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The purpose of this study was conducted to identify the relevant knowledge and according to the mother's socio-economic factors on dental caries preventative action to provide basic data for improving the level of the elementary school students of dental caries prevention and oral health. The subjective was 235 mother's who resided in Daejeon area, on whom a self-administered survey was conducted. the results are as follows. 1. According to the gender of the child for dental caries prevention knowledge and behavior of the mother of the girls was higher, there was no statistically significant difference. 2. Knowledge, according to the mother's age was less than 40. Preventive actions in more than 40 higher, but there was no statistically significant difference. 3. According to the mother's education level of dental caries of knowledge and preventative behavior in more than a college degree were significantly higher (p=0.041, p=0.000). 4. According to the presence or absence of the mother's occupation of Knowledge and preventative behavior in the presence of occupation was significantly higher (p=0.000, p=0.002). 5. Knowledge of the family's monthly income, there was no significant difference. However, preventive behavior was significantly more than 3,000,000 won (p=0.000). 6. Pure correlation between dental caries of knowledge and preventive behavior came into existence and preventive behavior was found to be higher as dental caries knowledge is higher (p=0.000). Dental caries in the mother's knowledge of the practice of preventive behavior was higher. Therefore, the mother of correct knowledge about dental caries in order to improve oral health education policy should be developed.