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Department
of Dentistry
Started in 1993 |
| Prof.
Gurvanit Kaur Lehl |
MDS
(Pedodontia and Preventive Dentistry) |
Professor |
| Dr. Manjit Talwar |
MDS (Pedodontia and Preventive
Dentistry)
M.Sc (Geriatric Dentistry) |
Associate Professor |
| Dr. Sapna Singla |
MDS (Orthodontics) |
Assistant Professor |
| Dr. Anand Gupta |
MDS (Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery |
Assitant Professor |
| 6 Senior Residents |
SERVICES
The department has shifted to Block-D,
Level-Il on 13th August 2012 and its name is Oral Health Centre. The department has new 10
high end microprocessor controlled dental chairs of internation standard, a dental X-ray
machine and OPG machine and automatic x-ray developer.
At present the department is providing:
OPD Services
In Patient services with six beds.
Special Clinics which provide
services in different specialites of Dentistry : Oral Surgery, Periodontics,
Prosthodontics, Pedodontics, Endodontics & Preventive Dentistry.
Oral Surgery
Provision of on call services to all
departments, handling of all emergency cases related to maxillo-facial injuries reporting
to the hospital, oral surgical procedures like exodontia, biopsies, splinting, fracture
management, apicoectomy, enucleation and marsupialisation of cysts and scar
revision. Management of white lesions and odontogenic space infections. Operation of
cases with the department of Orthopaedics and ENT.
Periodontics
Problems related to the surrounding
tissues of the dentition including bleeding gums, halitosis, sensitivity to hot and
cold, mobile teeth, gingival hyperplasia. Osseous reconstructive surgeries (bone
regeneration procedures) with the use of autograft, allograft, xenograft and
synthetic bonegrafts are also done. Treatment of gingival recessions and various other
mucogingival surgeries.
Prosthodontics
Crown work - individual crowns. Removable
partial dentures and complete dentures. The latter are provided only for poor patients.
Post and core for mutilated teeth with little coronal tooth structure remaining (using
prefabricated as well as custom made posts) and denture adjustments.
Maxillofacial rehabilitation: fabrication
of maxillofacial prosthesis after tumour ablation.
Pedodontics
Oral health services for the pediatric
patients visiting the department of dentistry - restorations, periodontal therapy,
preventive procedures, interceptive orthodontics(selected cases), endodontics and oral
surgical procedures. Treament is also provided for anterior tooth fractures, discoloured
teeth and avulsed teeth - reimplantation.
Orthodontics
Endodontics
Handling of Endodontic emergencies, root
canal treatment for anterior and posterior teeth, bypass and retrieval of broken
instruments from root canals. Management of perio-endo lesions and hemisections.
Preventive Oral
Health Services
Provision of chairside preventive
strategies for low, moderate and high risk patients. Counselling for diet and sugars, oral
hygiene instructions, awareness on appropriate use of topical fluorides and
application of pits and fissure sealants.
Patients with
Special Needs
RESEARCH
& TRAINING
The faculty and senior residents of the
department regularly attend CME's, workshops, courses, seminars, conferences to
keep abreast with the latest advances in technology and research and present
scientific papers .
RESEARCH
PUBLICATIONS IN RECENT YEARS
| Dr.
Gurvanit Lehl |
| i) |
Foreign
body in a deciduous incisor: A radiological revelation (Dr. Gurvanit Lehl) J. INDIAN SOC
PEDOD PREVENT DETN Jan-Mar 2010/ Issue 1/ Vol 28 |
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Diet
Analysis in Adolscents:A need for collaboration between dentists and dieticians (LEHL G,
VERMA S, GROVER V) Indian Journal of Dentistry Jul-Sep 2010/Vol 1/ Issue
3-(87-90). |
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Primary
Malignant Melanoma of the Gingiva: A Case Report and Review of Literature (Niti Singhal,
Sugandha Mohan, GK Lehl, N.Nagarkar) Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and
Radiology, April-June 2011;23(2): 159-161 |
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Association
of Periodontitis with diabetes mellitus: a review (Gaurav Malik, Gurvanit Lehl, Manjit
Talwar) Journal of Medical College, Chandigarh. Volume-I, No.I, March 2011:10-14 |
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| Dr.
Manjit Talwar |
| i) |
Association
of Periodontitis with diabetes mellitus: a review (Gaurav Malik, Gurvanit Lehl, Manjit
Talwar) Journal of Medical College, Chandigarh. Volume-I , No.I, March 2011:10-14 |
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| ii) |
Chapter:
on Geriatric Dentistry. Book : Dental Horizons-Essentials of Oral Health. Paras. First
edition: 2011. |
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March
06-07 Geriatric Dentistry Is Rethinking Still Required to Begin
Undergraduate Education, Dr. Manjit Talwar & Prof. H.S. Chawla)Indian Journal of Dental Research 19 (2), Apr-Jun
2008 |
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| Dr.
Anand Gupta |
| i) |
MRI
of mandibular hemophilic pseudotumor associated with factor IX deficiency: report of a
case with review of literature. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery 2011, Article in
press |
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Multi
Detector computed Tomography of jaw lesions in Children and adolescent. Journal of Medical
Imaging and radiation oncology, 2010, Vol 54, issue 2, 111-119 |
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Spectrum
of osteochondroma of mandible. Review of 11 cases. International journal of oral and
maxillofacial surgery. 2009, Vol 38, Issue 5. 477-478 |
TEACHING
Lectures and clinicals for MBBS students
on basics of Oral Health, relevance of oral health in systemic health, diagnosis and
referral of cases of oral and maxillofacial injuries and importance of interdisciplinary
management.
COMMUNITY
SERVICES
Organisation of Dental Camps for
conducting examination and oral health education programmes targeting the lower
socio-economic groups of Chandigarh.
'NO TOBACCO' initiative undertaken
by the department.
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