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A cross-sectional study involved 300 parents\/caregivers of four- to seven-year-old children using snowball sampling. Parents\/caregivers self-completed an online questionnaire on sociodemographic characteristics, parenting styles, their child\u2019s oral hygiene practices, free sugar consumption, and dental history. The questionnaire was created using Google Forms and was disseminated to parents\/caregivers via E-mail and\/or WhatsApp\u00a9. Descriptive and Poisson regression analyses were performed (p &lt; 0.05). Children\u2019s dental pain experience was reported by 20.3% of the parents. The authoritative parenting style was predominant. The child\u2019s mean age at the first consumption of sugar was 1.38 (\u00b10.64) years, and 40.3% of the children had high-free sugar consumption. The mean age for the first dental appointment was 2.26 (\u00b11.31) years, and 24.3% of the children never went to a dental appointment. 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