Medical microbiology deals with the causative agents of infections diseases, the ways in which they produce disease in the human body and essential information for diagnosis and treatment.

Most of the oral diseases are caused by microorganisms and they also cause post-operative complications. Therefore it is important to study microorganisms, their disease proliferation and aseptic techniques.

The department activities includes the following:

• Checking of dental carries by snyder test.

• Culturing of oral flora.

• Antibiotic sensitivity testing.

• Lab diagnosis of enteric fever, TB, Syphilis, Hepatitis and diphtheria.
  
  The laboratory is equipped with binocular microscopes, sterilization instruments, aerobic and anaerobic culture methods and necessary nutrient media.

Complete urine analysis and haemogram with Hb estimation, blood grouping and haematocrit investigations are also undertaken here.

Many histopathological slides and specimens are available for case studies.