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The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and behaviour of hepatitis B and infection control of dental and medical undergraduates of private medical university. Karachi. Paki-stan.it was the cross sectional survey study. 227 clinical students were approached. A self-structured questionnaire related to KAP of HB was used and data collected through survey questionnaire from each individual. Response rate was 100%. Data were entered and analyzed using Stata software. There were 84 (37%) students from dental college and 143(63%) students from medical section. There were 92(41%) male and 125(59%) female students. The mean level of knowledge, attitude and practice of HB in medical and dental graduates was 58 % and 65 % respectively. The dental graduates had overall high KAP score than medical undergraduates and the results were statistically significant. Description of the frequency of knowledge, attitude and practice of hepatitis B and infection control has revealed that dental students follow preventive guidelines of transmission during treatment procedure and were more cautious during practice than medical students