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Aim: The study was undertaken to assess the caries status inchildren of 1st (6 years) and 6th grade (12 years) and knowledge,attitude and practice (KAP) of mothers and schoolteachers inMathura city.Materials and methods: A total of 872 mothers, 140 schoolteachers,500 children of grade I and 500 children of grade VIparticipated in the study. Clinical examinations of grades I andgrade VI children were performed. Data on mothers and teacherswere collected through personal interviews and selfadministeredquestionnaires respectively. Statistical significancewas set at p T 0.05.Results: At the age of 6 and 12, the mean decayed, missingand filled teeth (DMFT) index was 2.4 and 1.3 respectively.Mothers showed a fair level of knowledge (74.9%) and favorableattitude (70.6%), while maximum schoolteachers showed a goodlevel of knowledge (67.9%) and favorable attitude (57.1%)toward oral health. Schoolteachers, dentists and television werefound to be the most important source of dental healthinformation among the schoolteachers and mothers.Conclusion: It is concluded from the study that oral healthknowledge of mothers and teachers were found to be fair andgood respectively. The schoolteachers knew about the poordental conditions in children and wanted to become involved inoral health education. Training of the teachers should aim atimproving their level of knowledge on oral health.

Caries Status of Children and Oral Health Behavior, Knowledge and Attitude of Their Mothers and Schoolteachers in Mathura City