*Limitations*

A diversity of variables could predict the general population's reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic to avoid infection. The present study aimed to establish Saudi Arabian residents' perceptions, preventive practices regarding CVOID-19, and oral health practices during COVID-19. The present study utilized a limited number (2013) of participants from Saudi Arabian from various provinces, and studies with a larger sample size are recommended. The population from illiterate and unprivileged groups did not participate in the study. Therefore, the findings from these segments of the society were not gathered in the present study. A total of 2013 people participated from various Saudi Arabia regions, and the majority were from the Riyadh region (33.7%), followed by the Asir region (21.5%). The region-based analysis was not done in the present study. There was a comparatively remarkable difference among participants from the various areas. However, this could also be a limitation of the study. To the best of our knowledge, the present study qualifies as the first reported study from Saudi Arabia to the best of our knowledge assessed the perception, preventive practices, and oral health practices among the population in Saudi Arabia with concern to COVID-19. Other limitations include study design, selfadministered questionnaire, convenience sampling, which cannot be generalized to the study findings. There was no equal distribution of the participants from various provinces of Saudi Arabia, and the majority of the study participants were from Riyadh and Asir. Nonetheless, the findings in the present study possibly will be used as a reference to explore variance with sample size made up of a population without internet access.
