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This purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between dental caries experience and oral health cognition, dental treatment fear. This study includes self-reported questionnaires to investigate the relevance of each factor that oral health impact profile, dental treatment fear and oral examination for 135 participants. statistical verification conducted chi-square test and t-test through SPSS 18.0. 1. 33% of the subject rated their perceived oral health cognition was good. Men, and the regular examiners, dental visit experience more than one year recognized that the oral health status was positive (p<0.05). 2. Sealant group investigated that caries experience was lower than the group did not Sealant (p<0.05). 3. Oral health awareness survey shows high caries experience group more likely that complaints tooth pain, gum pain, food impaction, authoring aesthetic disability, discomfort, tooth-colored than caries experience (p<0.05). 4. Dental Anxiety Survey results show that Anxiety dental treatment had more experience and caries experience group Compared to the group of high caries experience (p<0.05). Based on results, high caries experience group showed more negative perceptions about oral health awareness. Group received less treatment showed more experience about dental Anxiety. For oral health promotion was required management to raise awareness of oral health. And ongoing management is needed for the prevention of oral diseases can reduce anxiety about dental treatment.