A search in the existing literature revealed very
few reported studies assessing the knowledge,
attitude and behavior of primary school teachers
regarding oral health in India. The results of
the present study show that the mean knowledge
score across all age groups was 6.2±1.3, which is
suggestive of an average knowledge regarding oral
health among the teachers. The 34 years and below
age group scored better than the other age
groups with a mean score of 6.5±1.4, which indicates
that the younger teachers had more knowledge on oral health. This was in contrast to those
reported in Dharwad, India where school teachers
aged >50 years and those with postgraduate degrees
had greater knowledge.12 Females had a better
score (6.3±1.3) compared to males (6.0±1.3).
When the comparison of knowledge was made according
to highest level of education, teachers in
the main stream education (6.4±1.8) and the arts
stream (6.4±1.3) performed better compared to
their other counterparts.