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Our study aims to identify the frequency of use of oral hygiene tools that patients and their parents use for oral and dental health, to evaluate how effective parents are in obtaining oral hygiene habits (OHAs) of children, and to inform parents adequately about the importance of oral hygiene. In the study, 360 children between the ages of 12-14 who applying to the Pedodonti US Clinic, according to the DMFT Index, were assessed whether there was a dirty incidence, or no mouth smell according to the organoleptic method, and bleeding during the washing of their teeth. The oral hygiene habits of the applicant patients and their parents (352 mothers, 332 fathers) were also assessed and compared with each other (the frequency of toothbrushing, the use of tooth wire and mouth wire, language cleansing). The findings have found that the DMFT index in children increased with age. However, half of the children involved in the study were diagnosed with oral smell by the doctor (42.7 percent), while 33 percent of applicants said they complained of oral smell. 5 percent of children said they never washed their teeth, while 13.7 percent of parents said that was not to wash their teeth. The result was that oral hygiene habits, such as the use of toothbrush and mouth gargarage, language cleaning, toothbrushing, were not regularly applied among children and their parents. The conclusion is that the parents’ OHAs are insufficient and they don’t inform their children about this, and the children don’t take enough care of their OHAs. Keywords; oral hygiene habits, DMFT, oral smell, oral hygiene

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