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METHODS: We performed the bisulfite-based targeted next-generation sequencing of four candidate genes in saliva and tissue DNA from normal, premalignant, and squamous cell carcinoma subjects. The clinicopathological association, diagnostic, and prognostic utility of aberrant DNA methylation were evaluated using the TCGA-HNSCC dataset. Using the Xgboost algorithm and logistic regression, CpG sites were prioritized, and Receiver Operating Characteristic was generated. By Log-rank test and Kaplan-Meier (KM) curves, an association between methylation and overall survival (OS), disease-free interval (DFI), and progression-free interval (PFI) were computed. RESULTS: We identified all four genes as significantly hypermethylated in premalignant and malignant samples compared with normal samples. The methylation levels were comparable between saliva and tissue samples with an r-value of 0.6297 to 0.8023 and 0.7823 to 0.9419 between premalignant tissue vs. saliva and OC vs. saliva, respectively. We identified an inverse correlation between DAPK1, LRPPRC, RAB6C, and ZNF471 promoter methylation with their expression. A classifier of 8 differentially methylated CpG sites belonging to DAPK1, RAB6C, and ZNF471 promoters was constructed, showing an AUC of 0.984 to differentiate tumors from normal samples. The differential methylation status of DAPK1, LRPPRC, and ZNF71 promoters was prognostically important. Abnormal expression of all four genes was associated with immune infiltration. 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