DEPARTMENT OF PERIODONTICS AND IMPLANTOLOGY

The mission of the Department of Periodontology is to provide excellence and innovation in education, patient care and scientific discovery in our specialized field. Since its origination from a single hydraulic dental chair and a handful of dental personnel in the general OPD of the medical college, the single-minded aim is to provide patient care with utmost precision and compassion as well as educate them about the importance of personal oral hygiene.

The department has witnessed awe inspiring changes in terms of both, work force as well as structure. It is now a well-ventilated sprawling space on the third floor of the college building with well segregated sections for patient reception, counselling and treatment and a completely different area dedicated to academics.
It has a fully air conditioned undergraduate as well as postgraduate section complete with 25 dental chairs equipped with all instruments, and materials required for comprehensive dental care of the patients.The post graduate clinic is bolstered with cutting edge facilities including soft tissue LASER and electrocautery. Advanced periodontal regenerative procedures are regularly carried out with the help of an adequately stocked department store with materials including synthetic bone graft materials, regenerative and barrier membranes along with avant-garde centrifuge machine.The department also boasts of a state of art Implant clinic meant for not only implant placements but also soft and hard tissue augmentation procedures for optimum functional as well as aesthetic restoration of the patients, the primary goal of the department. The infection control is ensured by a separate sterilization room following a stringent protocol for care of instruments.
The process of teaching and learning is the heart of education. With this in mind the department has remarkable infrastructural facilities and a dedicated teaching faculty meant to benefit the students to the fullest. Integrated department library has a vast collection of books, student library dissertations and journals and seminars. The department has a state of the art seminar room with all the audio-visual facilities which enhances the education experience of the students.

The department is equiped with full fledged implant clinic and soft tissue laser for surgical procedures, as well as RVG to aid in quick diagnosis and fluent implant placement. We also practice immacualte hygiene & sterilazation techniques with help of autoclave, ultrsonic cleanser and hot air sterilizer. We carry out routine periodontal regenerative therapy procedures using bone grafts (autografts and alloplasts), resorbable and non resorbable GTR membranes, we also have centrifuge machine for preparation platelet rich fibrin used to carry out advanced regenerative procedures.

Training Program

Department of Periodontics and implantology offers both undergraduate and postgraduate training programs.
The undergraduate training program starts from 3rd year BDS, consisting of regular theory and clinical sessions. In the clinical posting the students learn to take comprehensive patient case history, gain perfection in manual and ultrasonic scaling procedures as well as minor surgical procedures.
The DCI curriculum is strictly followed for the PG training program. Postgraduate students are exposed to regular chairside short case and long case discussions. They gain priceless clinical acumen in various periodontal surgical procedures ranging from routine flap surgeries to advanced periodontal plastic surgeries, hard tissue, soft tissue regenerative procedures and implant surgery. The PG students follow a rigid schedule of seminars, journal clubs to improve their academic skills. The postraguate dissertation, short term trials and case studies conducted in the department plays vital role in training the students about research activities.
The postgraduate students are encouraged to gain valuable experience by regular CDE programs held in the department.
The Training of Teachers program conducted by the department in collaboartion with Indian Society of Periodontology provided valuable insights to the students for their role as academicians after the MDS curriculum. Oral hygiene day celebration witnessed lectures on new modalities in periodontal therapy to encourage undergraduate students to take up periodontics as their subject for postgraduation.
The postgraduate students are encouraged to attend national conferences and PG convention to stay upto date with the latest developments in the field of periodontics.

Success Story/Achievement:

• The first batch of postgraduate students joined the department in the year 2014 and was granted MDS degree in July 2017. The outgoing students were selected for Odisha Govt services (OMHS) through OPSC.
• Organized Oral Hygiene Day celebration, in association with Indian Society of Periodontology on 1st August, 2017.
• 3 day Training of teachers Program at SCB Dental College Auditorium, in association with Indian Society of Periodontology on 19th to 21st May, 2017.
• Dr Aswathi AV 3rd year PG student received Best Scientific Paper Presentation at 17th ISP PG Convention, Manali.
• Dr Subash Raj, Associate professor, was invited as a guest speaker at ISP Colloquium, 2017, Chandigarh.
• Our department was the Conference secretariat for 15th ISP PG Convention, 2016.
• Our PG students Dr Kamdev Praharaj and Dr Subhashree M Panda won 1st Prize in Poster presentation and Table clinic at 15th ISP PG Convention, 2016.

Upcoming Events:

• Oral Hygiene Day celebration in association with Indian Society of Periodontology on 1st August, 2018. Debate and quiz competition in local Govt School, Mass brushing for children to be organized in local slum. Quiz and debate competition for post graduate students in SCB Dental College and Hospital.
• Indian Society of Periodontology Integrate program with lectures and live demo on hard and soft tissue augmentation on 11th and 12th August, 2018.