Objective: This study aimed to define the willingness of general dentists to treat young children Materials and methods: This study involved 361 dentists in Croatia who work in private practices or Health centers. The questionnaire consisted of 34 questions divided into three parts. The first part of the questionnaire contained demographic data questions (gender, year of graduation, residence). The second part of the inquiry included questions about the characteristics of the dental offices in which the respondents work, the way they work with the therapeutic procedures with children, and the materials they most often use. The third part of the questionnaire referred to attitudes about working with children. It consisted of 12 statements to which the answers were offered on a Likert scale from 1 to 5. Results: Only 12.46% of surveyed dentists have a positive attitude; they are willing to work with children. As many as 30.19% of respondents have a negative attitude; they are unwilling to work with children. Willingness to work with children largely depends on the knowledge acquired during college education (R = 0.355; P ≤ 0.001) and gender (R = - 0.103; P = 0.035). Conclusion: Women are more willing to treat young children. There is a coherency between educational level and willingness to treat young children. General dentist most often refuses to treat young children because of the non-cooperative behavior.