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UNLABELLED: Aims & Objective: To assess the oral health awareness and periodontal health status of different socio-economic groups in out-patient department of the Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Centre (TMDC&RC), Moradabad, India. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 416 subjects of 30-60 years age group with different socio-economic status classified according to modified Kuppuswamy scale (2012). Subjects were interviewed by the questionnaire and Community Periodontal Index was recorded. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Chi-square test (SPSS version 17). RESULT: This study showed that the code 2 and code 3 is more in lower socio-economic status (p =0.115 and p=0.079 respectively). Significant association was seen in Code 0, code 1 & code 4 (p<0.01) which is indicative that upper class have more healthy periodontal status than lower. CONCLUSION: Significant association exists between oral health awareness and periodontal health with the socio-economic status of the individual.
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Road traffic accidents are a major havoc in present day life. The injuries caused by them are extremely dangerous and is always a threat to a normal routine of the patient. Every patient desire to have an esthetic appearance of the head and neck region no matter how devastating is the injury. Surgical esthetic primary closure of soft tissues is always a challenge for oral and maxillofacial surgeon. We present a case report of a 15 year old girl with 12 cm scalp laceration who had an esthetic closure in a rural primary Health Care Centre in a Medical Teaching Hospital in Andhra Pradesh.