Socioeconomic status is one of the most essential indicators to evaluate the health status and nutritional status of a family. Many composite indexes have been proposed. Few international scales are Hollingshead scale, Nakao and Treas scale, Blishen, Carroll, and Moore scale, In India, the scales can be categorised into those scales applicable in rural, urban or both. The various scales are Rahudkar scale, B. G Prasad scale, Udai Parikh scale, Jalota scale, Kuppuswamy scale, Gaur classification and Bhardwaj scale for children, SC Tiwari and Amrish Kumar and Agarwal scale. Updated modified Kuppuswamy scales is the most commonly and widely socioeconomic status scale in India in urban settings. But due to rapidly growing economic rate, the available scales have been ineffective. Therefore, in this review article the Kuppuswamy scale has been updated for the year 2022.

Aim and Objectives: Among the 75 listed particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTG), the highest number is found in Odisha. They do not have proper access to oral health-care services and at-risk to various oral conditions and lesions. Hence, the purpose of the study was to assess the oral health quality of life and its association with different factors of the Kutia Kandha tribal population. Materials and Methodology: A cross-sectional study was channeled among 600 Kutia Kandha tribe of Odisha. The oral health impact profile (OHIP-14) questionnaire was used to check the oral health-related quality of life. Number and percentages were derived using Microsoft Excel and for inferential statistics, a model was developed using multivariable logistic regression using STATA software. P was set at 0.05, which was considered to be statistically significant. Results: Total sample composed of 330 men and 270 women with a mean age of 40.62 ± 16.29 years. Smoking was seen among 19.8% of tribal people had smoking habit and 72.33% ( n = 434) of the study group consumed smokeless tobacco. Only a few used fluoridated (3.8%) dentifrice. The mean OHIP score of the tribe was 30.67 ± 4.514 and about 65% of participants reported poor oral health quality of life scores. Conclusion: The oral health quality of life of the tribe is poor and the prevalence of tobacco among the target population because of the unavailability of dental services. Proper health education and motivation can be acknowledged to this group are required to improve their oral health.