Background: The rehabilitation of edentulous patients requires acrylic resin complete dentures to fulfil their functional and esthetic needs. Fractures of dentures are one of the commonest complaints around the world. Aim: To evaluate the frequency of acrylic complete denture fractures among edentulous patients and find out their association with certain variables. Methodology: A cross sectional observational study was carried out in Prosthodontic department of Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore from 26th March 2020 to 26th September 2021. A total of 58 completely edentulous patients reported with fractured acrylic dentures were selected. Patients were evaluated both intra and extra orally to find out the cause and site of fracture. Various parameters namely, denture age, fracture sites, gender were statistically evaluated to find out their relationship with denture fracture. Results: Results showed that male patients; 56.9% were presenting more with fractured dentures than female; 43.10%. In males the midline denture fractures were most commonly seen 45.5%, whereas in females’ fracture at premolar area was commonly observed 28.0% however no statistical dependance between fractured dentures sites and gender was found. Denture fractures were most prevalent in mandibular arch 50% as compared to maxillary 39.7%. Mid line fracture was the commonest site observed in both maxillary 30.4% and mandibular arches 31.0%. Insignificant association between fracture sites and dental arches was seen. Maximum denture fractures were recorded in first 2 years of denture fabrication 55.2%. The most frequent cause of denture fracture was accidental falling 34.5%. Conclusion: The frequency of complete denture fracture is more in mandible as compared to maxilla and the main reason is patients’ negligence. The study also showed midline fracture of dentures to be the most frequent site of denture fracture. Keywords: Acrylic dentures, Complete dentures, Edentulism, Edentulous, Prosthesis, Tooth loss,

The aim of this study is to evaluate the associations between oral health literacy and selected sociodemographic factors and frequency of dental clinic visits in early adolescents. Methodology: A cross sectional study has been conducted for the duration of six Months from April 2021 to September 2021. Students attending four universities of Lahore were selected as a target population for the study. Two universities were selected from government sector i.e. Forman Christian college (FC) and Punjab university (PU). Two universities were chosen from private sector i.e. Superior University and University of Lahore (UoL) for this purpose. A total of 400 students belonging to different departments participated in the study that were clinically examined and interviewed. The students belonged to the different departments of the under- survey universities. To measure oral health literacy REALD-30 was used as a tool. The validity of the tool is checked by Cronbach’s alpha (0.89). The variables were investigated using validated questionnaires: oral health literary (REALD-30), sociodemographic characteristics and frequency of dental visits. Result: The results summed up that REALD-30 score came out differently for those who visit dental clinics regularly (p-value 0.029) and those who don’t which show that the dentist visits have a significant effect on REALD-30 score. The department factor has a significant effect on REALD-30 score, as the department of students varies, the REALD-30 score differs. The F- statistics and the p-value are calculated and their significance is checked, that F=5.357 and the p-value is (.000<0.05), that strongly support that the department factor has a significant effect on the REALD-30 score. Gender discrimination and age variation did not show any effects on REALD-30 score (p-value 0.1) Keywords: Dental Health, Oral Health Literacy, Public Health, Early adolescence

When health is concerned, we must pay attention to all the parts of human body specially the oral cavity. Oral cavity is the gateway of many diseases in human body. There are many reasons for this spread, one of the reason is food. In this regard, the health care of oral cavity is the most essential constituent of general health and wellbeing of any individual. Low health literacy is the cause of all oral health related issues. Health education creates awareness among people that for a better life style it is equally important to seek and get proper health care as obtaining of other necessities of life. The grave consequences of low health literacy have been reviewed many times. This study was conducted on the young adults of Pakistan currently enrolled at different universities and colleges of Lahore, Pakistan. The main objective of the study was to know about the oral health literacy level of the participants and then find out its relationship with their oral health status which was find out after clinical examination. The purpose of the study was to get an idea about the health outcome of the most efficient group of population. Sample for this study will be collected in 2 steps. Step 1 was conducted by doing the clinical examination of the participants in order to assess oral health index. Step 2 was conducted by doing the short interviews of each participant in order to assess oral health literacy of the participants. All the data was complied. The results of REALD 30 word list from all 400 participants were analyzed and the average score was calculated. The average score came out to be 22.46. With this study, it was proved that education plays a significant role in improving oral health status. Further studies can be conducted to help spreading awareness and basic education related programs for uneducated people.

Introduction:The care of the patients is the main purpose of the hospitals. The performance of the hospital can best be measured by assessing the satisfaction of the patients. Patients' satisfaction with services of the healthchieflygoverns their compliance with the treatment, and thereforedonates to optimistic effect on health. The satisfaction of the patients is related to the outcomes of health care and is related directly to the use of health care. The aim of the study is to evaluate the satisfaction level of patients and use of health services of outpatients admitted to thetertiary care hospital. Methods: A cross-sectional study of outpatients (18 to 85 years old) admitted to different departments of Lahore General Hospital, Lahorefor six-months duration from June 2021 to November 2021was conducted. A systematic random sampling method was applied to select the participants. 160 total outpatients were recruited for the study. A partially structured, pre-tested, user-designed questionnaire was developed to assess patient satisfaction with healthcare services. Results:160 patients from the clinic were included in the study. 34.4% of outpatients are 30-45 years of age. 30% of the respondents were illiterate. 6.9% were graduates indicating a higher level of education. Most of the respondents (90.6%) are married. In the profession, 37.5% belong to the unskilled group. It can be seen that the percentage of rural areas is quite high. In access to hospital, 20.39% travelled less than 2 km to reach the hospital, and 35% travelled between 6 km and 10 km to access health services. 75% of patients travelled by bus to go to the health service (Table 2). All patients were asked why they chose this hospital. Good treatment (52.5%), easy access (53.8%) and lower cost / free service (47.65%) were the main reasons indicated by the respondents. Other reasons, such as ambulance service, drug supply, scientific research, and the availability of doctors, were not taken into account, and the satisfaction with the public hospital was below 20% Conclusion: Patients are satisfied generally with the facilities of hospital. Hospital management should always pay attention to the patient's concerns about various deficiencies in order to improve the service provided to the satisfaction of patients. Keywords: Patient satisfaction, Tertiary care hospital, High-quality medical care.