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Mouth is considered as the mirror of general health in human body. Oral cavity harbors billions of microorganisms, and some of these contribute to the development of Oral problems and other systemic diseases like Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus ,etc .Oral health and general health is interrelated so its important to maintain oral health of an individual. In order to improve oral hygiene and general health oil pulling is used as ayurvedic therapy. The main purpose of the study is to evaluate the knowledge about oil pulling among the students and to educate them. The study was conducted at Dr.N.G.P Arts and science college, Coimbatore .About 200 Subjects were evaluated, out of this 58.5% are boys and 41.5% are girls. A pre-tested self-structured questionnaire was used for pre and post assessment. Only 6% of the subjects are aware about the oil pulling .So the study has been initiated and the subjects were educated using various educational tools to improve the knowledge of the subjects .The study has been concluded that 83.1% significant increases in knowledge of Oil pulling and its benefits among the subjects .The education program helps to improve the oral hygienic practices and the quality of life.