Professor Dr. GAURAV MITTAL graduated from college of dental surgery, Mangalore in 2000 and went on to complete his residency training in OMFS from CODS, Manipal. He has 20 years of experience in the field of OMFS. During this distinguished career as a maxillofacial surgeon he has occupied different faculty posts at dental schools and hospitals. Also, he was the first maxillofacial surgeon to be appointed by the government of Uttrakhand. He has the credit of starting facial trauma centre in the difficult hilly terrain of Garhwal region where almost more than 500 patients of facial trauma were successfully treated during his tenure. At present, he is the Principal and heading the department of OMFS in Institute of Dental Studies & Technologies. He has many national and international publications to his name. His areas of interests are maxillofacial trauma, TMJ related ailments, distraction osteogenesis and facial pathology and implantology.
Maxillofacial Trauma, Pathology, TMJ, Implants