Aim The purpose of the present research is to evaluate the knowledge and attitude of parents towards the oral as well as overall health of their children. Methodology Cross-sectional study was conducted in our institution amongst 400 study participants who were parents to children who had reported to our OPD with various dental problems. The structured questionnaire consisted of socio demographic characteristics and questions related to knowledge, attitude and practices toward children’s oral health. Responses were tabulated and were expressed as frequency distributions. Chi-square test was used to find the association between knowledge, attitude, practice and baseline characteristics. Results Out of 400 participants 73.8%, 68.5%, 89.5% had good knowledge, attitude and practice respectively about oral health maintenance. There is statistically significant association between knowledge and parental status, education, occupation and family income, attitude and family income. Association between practice and number of children also is statistically significant.Conclusion Results of our study suggest that there is significant association between knowledge, attitude, practices and parental status, education, occupation and family income.

Parents, Knowledge, primary teeth, Oral hygiene, early-childhood caries