MDS In Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology & Oral Microbiology

at Maharishi Markandeshwar University India

Periodontology is the dental specialty that focuses on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the gingiva, or “gums” and other surrounding tissues. The Department of Periodontology & Oral Implantology educates the under graduate students in the didactic and clinical applications necessary to perform the entire spectrum of periodontal procedures. The department includes MDS programme which is a three-year program with an intake capacity of 5 students per year. The department also includes the Dental Hygiene Program, which has a intake capacity of 20 students per year. The goal of the Department is to promote periodontal dentistry as dental medicine where prevention can be practiced. Periodontists believe that personal good oral hygiene behaviors are best taught to and practiced by age-specific and social groups through oral health education. Periodontal medicine perceives good oral health as an open gateway to good general systemic health, and documents the many links to general systemic health affected by the destructive presence of inflammation and oral infection from bacteria.

Dentistry offers many opportunities, challenges and rewards. It is a rapidly changing and expanding profession.Dentists are often the first health care professionals to recognize and identify a wide variety of diseases, ranging from hypertension to oral cancer. These oral diseases often reveal other health issues that may require a follow-up with the patient’s primary physician. Dentists provide services that improve patients’ appearance and self-confidence through a wide variety of cosmetic dental procedures. These services can make patients feel better about their smiles. Dentists provide an essential health care service. They are highly respected within the community. Dentists are skilled, conscientious, civic-minded individuals who work with community leaders, educators, other health professionals and government officials. They often volunteer services to school health programs and to elderly, handicapped or poor citizens, demonstrating a selflessness that is a hallmark of professionalism.

The Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology is considered as the backbone of Dentistry as it deals with the diagnosis of all the dental diseases. Further it is considered special as this department is a combination of Oral Medicine as well as Maxillofacial Radiology. Further, this department serves as a connecting link between dentistry and Medicine. The department serves and thrives to teach the students regarding the diagnosis and treatment protocol of different head and neck medical diseases. Since the oral cavity is considered as the mirror of the overall health of the individual, the students are made well aware of all these signs and symptoms. The department also imparts knowledge regarding the various psychological conditions having oral implications and vice versa. In a nutshell, the oral medicine department works as a part of a multi-disciplinary patient care team.

Training in Maxillofacial Radiology includes the knowledge and expertise in the acquisition and interpretation of radiographic images including IOPA’s and other intraoral as well as extraoral techniques. Training also includes the expertise in conventional and advanced maxillofacial imaging including CT and MRI as well.

A Masters’ degree course for students who seek real- time exposure and specialization in managing operation theatres, Intensive Care Units (ICUs), and Emergency Wards where anaesthesia is indispensable!
During the course term, the students are exposed to every single aspect including anesthesia dosage, equipment, agents, patient- monitoring, and real- time operations.

Radiography is the science of taking images of the internal and hidden portions of the human body for diagnostic purpose Using Ultrasound, X-ray, CT scan, MRI, etc. comes under the realm of Radiography. Radiography, a promineny paramedical professional course is meant to create professionals expert in diagnostic tests for medical treatment with the use of radiation. There is huge scope for Radiographers in Healthcare industry, Diagnostic Department, Intensive Care Units of Hospital and Operating Theatre. It is worth mentioning that radiographers who can perform the ultrasound test are known as sonographers.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering offers B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering for the students to grasp enriched knowledge by IT industries driven curriculum. The major focus of this course is to nurture and sharpen student’s IT skills with project based learning. Recurrent interactions with experts from renowned IT companies help the students to learn and master emerging technologies. The course tries to fill the gap between the industry and academia with regular workshops and expert talks.

Course Objective

• To sharpen the IT knowledge and skills of students
• To inculcate professional, social, effective communication skills and entrepreneurial practice among their holistic growth
• To help them adapt to the modern technologies, tools and methodologies of allied areas to meet the demand of global world
• To enable them to contribute effectively in their professional career and societal development.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering offers M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering. As Digital Technologies occupy the central space in every industry, the Masters course is focused on imparting in-depth knowledge of various aspects of Computer Science and Information Technology to the students. With smartphones and digital gadgets occupying maximum space in our life, M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering is fast emerging as the preferred choice of career. The course involves project based learning and chances to interact with industry and academia experts that help the students to learn and incorporate emerging technologies and understand their practical application for problem solving.

Course Objective

• To impart in-depth knowledge of modern computer technologies
• To help the students learn and master coding skills
• To make the students capable of providing solutions through computer programming
• To create success stories of innovation and digital advancements in the world of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

MM(DU) offers B.Sc. in Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT), a dedicated course that helps the students evolve as Medical Laboratory Scientist/Technologist. An MLT is an important part of Medical team with full knowledge of diagnosis, prevention and timely treatment of diseases through clinical laboratory tests. As a professional, you would play a key role in identifying abnormalities in the samples such as malignancies, pathogens, or genetic abnormalities.

Course Objective

• To impart knowledge in GLP practices required for establishing medical laboratories.
• To create efficient and confident professionals aware about safety settings in clinical laboratory and high-pressure hospital environments.
• To practice ethical behaviour while handling o laboratory and healthcare cases
• To improve work, communication and leadership skills of students that helps them solve people’s healthcare issues and problems

Pharm. (Quality assurance) is a two-year duration course designed to meet the specific needs of ever-expanding pharmaceutical industry, research organizations and academic institutions with special emphasis on the quality management system and regulatory submissions. The department of Quality Assurance is equipped with the state-of-art laboratories, ultra-modern facilities and competitive staff, which have been considered as most sophisticated infrastructure in the country.

 The focused research areas of the department are

• Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetic studies
• Development of analytical and bio-analytical method and validation
• Pharmaceutical materials science including crystal engineering and crystal structure manipulations of drug molecules
• Quality Management System of pharmaceutical industry
• Expertise in preparation and submission of dossiers.

The syllabus is designed in such a way to make the students aware of preclinical and clinical experimental studies and provide them advanced training in various fields of pharmacology like molecular level, basic level and clinical level.  Excellent experiments are carried out in each of these areas, which equip the student with skills for research. M. Pharm. (Pharmacology) helps the students to understand clinical uses of drugs in treatment of diseases, concept of drug action and adverse effects of drugs.