Facial surgical skill lab provides a platform for young budding surgeons to showcase their skill and knowledge by conductiing various skill competition both at state and national level in india.

1. Dr. Chinmay Rao Dr. Himanshu SoniDr. Arjun Shenoy

2. 6TH Annual Conference of AOMSI
Maharashtra State
Feb – 2019
ZONAL LEVEL – FACIAL SURGICAL SKILL
COMPETITION FOR POST‐GRADUATES

4. WHY IT NEEDS TO BE DONE
• ENRICHES THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME AND ADDS NOVELTY
• IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED AT ZONAL AND NATIONAL
LEVEL WHICH RECEIVED AN EXCELLENT RESPONSE FROM POST‐
GRADUATES
• LOGISTICS IS SIMPLEAND EASY TO EXECUTE

5. RULES OF COMPETITION
• The event was divided into 2 modules
• MODULE 1 – SOFT TISSUE SUTURING
• MODULE 2‐ HARD TISSUE SEMI RIGID FIXATION

6. MODULE 1 – SOFT TISSUE
• Standard size incisions 5*1*1 CM were placed on chicken
(freeze thawed 3 hour prior)
• 3‐0 ethylon was provided to trainees along with necessary
armamentarium

10. TRAINEE’S PERFORMING SOFT TISSUE
MODULE

11. RULES OF SOFT TISSUE MODULE
• 1 among the 2 trainees representing the department had to
perform the soft tissue closure
• Trainees were allotted a maximumof 10 minutes to
perform the procedure
• This was followed by a theory viva on suturing by the
judges associated with the reputed dental colleges of
Maharashtra.

15. The scores were allotted based
on the overall suturing
neatness and skills, theoretical
viva performance
SCORING

18. PART 2 – SEMI RIGID FIXATION
• MODULE 2
• Trainees were provided 3D printed
mandibles, which were artificially
fractured at the unilateral body
using a reciprocating orthopaedic
saw

19. RECIPROCATING ORTHOPAEDIC SAW

21. 3D PRINTED MANDIBLE AFTER
INTENTIONALFRACTURE

22. RULES OF SEMI‐ RIGID MODULE
• Both the trainees representing a department were
allowed to take part‐ one was to perform the ORIF
and the other would assist in reduction
• Trainees were given a single 4 hole with gap stainless
steel plate and the necessary standard armamentarium
for ORIF

23. One of the ORIF
performed by
trainees

24. TRAINEE’S PERFORMING HARD TISSUE
MODULE

25. FACULTY
The judges for the competition consisted of ace maxillofacial
surgeons from reputed dental college of Maharashtra who also
heads the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery

26. Results were based on overall scoring system in
all modules and chairside viva performance

27. The winners were duly felicitated

31. Highlights of Competition
• No. of teams participated -15
• Registration for all the trainees was – FREE
• Participation certificates was awarded to all the
trainees
• It was the first time 3D printed mandibles were
provided for hard tissue module in surgical skill
competition.

32. The surgical Skill Lab Team Being Felicitated and
SHENOI forAwarded
conducting
by Dr RAMAKRISHNA
the 1st Maharashtra State Maxillofacial
Surgical Skill Competition held on the 1st day of February
2019 at Hotel Express Inn, Nashik

36. 3D printed surgical skill competition
Feb 2019 Maharashtra AOMSI

37. The Maxillofacial trainee surgical skill
competitions is now becoming mainstream
The logistics of the event is simple, feasible and
can be easily implemented

38. Dr. Chinmay RaoDr. Arjun Shenoy Dr. Himanshu Soni
Facial Surgical Skill Lab Team