Clinic areas and other units

Ground floor

Room 3 - Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Clinics/ Ward / Operating Theatre / MOT / ICU
Room 4 - Oral Medicine and Radiology

First Floor
Room 7 - Periodontology Clinic
Room 9 - Prosthetic Dentistry Clinic

Second Floor
Room 10 - Paedodontic Clinic
Third Floor
Oral Pathology Laboratory
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Clinics of the Division of Orthodontics


 

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Location
Division of Orthodontics is housed in the second floor of the B building of the Faculty of Dental Sciences.
Consultants/Academic Staff
There are three academic staff members presently attached to the Division. They are
Dr NishanthiVithanarachchi(BDS, MS (Orthodontics)) Head Division of Orthodontics and Department of Community Dental Health.
Dr ChandimaWeerasekera(BDS, MS (Orthodontics))
Dr.H.S.KRatnatilake(BDS, MS (Orthodontics)
In addition, there are 2 post graduate trainees attached to PGIM,three House Officers/ Senior House Officers and academic staff on temporary basisattached to the Division to provide much needed service function for the patients. Undergraduate dental students manage pre-selected patients for their training requirement under the direct supervision of the academic staff.
Available treatment:

  • Treatment with Removable appliances provided to patients at the appropriate ages to correct malocclusion during an early age.
  • Treatment with fixed appliances provided for patients with complete set of permanent teeth and at the necessary age to start the treatment.
  • Comprehensive Orthodontic treatment in combination with other specialties such as Oral and maxillofacial surgery for treatment of severe skeletal discrepancies and also with restorative, Prosthetics and periodontology.
  • Treatment of patients with Cleft lip and palate in combination with the OMF unit.

Available facilities:

 A service lab with fully trained technical officers is housed in the same premises to provide an efficient service to the patients.

Clinical hours

8.00 am to 12 noon in the morning session and 2pm -   4 pm in the afternoon session on each working day from Monday to Friday except Tuesdays when the clinic is closed for cleaning in the afternoon session.
Saturdays: 8am to 12 noon.
Registration of patients:
New Patients below the age of 16 years referred from the OPD/Diagnostic clinic will be registered on the same day.
They will be seen on the first day itself and a date for Consultation with a Consultant given.
Treatment:
Patients will be taken up for treatment after the consultation appointment according to their need.
Treatment charges;


Simple Removable Appliance

400.00

Removable Appliance with Expansion

675.00

Simple Removable Appliance with Tubing

1600.00

Simple Removable Appliance with Soldered tubing

800.00

Twin Block Appliance – Without expansion

800.00

Twin Block Appliance – With expansion

1100.00

Other Functional Appliance

750.00

Pendulum Appliance

1500.00

Rapid Maxillary Expansion Appliance

5500.00

Lingual Arch

1000.00

Palatal Arch

1000.00

Quardhelix

1000.00

Fixed Appliance – Both Arches

15000.00

Fixed Appliance – Single Arch

7500.00

Edgewise Sectional Arch

5000.00

Fixed Appliance Repair – 1 Bracket

350.00

                                           Arch wire

300.00

                                           Solder

200.00

                                 Lingual Arch  1 Band

500.00

Removable Appliance Repair

200.00

321 123 with band

5000.00

321 123 without band

4000.00

21 12 without band             Sectional Arch

3500.00

211 without band

1500.00

112 with band

2500.00

Facemask RPHG (Reverse pull Headgear)

5000.00