HOD's Name : Dr. Shobha E S |Email : shobha_es@yahoo.com |Contact : 9880821614

The vision and mission of the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery  is in line with the vision of Dayananda Sagar College of Dental Sciences.The department stands on strong values aimed and committed to providing a safe environment for the pursuit of academic excellence in the spirit of community responsibility.

The ethos and main pillars of the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery  is integration of teaching & learning, service delivery, community engagements and staff development. The Department aims to   enhance a culture of interdisciplinary research and collaboration within the students & faculty.

The Strategic goals  of the Department includes  setting high standards of clinical service with teaching and learning ,Equitable staff & students representation, to be the department  of choice for postgraduate students and academics ,setting high standards of Research,Responsive community engagements ,Efficient and effective governance structure.

The Department is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and Doctoral   programmes. The Department regards itself as the “Cutting Edge of Dentistry” in the sense that it is an academic home for critical thought, academic development and research enterprise. 

Research is one of the important areas of prominence for the Department. The stupendous & prodigious  support and guidance by the research team at the Crucible of Research and Innovation, PES University  has made my research work unique,  superior , admirable and outstanding  across the globe. My distinctive doctoral  research work  was recognized and well appreciated at the 8^th Biomedical Engineering International Conference in  Pattaya  and at a Global meet of researchers in Chicago,  United States of America  where I was invited as a  guest speaker at these International  congregations.

Service delivery takes most of the effort of the staff in the Department. This service is provided within the umbrella of the Dental college and Sagar hospitals. The primary objective is to deliver a brilliant training  programme  for students with the excellence of  the research oriented  and committed department faculty members.

HOD,Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Dr Shobha.E.S MDS ,Ph.D