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Background Third molar (M3) agenesis and impaction are associated with evolution, changed dietary habits, and human jaw growth. The aim of the study was to radiographically evaluate the prevalence of M3s agenesis, impacted M3s with different impaction patterns, and the approximation of Inferior Dental Canal (IDC) with impacted mandibular M3s roots among the Sriganganagar population. Methods The study included 700 randomly selected subjects from OPD with an age range of 25-45 years. Digital OPGs were taken for all subjects using Kodak 8000C digital OPG machine. The M3 impaction patterns were evaluated using Winter's classification. Results The prevalence of subjects with at least one M3 agenesis was found to be 34.1% and with 95% confidence interval was 30.6% to 37.6%. The overall M3s agenesis was 16.8% with more prevalence in the males. The patients with agenesis of one M3, two M3s, three M3s, and four M3s were 14.4%, 11.3%, 3.7% and 4.7%, respectively. M3 agenesis was more in the upper jaw and on the left side. The total impacted M3s were 21.11% with more prevalence in mixed diet subjects. Mesioangular was most common impaction pattern, and notching was most prevalent IDC relationship with impacted mandibular M3s roots. Conclusion This study highlighted the evolutionary increasing M3 agenesis and the importance of diagnostic OPG for seeing the status of M3s in jaws.

Objective. To investigate the frequency and uniqueness of different lip print patterns, fingerprint patterns in relation to gender and ABO Rh blood groups among a semi-urban population of Sriganganagar, Rajasthan. Materials and methods. The study was conducted on 1200 healthy volunteers aged 18-30 years. The cheiloscopic and der- matographic data of each subject were obtained and were analysed according to the Suzuki and Tsuchihashi and Henry systems of classification, respectively. Two forensic experts analyzed the patterns independently. The ABO Rh blood group was also recorded for each subject. The Chi square statistical analysis was done and tests were considered significant when p value Results. The B+ blood group was noted as most common in both genders while least common were A− among males and AB− in females. Type II lip pattern was most predominant while the least common was Type I’ in males and Type I’ and Type V in females. The UL fingerprint pattern was the most common, while RL was least noted in both genders. All the fingerprint patterns showed correlation with different lip print patterns. A correlation was found between different blood groups and lip print patterns except Type I (vertical) lip pattern. A positive correlation was observed between all the blood groups and fingerprint patterns, except for RL pattern. Conclusion. There is an association between lip print patterns, fingerprint patterns and ABO blood groups in both the genders. Thus, correlating the uniqueness of these physical evidenc- es sometimes helps the forensic team members in accurate personal identification or it can at least narrow the search for an individual where there are no possible data referring to the identity of the subject.