The Dentistry Department at DESUN serves the patients mainly on an OPD basis. Conservative management of dental disorders is the main objective of this department. Some of the common varieties of procedures carried out by the department include:
- Scaling
- Filling Of Cavities
- Treatment of root canal
- Alveoloplasty
- Application of orthodontic appliances
- Enucleation of dental cysts
- Frenectomy
- Gum dressing
- Maintenance of oral hygiene
- Application of peridental wiring
- Treatment of temporo-mandibular joints
Missing teeth are replaced by artificial dentures which are implanted directly into the gum.
Apart from these facilities, the department in collaboration with the departments of General & Plastic Surgery,(Department of Maxillo-facial Surgery) performs reconstructive and exploratory surgeries like:
- Internal fixation of maxilla & mandible
- Meniscectomy of temporo-mandibular joints
- Alveolar bone grafting
- Osteotomy of alveolar segment of jaw
- Open reduction and internal fixation of maxilla and mandible
- Prosthetic replacement of temporo-mandibular joints
- Reconstruction of jaws
- Hemimandibulectomy etc.
