DEPARTMENT OF ORAL MEDICINE & RADIOLOGY
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DEPARTMENT
Oral medicine – is an area of special competence in dentistry concerned mainly with diseases involving the oral and para-oral structures and the oral manifestations of systemic diseases.
Oral and maxillofacial radiology is the specialty of dentistry and discipline of radiology concerned with the production and interpretation of images and data produced by all modalities of radiant energy that are used for the diagnosis and management of diseases and conditions of the oral and maxillofacial region.
The department of oral medicine and radiology at Narsinhbhai Patel Dental College & Hospital is an academic center in which education research and patient care occur simultaneously- each informing and improving each other.
FACULTY DETAILS
Designation | Name | Qualifications | Total Experience | Publications done |
Professor & HOD | Dr. Dhaval N. Mehta | B.D.S., M.D.S. | 13 Years 10 Months | 28 |
Reader | Dr. Ankur Singh | B.D.S., M.D.S. | 07 Years 01 Month | 21 |
Reader | Dr. Jigar Joshi | B.D.S., M.D.S. | 04 Years 10 Months | 04 |
Sr. Lecturer | Dr. Swapna Sulaga | B.D.S., M.D.S. | 04 Months | 01 |
Tutor | Dr. Hitesh B. Patel | B.D.S. | 09 Years 10 Months | – |
Tutor | Dr. Khushbu Patel | B.D.S. | 05 Months | – |
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT
The Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology has been organizing regular Clinical Society Meets on various topics of special interest to the students as well as the academics. The department is also regularly conducting inter-specialty discussion, so as to share knowledge among other specialties of the dentistry.
The postgraduate students of the department have been regularly receiving awards in various conferences of national level. A total of 13 awards in various conferences & symposiums nationwide by both PG & UG students.
Dr. Nimesh Patel, PG Student of the first batch of MDS was the topper in the MDS Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University Exam.
PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
CATEGORY | NAME | PRESENTATION DONE |
Faculty | Dr. Shruthi Patil | 01 |
PG Student | Dr. Arif Awati | 01 |
Dr. Jaideepa | 01 |
PROGRAMS CONDUCTED
First Aid CDE & Workshop in association with IRS Gujarat State Branch 2017
First Aid CDE & Workshop in association with IRS Gujarat State Branch 2019