Dr. Benny is a visiting consultant at Meitra in the department of Dental and Maxillofacial surgery. He has completed his BDS and MDS from KMC Manipal and has Diplomate in Neuromuscular Functional Orthodontics from International College of Neuromuscular Functional Orthodontics and Gnathology, Italy (2006). Dr. Benny has more than 31 years of clinical experience and 26 years of teaching experience.

Expertise

• Cleft orthognathic surgeries
• Secondary Alveolar Bone grafting
• Orthognathic surgeries
• Craniofacial trauma

Qualification 

• BDS - CODS KMC MANIPAL
• MDS -  CODS KMC MANIPAL
• Diplomate in Neuromuscular Functional Orthodontics, International College of Neuromuscular Functional Orthodontics and Gnathology, Italy (2006)
• Fellowship in ICOI 2006 

Research and Publications

• Nasolabial morphologic transformations after lefort-1 osteotomy — A prospective study. J Oral Med Oral Surg Oral Pathol Oral Radiol .2022;8(1):35–40.
• Single-insertion technique for anaesthetising the inferior alveolar nerve, lingual nerve, and long buccal nerve for extraction of mandibular first and second molars: a prospective study. J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2020;46(6):403–8.
•  Management of hemifacial hypertrophy with extended corpus angle V-line mandibular osteotomy.Indian J of dent sci.2018:10(4):233-236.
• Surgical correction of TMJ bilateral dislocation with eminectomy and capsulorrhaphy as an adjuvant: Case reports. J Maxillofac Oral Surg. 2018;17(3):345–9.
• Benign spindle cell tumour of mandible and points of modification in reconstruction with non vascularised iliac crest graft. J Maxillofac Oral Surg [Internet]. 2016;15(Suppl 2):262–5.
• Extreme oral myiasis. Saudi Med J. 2014;35(9):1133–5.
• Tissue adhesives and its sanative perspective.Pakistan Journal Of Plastic Surgery 2014;3(1) .
• Submental intubation: alternative short-term airway management in maxillofacial trauma. J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg [Internet]. 2016;42(3):151.
• Sinonasal sarcoidosis of the maxillary sinus and infraorbital nerve: a case report. J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2015;41(4):217.
• Correction of syndronic facial assymetry with phdpe facial implant & sliding genioplasty. International J Dental Clinics. 2014;6(2):30-31.
• Lipomas in soft palate: report of a rare case. International J of oral health care and med research.
• Speech outcomes in operated cleft lip and palate children in south Indian population- descriptive study. Pakistan J of Plastic Surg.2014;3(1).
• Aggressive dentigerous cyst in the maxillary sinus, originating from an ectopically erupted maxillary third molar: A case report. Egypt J Oral Maxillofac Surg [Internet]. 2015;6(3):112–4.