OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to assess and compare the knowledge about oral health and adversities of missing tooth among medical and engineering students at Tagore group of institutions.

SUBJECTS AND METHOD: A cross sectional survey was conducted among a total of 186 medical and engineering students which included approximately 50% of males and 50% females .A pretested close ended questionnaire was adopted as the survey instrument of the study.

RESULTS: The total mean percentage scores were calculated for each study group and it was found that general scores were better among engineering students whereas the prosthetic score was found to be significantly higher among the medical students.

CONCLUSION: The study indicates that the knowledge towards oral hygiene and prosthetic knowledge was inadequate among students and that they required oral health education to improve their oral hygiene practises and knowledge.