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Twenty children were randomly selected from each group. Tailored oral health education was delivered using: visual mode for dental trauma, auditory mode for dental caries, and tactile mode for tooth brushing. Oral health-related knowledge scores were assessed at baseline, immediately after intervention, and 1-week after intervention. The Kruskal\u2013Wallis test was used for comparison of knowledge scores, followed by\n post hoc<\/jats:italic>\n analysis using the Wilcoxon signed\u2013rank test with significance at\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2264 0.05.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n Out of 152 children, 61 (40.1%) were identified as visual learners, 37 (24.3%) as auditory learners, and 28 (18.4%) as tactile learners. Visual learners exhibited a significant increase in knowledge scores in visual mode (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001) and auditory mode (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.050). Auditory learners showed a statistically significant increase in scores in all three modes (auditory\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001; visual\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.009; tactile\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.015). Tactile learners demonstrated a significant increase in scores in visual mode (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.029) and auditory mode (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.042).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n Visual was the most common learning style, followed by auditory and tactile. Visual learners performed best in visual methods, while auditory learners showed significant improvement in all modes. 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