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The paper deals with 30 plant species belonging to 28 genera and 20 families comprising 40 ethnomedicinal uses for dental care (toothache, tooth decay, pyorrhea, out smell and as tooth brush) by the different tribal and rural people in Pendra, Kondagaon and Korba districts of Chhattisgarh. The highest number of species recorded in the family Fabaceae (07). As medicinal plant species are on the verge of extinction. And lack of awareness and research on this group of plant in this area, people of this region are unaware of the wealth of this heritage. From biodiversity point of view, the vegetation survey is very much important for the research of database from this region which ultimately can be utilized for medicinal experts, plants explorers, researches etc. for their further studies. This survey provides a preliminary source of information of traditional medicinal practitioners in this areas. These uses were compared and cross-checked with the published ethnomedicinal data from Chhattisgarh, literature published in scientific journals and other states of the country and found that 12 uses of the referred plants had not been reported earlier. These plant species are arranged alphabetically with their botanical names, family and local name(s), followed by the method of uses for dental care along with field collection number(s) and uses cited by earlier workers.