Background:Personal identification plays an inevitable role in forensic investigation. Lip print is one of the evidences that can be left in the crime scene, which helps in identification purpose. Hence, the present study was undertaken to provide deeper inside view of use of cheiloscopy in personal identification, focusing on sex and age variability of lip print patterns in the population of Rajnandgaon city, Chhattisgarh, India.Materials and Methods:The cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 (100 males and 100 females) subjects of age 15-55 years, residing in different areas of Rajnandgaon city. The sex of the individual was determined as per the description given by Vahanwala et al. Frequency distribution and Chi-square test were used for data analysis by SPSS 16.0 V software.Results:The most common lip print pattern in entire population was Type I (27.5%). Very highly significant difference was found in the distribution of lip print patterns among males and females in the entire population, group I, and group III, respectively (P < 0.0001). The overall accuracy of cheiloscopy in sex determination was (high) 87.95%, 87.65%, 90.5%, and 80% in group 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively.Conclusion:Thus, it can be concluded that lip prints can be used as one of the important forensic tools for personal identification on the basis of their age and gender variability among the populations.

To determine the barriers to restorative care as perceived by dental patients attending government hospitals in Udaipur, Rajasthan. Material and Methods: A closed ended structured interview was conducted among 242 patients attending government hospitals of Udaipur city Rajasthan, India. The 11-item questionnaire was administered by a trained interviewer. The questionnaire reliability was assessed by using Test-Retest and the values of measured Kappa (k) was 0.86 and Weighted Kappa (kw) was 0.9. Internal consistency of questionnaires was assessed by applying Chronbachs-Alpha (α) and the value of α=0.78 was measured. The effect of socioeconomic status on beliefs and misinformation on restorative care, lack of knowledge on restorative care and past experience with dental treatment was assessed by applying one way ANOVA. P value of P≤0.5 was adopted. Results: Statistical association between past dental visits and beliefs and misinformation about restorative care was observed (P≤0.05). Past dental visit and past experience with dental treatment were significantly associated with each other (P≤0.05). Conclusion: Oral health care services have long been used as indicator of oral healthrelated behavior. It was concluded that associations between past dental visits and beliefs and misinformation about restorative care, past dental visit and past experience with dental treatment, association between misconception on restorative care and past dental visit are significant barriers to restorative care as perceived by dental patients.