853TO STUDY PREVALENCE AND CLINICAL FEATURES OF PRIMARY HERPETIC GINGIVOSTOMATITIS IN SOUTHINDIAN CHILDRENHerpetic gingivostomatitis is caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and is distinguish by excessive-grade fever and painful oral lesions. One hundred children with herpetic stomatitis in Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical sciences, Pondicherry, outpatient department were selected and divided into treatment group and control group by random number table method. In the treatment group, there were 50 patients, including 29 males and 21 females. Evaluation of curative effect: In the outside use organization, 23 cases have been cured, 10 cases were stepped forward and a couple of instances had been not cured. The overall effective fee became 95.55%. In the control organization, 14 instances have been cured after remedy, 18 cases were improved, 13 instances have been not cured, and the entire powerful charge becomes 71.11%. The general effective charge of the two businesses after remedy turned into as compared, the treatment organization turned into notably better than the manipulate organization, the difference changed into huge (P < 0.05), as shown in the desk underneath. Scrupulously figuring out these particular oral manifestations can help make the analysis of PHGS in advance and finally lessen needless prescription of antibioticsHarish@gmail.comResearch942018Herpetic gingivostomatitis,enteroviruses,gingival swelling, oral mucosa blistersJanardan Reddy V, Harish PAssistant Professor of Paediatrics, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical sciences, Pondicherry, (Affiliated to Bharath University, Chennai), India,Assistant Professor of Paediatrics, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical sciences, Pondicherry, (Affiliated to Bharath University, Chennai), Indi