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This study is to compare the oral health condition and the oral care status of multicultural family women who are living in small and medium sized cities with those of married Asan-si women in the similar age who are resident in the same district. We are going to develop an oral health promotion program of multicultural family women based on the basic data between two women groups of this study. Since multicultural family women's oral health is worse than Asan-city women's one, the early treatment for decayed teeth and dental plaque control were needed. Multicultural family women' 67.0% went to the dentist after migration. Brushing one's teeth was 2.56 times a day, the rate of practicing rolling methods was 7.3% and using auxiliary oral hygiene devices was 17.0%. They lack oral health behavior and oral health awareness, oral health education will be enforced quickly. Moreover, the appropriate native language service and the educational program development will be enforced to carry out the oral health education which meets their needs. Multicultural family women as a member of our society need a lot of national interest, and therefore an oral health promotion program must be actively developed.