The Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, MCODS, Mangalore is also a referral centre and gets references from adjoining health care centres and from neighbouring states for the management of complex oro-facial problems.

Our areas of expertise:

1. Minor oral surgeries under local anaesthesia including:

   • Extraction of Teeth
   • Third molar surgeries
   • Peri-apical Surgeries
   • Biopsy
   • Cyst enucleations
   • Pre prosthetic surgeries, etc
   • Minor oral surgery in medically compromised patients
2. Evaluation and management of patients suffering from maxillofacial trauma
3. The diagnosis and surgical management of acquired and developmental dento-facial deformities
4. Diagnosis and management of patients with facial and dento-alveolar infections
5. The diagnosis and management of patients suffering from temporo-mandibular joint disorders
6. Diagnosis and management of oral pathological lesions including oral cancer
7. Diagnosis and management of patients with cleft lip and palate
8. The diagnosis and management of salivary gland disorders
9. Implants
10. Surgical reconstruction of lost hard and soft tissues of the face