Department of Periodontology

The Department of Periodontology was established in 1987, with the postgraduate programme initiated in 2007. The department provides instruction and clinical experience in the aetiology, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases of the periodontium in adults. The main objective is to teach dental students the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of periodontal diseases, training them to recognize and treat periodontal diseases at all stages of severity and in combination with other phases of dental care. The department is furnished with state-of-the-art diagnostic and surgical equipment, including an outpatient department equipped with 45 modern dental chairs with 24 ultrasonic scalers, an electro cautery unit, an implantology unit, and a LASER unit. The department maintains a library comprising more than 96 titles and 175 books, along with a seminar hall equipped with modern audio visual aids and computer and internet facilities.