notably the pulp and periapical diseases. Intraoral and Extraoral radiography alongwith a keen sense of perception about individual patient needs is taught here. They are exposed to patients who have oral manifestations of systemic disorders and necessary diagnostic skills are developed.

UG STUDENTS

2) Postgraduate students: The PG activities involve lively discussions; both chair side and academic regarding each case attended by the student. With changing times there is a need to create more employment opportunities for the post graduate students. The department provides in-depth knowledge and guidance about Radiographic Reporting, may it be for two dimensional or three dimensional radiography.

The department also has a separate speciality clinic where routine dental treatments such as oral prophylaxis, fillings amongst others are done on medically compromised cases by post graduate trainees. Clinical and didactic skills are inculcated in the post graduates so that they can in turn encourage younger doctors to realize their learning objectives. Students are also stimulated to take up independent research projects to answer difficult scientific questions pertaining to diagnosis and treatment of oral diseases.

Altogether choosing the department of Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Radiology to pursue post graduation will lead to overall development of the student both on the personal and professional front.

Post Graduate Students

1. Publications:

2. Conference Presentations:

3. Awards :

3) Conferences/CDE programs/ Workshops/Hands-on organized by the department:

Conducted a CDE on “CBCT: An innovative aid in maxillofacial diagnostics” at state level in 2016.