Introduction: Dental caries can begin early in life and the main ethology behind are frequent intake of sugars, improper feeding and lack of oral hygiene measures. Children suffering from caries as infants & toddlers have a greater probability of subsequent caries in both primary & permanent dentition, so in order to prevent this, dental practitioners have a key role in promoting preventive measures against dental caries. Among the various caries preventive strategies used, fluoride therapy has been the most effective method. During the last few years, there has been substantial decrease in caries and increased incidence of fluorosis and this has lead to greater attention and importance of topical fluoride therapy. Featherstone et al 1988 stated that the most important anti-caries effect of fluoride is considered to result from its action on tooth or plaque interface through promotion of remineralisation of early caries & reducing enamel solubility. Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the knowledge and attitude among dental students regarding the use of fluoride toothpastes for children. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional descriptive, questionnaire based online survey was conducted among 10p dental students. A Selfadministered, structured online questionnaire was sent to them for the assessment of their knowledge and attitude regarding the use of fluoride toothpastes in children and the data was analyzed using SPSS 27 software. Results: Among the study subjects, 40 % of the respondents considered that it is very important to brush a child's teeth with fluoride toothpaste. Whereas 66 % of them knew that 1000 ppm fluoride should be present in toothpaste for getting its benefit. 70 % of the respondents recommended Kids fluoride toothpaste for children and about 20.3 % of them think kid’s toothpaste contains 1000 ppm fluoride. Only 18% of them recommended regular fluoride toothpaste for children. 60.7 % of the respondents knew about the symptoms seen when high amounts of fluoridated toothpaste were ingested. 52.3 % knew how to manage a child who had ingested high amounts of fluoride toothpaste and 64.7 % knew how to reduce the intake of toothpaste by children. 66 % of the respondents suggested twice daily brushing with fluoride toothpaste and 55 % of them suggested pea sized toothpaste for children below 3 years,p value is 0.001. Conclusion: By the above results if the survey it can be concluded that 5th year and PG students have a better knowledge about use of fluoride toothpaste for children than 3rd and 4th year students

Attitude, Dental students, Fluoride Toothpaste, Knowledge, Innovative analysis