AIIMS Jammu debuts oral, maxillofacial surgeries

Jammu, Oct 5: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Jammu marked a significant milestone with the successful conduct of its first oral and maxillofacial surgery on Saturday.

The surgical procedure involved the e-nucleation of a large odontogenic cyst, provisionally diagnosed as an Odontogenic Keratocyst, in the right maxilla. The surgery, followed by chemical cauterization, was performed under general anaesthesia.

The surgical team was led by Dr Amanjot Kaur, Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, with the anaesthesia team headed by Dr Raksha Kundal and Dr Sandeepika.

“This achievement, under the leadership of Prof (Dr) Shakti Kumar Gupta, Executive Director and CEO of AIIMS Jammu, marks the beginning of a new chapter for the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at AIIMS Jammu. The Department aims to expand its services to include advanced procedures such as TemporoMandibular Joint (TMJ) ankylosis surgery, Total Joint Replacement (TJR), Genioplasty, Bilateral Sagittal Split Osteotomy (BSSO), Lefort surgeries, and Distraction Osteogenesis (DO), among others,” an AIIMS spokesperson said.

Prof (Dr) Saurabh Kumar Gupta, Head of the Department of Dentistry, congratulated Dr Amanjot Kaur and her team for this significant accomplishment, which enhanced the department’s profile.

“With the initiation of oral and maxillofacial surgeries, AIIMS Jammu will now cater to patients with maxillofacial problems across the regions of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Leh-Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh,” the spokesperson said.

Dr Amanjot Kaur said that the department’s outpatient services were already seeing strong patient response. She emphasized that the upcoming introduction of TMJ and jaw correction surgeries would bring great relief to patients from Jammu and Kashmir and neighbouring states, eliminating the need to seek treatment outside the region.