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But many people are unaware about it, he said.The orthognathic surgery facility was started at the college only three years ago. The hospital has carried out 112 such surgeries since then.Revati Pillai, an intern at the college, underwent the surgery over 10 months ago. “No scars remain after this cosmetic plastic surgery,” said Dr Abhay Datarkar, adding that out of the 80 oral surgery cases reported at the college daily, at least 15 patients need jaw surgery. Nagpur: Anyone who sees young lad Rupesh Dhoble now, won’t recognize that his jaw was asymmetrically located to one side until a year ago. A native of Parseoni, Dhoble underwent orthognathic surgery (surgery performed on a jaw bone after the jaws stop growing) at the oral and maxillofacial surgery department of Government Dental College.The surgery is done to establish harmony between a person’s upper and lower jaws..