Introduction: Oral health is a key indicator of overall health, wellbeing and quality of life. It is important for nurses to have adequate knowledge about oral health to be able to provide necessary care and to at least detect few abnormalities in the mouth in order to achieve an optimal health status. The aim of this study was to examine oral health knowledge regarding oral diseases and oral hygiene among nursing students at Madurai City. Materials and Methods: It is a cross sectional questionnaire study conducted among 370 nursing college students in Madurai city. The study samples were divided into categories according to the year of study and a questionnaire was given to them to check for the Oral health Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among them. It was a single visit survey in which the questionnaire was collected from them and the data were segregated for statistical analysis. Results: The results from the study shows that the knowledge practice and attitude towards oral health for nursing students is comparatively less. Only 72.6% students had knowledge on importance of oral health 52.9% students had the attitude of maintaining the oral health and only 48.2% of them practice a negligible oral hygiene practice. Conclusion: The study concludes that although most of the students had satisfactory basic knowledge about oral health, attitude among the nursing students which was considerably lower than what would be expected. Nursing students are in need to raise their awareness about the importance of oral health to be competent in giving oral health care advices to the public as a part of the primary healthcare team.
