Name of Head of Department : Dr Samarika Dahal
Department introduction/description : Under Dental clinical sciences 2 we have two specialties which are
Oral Pathology and Forensic Dentistry
Community Dentistry
Department vision, mission and goals :
To provide preventive and promotive heath services to the community
To promote and conduct research activities
To provide guidance to the BDS students in survey through community health diagnosis program in various community settings of Nepal
To establish clinical histopathology laboratory in near future
To provide oral diagnostic tests like exfoliative cytology, vital staining and FNAC
To run post graduate program in near future
To provide forensic odontology services by establishing a separate forensic odontology unit
Department faculty members (Only MMC appointed faculty; Do not include hospital registrars):
| S.N. | Full Name | Designation | Full Academic Qualifications (Bachelor onwards) | Joined year |
| 1 | Dr Samarika Dahal | Assoc Professor | MDS Oral Pathology, Msc Forensic Odontology | 2011 |
| 2 | Dr Radha Baral | Lecturer | MDS Oral Pathology | 2021 |
| 3 | Dr Sirjana Dahal | Lecturer | MDS Public Health Dentistry | 2021 |
| 4 | Dr Anju Khapung | Lecturer | MDS Community Dentistry | 2023 |
Academic programs: BDS
List of hospital clinical services provided
Scaling and polishing
Simple restoration (GIC, Composite)
Simple Extraction
Atraumatic restorative treatment
Preventive resin restoration
Pit and fissure sealant
Topical Fluoride application
Tobacco cessation counseling
Disaster victim identification
Dental age estimation
Bite mark analysis
Oral pathology services
Research activities of the faculties/department
Training on Research methodology conducted by MMC
Participation on 30th National Conference of Indian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Microbiology,2023, KLEVKIDS-KAHER Belgavi, India
Participation on 1st National triple “O” PG convention, Kathmandu, Nepal
Number of publications by faculties/department
| Original articles | Review articles | Case reports | Newspaper | Online news | Total |
| 14 | 14 | ||||
Grants: Small RDI Grant by UGC
