Yenepoya Dental College Holds Two-day Workshop on ‘Planning and Execution of Orthognathic Surgery 2.0’
Mangaluru: The Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yenepoya Dental College, recently organized a two–day workshop on ‘Planning and Execution of Orthognathic Surgery 2.0’.
Dr Sherry Peter and Dr Latha P Rao, Consultant craniofacial surgeons from Aster Medcity, Kochi, were the resource persons.
The program was inaugurated by Dr Manjunath Rai, Head of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, AJ Institute of Dental Sciences, Dr Akhtar Hussain, Director, Center for Craniofacial Anomalies, Principal of Yenepoya Dental College and Presiding Officer Dr Laxmikanth Chatra, Dean Faculty of Dentistry Dr Sham S Bhat, Resource person Dr Sherry Peter, Head of the Department Dr Jagadish Chandra and Dr Vinayakrishna Kolari.
Dr Manjunath Rai addressed the gathering and spoke about the evolution of orthognathic surgery and the importance of precision in orthognathic surgeries. Dr Jagadish Chandra, Head of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, was the Organizing Chairman, Dr Joyce Sequeira was the scientific chairman, and Dr Vinayakrishna was the Organizing Secretary.
The first day included lectures on evaluation and orthognathic surgery planning along with hands-on training on cephalometric analysis. Day 2 included lectures on various corrective surgical procedures and hands-on osteotomy and fixation procedures on simulation models.
Dr Varsha Upadya and Dr Ramya A, compèred the program.