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Knowledge and practices regarding early dental caries prevention were asked by using a structured questionnaire. Multivariate Tobit regression was used to examine factors associated with knowledge and practice scores. Results showed four aspects of knowledge that had the lowest proportion of parents having correct responses included timing of complete primary tooth replacement (12.3%), benefits of undergoing regular dental examination (31.7%), technique for brushing a child\u2019s teeth (33.9%), and duration for brushing (36.7%). The knowledge of parents was moderately low at 6.3\/12 (SD\u2009=\u20092.3). The practices of parents were moderately good with the mean practice score at 6.1\/9 (SD\u2009=\u20092.0). The proportion of parents taking children for regular checkups (56.2%) and replacing toothbrush every 3\u2009months (53.7%) were the lowest. Information source, occupation, education and perceived necessity of oral care were found to be associated with parents\u2019 knowledge and practices. To conclude, parents had moderate levels of knowledge and practices regarding early dental caries prevention in preschool children. 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