Malnutrition in children below the age of five is a significant public health issue in India. The reality that India has one of the highest rates of underweight children worldwide is evidence of this. Methodology: A cross-sectional, analytical, observational study including 82 kids between the ages of 12 and 71 months was carried out. Due to the necessity for research that assess nutritional status as a risk factor for dental caries, this form of epidemiological study was selected. The dmft index, which was used in accordance with the World Health Organization's recommendations, was utilized for documenting dental caries experiences in order to determine the prevalence and severity of caries. Additionally, active visible white patches were noted. The examinations were carried out in duplicate for each child with the goal of achieving inter-examiner agreement using the Kappa statistic, which demonstrated good agreement (K= 0.81). Results- The sample's distribution among the various nutritional status groups showed no discernible difference (P >.05). Of the 82 kids, 42 had visible white patches. The average salivary flow was 0.35 0.14 ml/min (0.010 to 0.66 ml/min), which is considered to be very low. 69 of the 82 children who participated in the study showed poor to very low salivary buffering ability. Conclusion: This study demonstrated a relationship between malnutrition and saliva flow rate that warrants further investigation in malnourished children.