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Abstract
Background: Despite significant improvements in children’s oral health status over the past decades, dental caries still remains a major oral health problem, especially among socioeconomically deprived groups (Petersen 2003, WHO2003). The oral health program significantly affects the prevalence of caries and various risk factors for caries development. Oral health education program (OHE) has a positive effect on oral health behavior of children and oral health knowledge, (Petersen et al, 2004). Conclusions: The study revealed high dental caries prevalence of preschool children in Greater Cairo. The oral health education program is an efficient method in modifying the dietary and oral hygiene habits and improving the oral health status during follow up periods. No difference was found between the poster and video groups in improving children oral-health status during follow up periods. There is a little awareness about importance of visiting dentists and restorations of primary teeth. Children’s parents preferred to receive treatment at private clinics where conservative treatment was offered more than extraction on contrast to government clinics where the extraction was the most common treatment. Key Words: O, Greater Cairo, oral heath educational program, referral for treatment, dental services