Objective: The purpose of this qualitative case study was to describe oral health, oral health knowledge, oral health practices and oral health experiences from the perspective of a young Latina mother. Design: Based upon the principals of naturalistic inquiry, a fundamental qualitative description design was used to obtain summaries of these experiences. Setting: The interview was conducted at the student day care center of a dentally and medically underserved high school located in a predominantly Hispanic community within the central Texas area. Participant: The participant was unmarried, of Hispanic descent, spoke and read English, was 18 years of age, in the eleventh grade and the mother of an 18-month-old toddler. Method: Broad open-ended questions from a semi-structured interview guide with probes designed to elicit and encourage detailed descriptions of the participant’s perceptions of oral health, oral health practices and oral health experiences in her own words was used to collect self-report data. Results: One major theme-routine self-care and five sub-themes- appearance, communication, family history, dental pain and oral health knowledge emerged from the data. Conclusions: For vulnerable and high-risk populations such as low-income and parenting young Latina women and their offspring oral health promotion plays an important role in maintaining general health and quality of life. For this reason, it is important for nurses to expand their knowledge related to oral health determinants that may influence the present and future health of the mother-child dyad. Nurses can use the findings from this case study to enhance their practice with oral health promoting activities aimed at improving quality of life among these young women.