Tissue bank operational at Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jul 19 2019 | 6:20 PM IST

A tissue bank has been made operational at the Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences to provide bone and tissue grafts to different streams of medical sciences.

This is the country's only such facility in a dental institute and one of the few in the country to employ gamma irradiation for terminal sterilization.

A team of doctors from the institute had undergone training at the Medical school at University Sains Malaysia. After their return, the tissue bank was set up.

Dr Mahesh Verma, the Director-Principal of Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences (MAIDS) said besides orthopaedic surgeries, knee replacements and trauma care, bone and tissue grafts are also needed for treatment of bone deformities, gum diseases, cleft lip and cleft palate.

"The tissues and bones are procured from live donors at the orthopaedic department of LNJP hospital under the Maulana Azad Medical College and are then processed following international guideline regarding tissue banking. These are then used for regeneration of bones," he said.

Dr Farrukh Faraz, an associate professor in the Department of Periodontics at MAIDS said, "In our facility it is used for sinus lift procedures, tempro-mandibular joint problems and gum disease as well as cleft lip and palate cases."

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First Published: Jul 19 2019 | 6:20 PM IST

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