Background: Oral health plays a vital role in overall health and quality of life. Hence, it is professional dutyof undergraduate dental students to possess good knowledge of a pristine oral health,all the pros of maintenance of it, cons pertaining to poor maintenance of it and thus be able to invoke awareness and impact the masses of a developing country like Pakistan, in a positive way. Aim: The aim of the study wasto assess thebehavior, attitude and knowledge of 2ndand 3rd year dental undergraduate students regarding practices and maintenance of good oral health. Methods:A Questionnaire was designed to assess the routine practices of the students, their habits and methods used for maintenance of good oral hygiene along with testing their basic knowledge regarding its influence over the oral and systemic health of the patient. Results: It was noted that the undergraduate students needed improvement in their practices of maintainingoral hygiene. Although in their clinical years, Third Year undergrads showed adequate knowledge but inferior oral hygiene maintenance practices as compared to their Second Year counterparts. Results obtained from the questionnaires distributed among the undergrads showed that 49.5% of 3DS, and 58.5% of 2DS used Modified Bass technique for brushing whereas usage of dental cleaning aids like wooden toothpicks, interdental brushes, dental floss and oral rinses was found to be 15.5%, 14.2%, 42.3% and 50.7% among 3DS whereas 20.5%, 25.4%, 50.8%, and 60.5% in 2 DS respectively. Variations in the basic knowledge of theundergrads regarding causative agents leading to tooth decay, diseases involving the periodontium and other diseases involving various systems of the human body, are shown in Table 3. Conclusion: The cross-sectional study we carried out among our dental students provided us with a new insight into knowledge, practices, condition and maintenance of oral health among dental students, the results of which, may help to reshape dental undergrad education and thus establish a model for dentists to improve oral health care awareness, practices and services. Keywords: Knowledge of good oral hygiene, Oral hygiene maintenance methods, Dental undergrad students, Pakistan.

Background: Gingivitis is one of the most prevalent noncommunicable diseases which affecting people in Pakistan. For the preservation of great overall health, dental health must be maintained. So, there is need to determine the prevalence, socioeconomic impact, and educational status of gingivitis with the associated factors amongst widespread age group. Objective: This research focused on the frequency of gingivitis and its associated factors between the age group of 16–60-year-old patients. Study Design: Cross sectional study Study Setting: This study was conducted at department of Dentistry Avicenna Medical & Dental College Hospital Lahore from April 2022 to September 2022. Methodology: In the present study, a non-probability/convenient sampling technique was used. The 115 patients who had a gingival index scoring from 1-3 were included in the study. Patients with no plaques were excluded from the study. The WHO oral health assessment with some modifications was included as a part of the questionnaire. During the preliminary screening of the subjects, the demographic characteristics including age, gender, BMI, marital, socio-economic, and educational status were noted. A mouth mirror and a pointed explorer technique were used to diagnose caries which helps to fulfil the data of gingival index, plaque index, decayed missing filled teeth index, oral hygiene index simplified. Continuous and categorical data were analyzed by using SPSS version 20. Results: Out of 115 participants, there were 55 (47.8%) males and 60 (52.17%) females enrolled in the study with an average age of 39.51 ± 9.72 years. In this study, the overall BMI of the participants was 39.0 ± 22.3 kg/m2. Study results showed that the DMFT and OHI-S were significantly different (p<0.05). The DMFT and OHI-S showed the highest value amongst the patients suffering from moderate gingivitis. Conclusion: This study concluded that gingivitis and its associated factors played a major role in poor oral health. Amongst the age group between 16 to 60 years old, the 30-40 years were more prevalent to gingivitis. The DMFT and OHI-S were significantly different in mild moderate, and severe gingivitis. This study also indicated that the married, low-income status and the graduated patient had achieved bad oral hygiene. The study revealed that the ages between 30 to 40 years were their prime time for social and economic burden on males and also this is the post menstrual age in female, and by this time their health was already severely impaired. This may be a contributing factor to the increased incidence of gingivitis. However, the GI, DMFT, and OHI-S must have an access to fluoride and sealant programs as soon as possible to reduce the prevalence of tooth decay. Keywords: Gingivitis, DMFT, OHI-S, Factors, Dental Hospital, periodontal disease, risk factors/indicators