Dr. Gaurav Mittal graduated from the college of dental surgery, Mangalore in 2000 and went on to complete his residency training in OMFS from CODS, Manipal in 2002.He has more than 13 years of experience in the field of OMFS. During this distinguish career as a maxillofacial surgeon he has occupied different faculty posts at dental schools and hospitals. He has worked as a consultant maxillofacial surgeon in the ministry of health, KSA. Also, he was one of the maxillofacial surgeons to be appointed by the government of Uttrakhand. He has the credit of starting facial trauma center in the difficult hilly terrain of Garhwal region where almost more than 500 patients of facial trauma were successfully treated.At present, he is heading the department of OMFS in the prestigious dental school of the NCR region. He has many national and international publications to his name. His area of interest is maxillofacial trauma, TMJ and facial pathology.