Hubungan Antara Status Gizi dengan Karies Gigi pada Murid-Murid di Sekolah Dasar Kecamatan Karangantu

Abstract

Several studies in Indonesia have attempted to correlate nutritional status with dental caries. The aim of this study was to find out the relation between nutritional status and dental caries disease of schoolchildren aged 9-14 years in Karangantu and Pamarican II elementary schools. The study design was cross-sectional with 200 students as respondents. Antopometry was used to measure nutritional status, and status of dental caries was measured by using DMF-T index. The correlation and differences of these variables were analyzed by using Anova and T-test. The results showed there was no correlation between nutritional statuls and dental caries (p> 0.01). The implied conclusion is that food intake of students did not have significant effect on the breakout of caries.