Background: Many studies have reported a relationship between periodontal disease and systemic diseases, and the family physicians may be the first contact with patient in Turkey, so their awareness regarding this relationship is important. The purposeof this study is to evaluate the family physicians� knowledge and practice behaviours regarding the relationship between periodontal diseases and systemic health.\\r\\nMaterials and Methods: This study was carried out using self-administreted questionnaires. The questionnaires were handed out by one investigator to 249 family physicians practicing in family health centeres in Adana province located the south region of Turkey, during May 2016-November 2016.\\r\\nResults:Among the respondents 69.5 percent (%) of them reported that they had knowledge about periodontal disease and 69.7% of them had knowledge about the clinical symptoms of periodontal disease, but only19.3% knew that the first clinical symptom of periodontal disease is,gingival bleeding.And, respondents who had knowledge about the clinical symptoms of periodontal disease had significantly higher dental referral rates than respondents who reported that they had no idea about the clinical symptoms of periodontal disease. The majority of the respondents agreed that there is a relationship between periodontal disease and cardiovasculer disease, adverse pregnancy outcomes, diabetes mellitus,butthis agreement did not correlate with the dental referral rates.\\r\\nConclusions:This study demonstrated that family physicians�knowledgeregarding periodontal disease and its relationship with systemic health was high, but it did not corralated with their behaviours in practice.\\r\\nKeywords: Systemic Health; Periodontal Disease; Family Physicians

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