The department provides OPD services to the Hospital and has new patient inflow of 150/ day on an average for oral medicine clinics and 120 patients/ day for Maxillofacial Radiology.

• Early detection of oral cancer/ precancer
• Medical management of oral diseases, temporomandibular disorders and orofacial pain
• Dental management of systemically compromised patients
• Age estimation using radiographical methods
• Maxillofacial radiography
• Oral cancer screening camps for patients in and around Dakshina kannada district every year