Background:Due to overall development of health care delivery system life expectancy of the population is getting better. India have predicted that the number of older adults is expected to grow to 173 million by 2026. Aging involves many physiological and psychological changes. Often, these may be related to their nutritional intake, oral manifestations of the systemic illness and their treatment, lack of oral care and limited access to dental care services. Studies have shown an association between a reduced number of teeth with the caloric intake.Objective:This study aimed to assess  uses Oral Hygeine Index- Simplified, Russel’s periodontal Index and DMFT Index to evaluate oral status. Mini Nutritional Assesment scale is used to evaluate the general nutrition status of the study population.Methods:This cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among older adults living in the Mangalore city.The older adults having 60 years of age, community-dwelling and living in nursing homes, able to perform activities of daily living independently were selected.In this study a total of 66 participants were included out of which 30 older adults were from old age home and 36 were community dwelling.The oral status evaluation included Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (OHI-S), Russel Periodontal Index (PlI), and DMFT index.The nutritional status was assessed using the Mini Nutritional Assessment(MNA) scale. Results:The mean BMI of study participants were 25.92 ± 3.90. The MNA assessment showed 38 participants [57.6%]  score fell within the normal limits, and only 4 participants [6.1%] were malnourished. Correlation with the mean number of missing teeth,no significant association between the two (r = 0.112, p = 0.403) for the community dwelling participants were observed.