Avinash H.Waghmode

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Aim: To study the age estimation from eruption of permanent teeth in school children. Objective: 1) To study eruption of permanent teeth in a child of age group from 6 years to 14 years. 2) To study and compare eruption timings of maxillary and mandibular teeth between boys and girls. Material and Methods: This was a prospective study. A random sample of 180 school children in the age group of 6 to 14 years was selected. The mean age of eruption of individual permanent teeth was recorded and result was analysis. Result: The study population included 99 boys constituting 54.995% and 81 girls constituting 44.997% of the total sample. In the age group of 6 years, the first permanent molar teeth was found to be erupted. In the age group of 14 years, all the permanent teeth except third molar had erupted. Girls showed early tooth eruption compared to boys. Mandibular teeth erupted earlier than maxillary teeth in both the sexes. Right and left side teeth erupted at same time in both the arches. Conclusion: The mean ages of eruption obtained from the present study are strikingly comparable with those of other investigators in different population across the world. Keywords: Federation Dentaire International (FDI).

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In every hospital, Casualty department deals with the emergency cases. These emergency cases also includes medicolegal cases like road traffic accidents, Poisoning, assaults are dealt in the casualty and detailed MLC report is made here after giving the proper primary treatment and life saving measures. The police is informed about MLC as early as possible. Important preventive measures like drawing public attention and awareness towards traumatic casualties can help in the prevention or management of unnatural (medicolegal cases). Considering the importance of above points, a one year retrospective study from 1st March 2018 to 31st March 2019 was conducted in the Casualty department of Tertiary Care Centre. Keywords: Medicolegal cases, Tertiary Care, Road Traffic accidents, Poisoning, assaults, Suicidal, Homicidal, Accidental, Casualty.

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Introduction: This study was the retrospective study carried out in the Department of Forensic medicine and Toxicology at a Tertiary Care Centre during the period June 2016 to June 2017. All the cases with alleged history of hanging were included in this study. In the present study 31 to 40 year was the most commonly involved age group followed by 51-60 years and 41-50 years in which male outnumbered the female. Complete hanging was seen in 75% deaths. Nylon rope was the most commonly used material for hanging. Evidence of salivary stains around the angle of mouth was present in 25% of the cases. In 87.5% of cases the ligature mark was present above the level of thyroid cartilage. The most common reason for hanging deaths was the financial problems (75.83%). The incidence of hanging was more common in Married people than unmarried people. Keywords: Hanging, Autopsy, Suicide, Ligature material.

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