AbstractGood oral health is essential for improving overall health and well-being. Dental caries is a multifactorial disease and preventable public health problem that interferes with normal nutrition, speech, self-esteem, and daily routine activities. Early detection of this & prompt intervention will certainly prevent disease progression. A young child’s dental environment is complex because their mother’s dental knowledge, attitude, and practices affect the child’s oral condition.
Research Design: was one group pre-test and post-test design.
Target Population: 60 Mothers who have children age group 3-6 years in Ghamapur. Purposive Sampling techniques were used to collect samples. Data collection tools include structured questionnaires and planned teaching programs. The reliability of the instrument was tested by test method and it was found to be 0.7.
Aim: To assess the effectiveness of the planned teaching program on the knowledge regarding Oral Hygiene aged 3-6 years children among mothers.
Result: The findings show that the mean Post-test knowledge score (21.93) is apparently higher than the mean Pre-test knowledge score (9.3). There is a significant difference between the Pre-test and Post-test mean knowledge Score (T=1.21). This indicates that the planned teaching program is effective in increasing the knowledge level of mothers of children between the ages of 3-6 years regarding oral hygiene in selected urban areas of Jabalpur City (M.P.).
Conclusion: The study concluded that the planned teaching program was an effective method for providing moderate to adequate knowledge to Mothers of children between 3 and 6 years child in Jabalpur City to enhance their knowledge regarding oral Hygiene.