Context: Need for a more in depth understanding of the knowledge, attitude and practices of caregivers with respect to their children’s oral health care is of paramount importance.
Aims:
• To assess the knowledge of parents about the dental problems of children.
• To determine the parental attitude towards children’s oral health and treatment of pulpally involved deciduous
teeth.
• To find out the oral health care practices undertaken by parents for their children.
Settings and Design: This cross sectional study was conducted in the Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Government Dental College, Kottayam. Material: Parents of children below 12 years reporting to the Department were the study participants. The structured questionnaire consisted of sociodemographic characteristics and questions related to knowledge, attitude and practices towards children’s oral health was distributed to the participants. Responses were tabulated and were expressed as frequency distributions. Statistical analysis used: Chisquare 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 and pulp therapy of deciduous teeth. 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. Conclusions: Create more awareness among
the populace of our country about significance of healthy primary dentition and the ensuing sequelae of not doing so.

Keyword: Knowledge; Attitude; Practices; Oral Health; Pulp Therapy; Deciduous Teeth.