Dr. Akshay Shetty is an Oral And MaxilloFacial Surgeon in Bangalore and has experience of 15 years. He completed BDS from RV Dental College (2002) and MDS - Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery from A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences (2005).
The services provided by Dr. Akshay Shetty include Minor oral & maxillofacial surgery, Facial Trauma, Orthognathic and Aesthetic facial surgery and Medicine, TMJ disorders including Ankylosis, and Oral implantology. He has vast experience in managing patients in dental colleges, corporate hospitals, private dental clinics, and corporate dental clinics. He has operated cases in corporate hospitals, general hospitals, private hospitals, and nursing homes. Delivery of minimally painful surgical care has been a goal for him and he constantly seeks to evolve techniques to ensure the benefit of patients. The doctor has trained himself after postgraduation in diverse fields such as oral implantology from the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, a Fellowship in Aesthetic Medicine from the Institute Of Laser And Aesthetic Medicine, and Core Procedures in Maxillofacial Surgery from MSRALC. The doctor believes that the consent form should be explained to the patient in detail and has been actively encouraging other practitioners also to do so. Sterilization and infection control are other areas of focus for him. The doctor believes the hospital setup is best to carry out surgical procedures in medically compromised patients. Management of medical emergencies during dental procedures is another area the doctor is trained in.
He is a full-time faculty in Rajiv Gandhi Dental College in North Bangalore and is heading the department since December 2015. The responsibilities include undergraduate and postgraduate academics, surgical training, research and publishing scientific articles, and administrative responsibilities in the department as head of department and coordinator of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC). He has many publications in national and international journals, presentations at national and international conferences, and postgraduate guides, and is an examiner for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in oral and maxillofacial surgery.
Dr. Akshay Shetty has done a lot of research and publications on various topics and you can check his work
here in google scholar.
He completed BDS from RV Dental College (2002) and MDS - Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery from A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences (2005).
He is a member of the Indian Society of Oral Implantologists (ISOI), the Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India (AOMSI), the Institute Of Laser And Aesthetic Medicine (ILAMED), the Association of facial aestheticians and aesthetic surgeons of India (AFAASI).
