Objective: To analyze child oral health training background, habits and knowledge in a group of pediatric graduate students and recently graduated pediatricians. Materials and methods: A descriptive study using an anonymous self-administered 18-item survey sent via Google Forms to students and graduates of a master’s program in Pediatrics from Universidad Maimonides in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Results: Sixty participants completed the survey: 80 % were women, most of them with no children, who were pursuingone of the three years of a master’s program or had less than two years of clinical experience. Out of the respondents, 78.9 % did not usually record information on oral health in the patients’ medical records, and 72 % failed to establish the prevalence of cavities in relation to other childhood illnesses. Misconceptions were also found regarding cavities ...