HUBUNGAN KEBIASAAN MENGGOSOK GIGI DENGAN TIMBULNYA KARIES GIGI ANAK USIA SEKOLAH KELAS 4 SDN PUSPIPTEK TANGERANG SELATAN

Abstract

Dental caries is one of the many health problems experienced by some people of Indonesia. This disease is a problem susceptible to school-aged children. Maintenance of oral health is an attempt to prevent this disease. Purpose: This research is to know the correlation of tooth brushing habit with the incidence of dental caries of 4th graders of SDN PUSPIPTEK South Tangerang. This research is quantitative. Research method: used is an analytical design with Cross Sectional approach, how to collect data in this research by means of questionnaire and observation. Result of research: habit of brushing teeth of school age children in SDN PUSPIPTEK in bad category counted 36 (49,3%) respondents from 73 respondents who made the sample. And the incidence of dental caries of 4th graders at SDN PUSPIPTEK in the category of dental caries as much as 27 (37,0%) of respondents from 73 respondents who made the sample. Result of analysis of habitual relationship of brushing teeth with incidence of dental caries. Chi-square obtained value of P-Value = 0.879. In conclusion: from this research there is no significant correlation to the habit of brushing teeth with the incidence of dental caries of 4th graders of SDN PUSPIPTEK South Tangerang. Dental caries experienced by some students may be due to their poor diet, eating lots of sweet foods such as chocolate or candy. Suggestion: expected to the students to be diligent to brush your teeth at least 2 times a day, especially after a sweet meal