Introduction: Oral health effects the overall health. Dental students, the future oral professionals, play an important role in promoting oral health awareness. Aim: This study assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards oral hygiene among 1st year BDS students of AIDSR. Material and methods: In the cross sectional study, all the 1st year students who are present on the day of survey (n=84) were included in the study and participants were requested to complete 19 closed ended questions perfoma without discussing with each other. Results: Among 84 students majority participants think oral health is important for overall health and most of the participants visited the dentist when there was a problem. Most of the participants thought that poor oral hygiene is the cause of tooth decay. Conclusion: Most of the students had knowledge about dental aids and they also thought that oral health effects the overall health. Effective oral heath education and promotion programs are needed to improve oral health knowledge, attitude and practices of the students.