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Objective: To inquire the oral cancer awareness among general medical and general dental professionalsand their knowledge of early detection and prevention of oral squamous cell carcinoma. Study design: cross sectional study Place and duration of study: Oral and maxillofacial surgery Department King Edward Medical University from 5th November 2019 to 5th February 2020. Methodology: A questionnaire was given to dental and medical practitioners and their responses were included in the results. This study was done in three months’ period from 5th November 2019 to 5th February 2020 after ethical approval from institutional review board. Results:The questions were given back by 57 general medical practitioners and by 40 general dental practitioners, producing return rates of 38% GMPs and 26.66% GDPs respectively. The questions were answered by 93 GMPs and by 110 GDPs producing rates of 62% GMPs and 73.33% GDPs respectively. Conclusion: Patients suffering from oral pathologies often go to their general medical practitioner and dental practitioners. The number of patientsof squamous cell carcinoma of oral cavity are rising in the Pakistan, hence general medical and general dental practitioners need to play significant role. This study talks mainly about the on the need for improvement in awareness about oral squamous cell carcinoma. Keywords: oral cancer, awareness, risk factors

Aim: To investigate the etiology, gender distribution and presenting complaints associated with zygomatic fractures Method: This cross sectional study was done in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department of King Edward Medical University from April to D3ecember 2019. Patient data was collected from OPD and analysed with SPSS. Results: We analyzed the data of 162 patients with zygomatic bone fracture. Out of this 148 were male and 14 were females. There were bilateral cases, more affecting right side of face and affecting left side of face. The most common etiology was road traffic accident followed by interpersonal violence and occupational injuries. When we consider presenting complaints 87 patients came with difficulty in chewing, 45 with limited mouth opening, 23 with depressed malar eminence and only 7 patients with nerve paraesthesia. Conclusion: Considering the geographic and cultural indices of the evaluated population, it can be concluded that the patients gender and trauma causes significantly affect the prevalence of zygomatic bone fracture Keywords: Zygomatic bone, nerve paraesthesia, limited mouth opening

Aim: to explore the mandibular bone fractures in elderly patients with reference to etiology of trauma. Methodology: This was a descriptive study conducted in the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery KEMU/ Mayo Hospital Lahore. Elderly patients (age 60-100years) with mandibular bone fractures. Results: Aetiology of trauma leading to mandibular fractures was as follows; there were 79(65.83%) cases of RTA, 32(26.66%) falls, 4(3.33%) assaults and there were only 3(2.5%) cases of industrial injury. Conclusion: To conclude, this study depicts that road traffic accidents were the predominant cause of injury in the studied age group. Elderly patients need more care and attention, especially after traumatic incidents and lead to financial burden in hospitals Keywords: Maxillofacial trauma, Elderly population, Mandibular injuries, Elderly fractures