Background: Oral diseases have a significant impact on an individual’s social life. Its impact is often seen in the physical appearance and functional aspects like chewing and can negatively affect individuals especially children. Oral health programmes can help to minimize the condition by increasing awareness. Aim: To assess the oral health knowledge and behavior among school going children.
Method: A total of 400 school going children were included for the present study. Stratified random sampling method was used to select the sample. All 400 children were examined for decayed, missing, and filled permanent teeth. The subjects completed a questionnaire that aimed to evaluate young school children’s behavior, knowledge, and perception towards oral health and dental treatment. Results: 70% children knew what dental caries is whereas 35% had no knowledge about plaque. Only 52% children considered visited dentist regularly important. Most common oral hygiene method used was brushing. Majority of children brushed once daily. Conclusion: Children and parents perception towards oral hygiene plays immense role in caries prevention. Care should be taken to improve parents as well as children attitude towards dental treatment by conducting awareness camp.
Key words: Oral Health, Behaviour,  Children

Corresponding author: Dr. Shweta Gulia, Pedodontist, ITS Dental College, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pardesh, India

This article may be cited as: Gulia S, Chahal N, Rana M, Dhawan A. Assessment of Oral Health Knowledge and Behavior among school going Children. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2018; 4(4):26-29.