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The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate a teaching program based on the national curriculum for use in a primary school setting. As in recent years, severeal study shown that oral health education can be effective in increasing knowledge in the short term however it is costly. Developing a cost-effective and comprehensive programme for the primary school age group based upon the National Curriculum by designing the proper oral health education program to draw up lesson plans for teacher to deliver was applied. According to methods, children showed a significant improvement in dental health knowledge. Thus, the aims of the National Curriculum were easily integrated with oral health messages. The proper oral health education program would be useful to encourage the teaching profession to take on oral health education without more costly input from dental professionals.