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Dr V Surendra Shetty, pro vice chancellor of MAHE, Manipal will preside over the function. Dr Poornima Baliga, pro vice chancellor of MAHE, Manipal is the guest of honour. These advances have enabled clinicians to complete procedures that were once considered impossible or that could be performed only by talented or lucky clinicians. The most important revolution has been the introduction and widespread adoption of the operating microscope (OM) which has revolutionized dentistry, especially endodontic practice worldwide.The Surgical microscopic clinic at Attavar campus will be inaugurated by Dr Y Bharath Shetty, MLA, Mangaluru North, on January 28. MANGALURU: Manipal College of Dental Sciences (MCODS), Mangaluru has become the first institute among the dental colleges in the country to receive latest model of Carl Zeiss surgical microscope which is having the best optics and illumination to visualize details and fine structures at ease.The microscope will help in giving the precise dental treatment for the patient and also helps in solving patient’s problems happening during therapy.MCODS, Mangaluru has recently procured the latest model of Zeiss, S 100/ OPMI Pico surgical dental microscope with integrated HD camera for documentation for both patient care and education with the supported infrastructural grant by VGST, Government of Karnataka under K-Fist Level-1.Dr Dilip G Naik, dean, MCODS, Mangaluru, explaining need for such high end instrument said that in the last two decades, there has been an explosion in the development of new technologies, instruments, and materials in dentistry..