Introduction:

handicapped children may present different symptoms of several buccal diseases. Parents and teachers concern are required in order to teach them basic habits to keep a good oral health.

Objective:

to evaluate parents and teachers level of knowledge about oral health.

Method:

a cross sectional research at La Edad de Oro Special Primary School, was carried out in Holguín from January to April 2016. Universe was 203 adults and sample 126. A survey including several topics related to oral hygiene, cariogenic diet and deformation of buccal habits, was applied.

Results:

the level of knowledge about oral health was regular for females (71.6%) and it was bad for males (46.7%). High level participants presented bad knowledge with 53.3 % and only 8.6% showed a poor knowledge level. Deforming oral habits suchs as: atypical swallowing (91.3%), cheilophagia (90.5%) and postural habits (85.7%) were ignored by the participants at these levels.

Conclusions:

most handicapped children’s parents and teachers showed regular knowledge levels about oral health.

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