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The sample was selected randomly from public and private KGs in Jeddah. Self\u2010administrated questionnaires were distributed to the mothers of KG schoolchildren aged 3\u20135 years, which contained translated and validated Mothers' Behavior Questionnaire about their own oral health behaviors, Mothers' Attitude Questionnaire about their children's oral health, and Mothers' Knowledge Questionnaire about their children's oral health. The oral health of the KG school children was examined to determine the decayed, missed, and filled index (dmft).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 461 child\u2013mother pairs completed the study. The mean values of dmft were 5.41\u2009\u00b1\u20094.81. The children's oral health (dental caries) and the mothers' oral health\u2010related knowledge, attitudes, and behavior were significantly associated with KG type (public vs. private), mothers' age, mothers' education, and family income. A multiple linear regression model indicated that younger mothers (&lt;\u200930\u201340 years), highly educated mothers, high family income, and mothers with higher knowledge scores were significantly associated with lower dmft scores.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Mothers whose children attended private KGs exhibited better oral health\u2010related attitudes, habits, and knowledge. School type, mother's age, mother's education level, and monthly income were factors that strongly impacted the behaviors, attitudes, and knowledge of the mothers. Dental caries was lower among children whose mothers were young, well\u2010educated, from high family income families, and had higher knowledge related to oral health. 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