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ABSTRACT Statement of the problem: "A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VIDEO ASSISTED TEACHING ON KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE HOME MANAGEMENT OF ORAL AND DENTAL INJURIES IN CHILDREN AMONG PARENTS OF CHILDREN IN SELECTED HOSPITALS OF MEERUT." Oral health education, an important component of oral health promotion, has been considered an essential part of dental health services. It aims to promote oral health primarily by providing information to improve awareness, leading to adoption of a healthier lifestyle, positive attitudes, and good oral health behaviour. Health education and preventive dental care interventions not only reduce the incidence of oral diseases but are also cost-effective, easy to administer, and logical to use at community level. Health education is a widely accepted approach in the prevention of oral diseases, a process of transmission of knowledge and skills are necessary for improvement in oral health and quality of life. .RESEARCHMETHODOLOGY A quasi experimental study was done on 60 parents of children 30 in both experimental & control group selected by non-probability purposive sampling technique. Data was collected by using self-structure variables demographic Data Variables like-age, Gender, No of children, Residence, Education, Occupation Using Self Structured Questionnaire knowledge & attitude scale pre-test & post-test was taken from both experimental & control group -Video assisting teaching was given only in experimental group. Result Data represented in table depicted that in pre-test majority of parents of children 20(66.6%) had Average level of Knowledge, 10(33.3%) had level of poor knowledge in pre-test, and non-have good knowledge regarding home management of dental injuries. but in post- test but in post-test majority of parents of children, 20(66.6%) were had Excellence level of knowledge, 10(33.3%) were had level of good knowledge, and non-have Poor knowledge. it is evident that there was partly significant association of post- test knowledge score with selected socio-demographic variables in experimental group. The results shows that there is association with post- test knowledge score with the socio-demographic variables like age, religion, place of residence, education, and occupation.onoral and dental injuries. Place of Residence not significance. CONCLUTION The study conclude that the video assisted teaching is an effective mothed to improve the Knowledge and Attitude among parents of children in selected hospital of Meerut.