The staff of the department helps in guiding a number of undergraduate students in presenting scientific papers and e-posters. The staff encourages and guides the students in many competitions such as paper and poster presentations, model making etc in order to facilitate self-directed learning. Regular journal clubs are conducted by the staff for the interns.
Along with the regular teaching program, the department of oral pathology and Microbiology laboratory is involved in a number of hematological investigations such as: Complete hemogram, blood sugar investigations, etc. Oral exfoliative cytology is also done on suspicious lesions along with staining and reporting of the smears thus obtained. The department is largely active in histopathology, diagnosis and reporting of the slides. A number of tissues samples from various departments as well as from private clinics are diagnosed and reported here. Some of the recently diagnosed special or rare cases by the department include: squamous cell carcinoma, peripheral ossifying fibroma, condylar hyperplasia, Dentigerous cyst, Warthin’s tumor, follicular Ameloblastoma, Osteomyelitis etc.
The records for the same are maintained under the routine and special category of histopathology cases, which is updated regularly. Also, a total OPD of 1,480 cases was reported. Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology organized a blood sugar investigation camp for all teaching and non-teaching staff. A total of 70 staff participated in the camp. The participants were counselled about the importance of maintaining normal blood sugar levels and also about regular balanced diet. Proper guidance and appropriate advice were given wherever required. Also, a programme on Women’s safety was organised on 10th March 2022. Police Subinspector Varsha Kale from Navi Mumbai police station and Seema Gughe from Mahape delivered lectures on Self-defense for women and Cybercrime awareness for students, teaching and non- teaching staff