The main responsibility of the department is serving patients with orthodontic problems, which utilises its research inputs and academic responsibilities. The department is well equipped with an array of treatment techniques and efficient staff that attends to orthodontic patients of all ages starting as early as 7years.

The armamentarium of patient care includes removable orthodontic appliances, fixed orthodontic appliances, clear esthetic appliances (Biostar), lingual orthodontic appliances and orthodontic micro implants. The undergraduate students and interns are allotted with the task of attending to patients with primary care and removable orthodontic appliances. Young patients with mixed dentition phase are attended to and monitored for any developing/ developed malocclusion.

Children at an early age are screened to prevent and/ or intercept any malocclusion which later on might become difficult to correct. Special instruction and knowledge is imparted to parents and patients regarding harmful effects of persistent oral habits (tongue thrusting, mouth breathing, thumb sucking) and their prevention and interception is given a high priority. Special care is provided for cleft lip and palate children and children with special needs. Apart from adolescents and young adults with malocclusion, patients over 35 years of age are taken care of with multidisciplinary treatment care options involving adjunctive orthodontic treatment, Prosthodontics rehabilitation, periodontal therapy and restorative and aesthetic dentistry. Adult patients with eruption anomalies and severe skeletal jaw discrepancies including craniofacial anomalies are treated with combined orthodontic- Orthognathic surgical care.