Hubungan Antara Frekuensi Menyikat Gigi, Cara Menyikat Gigi dan Kebiasaan Makan dengan Kejadian Karies

Abstract

Introduction: Dental caries are experienced by all circles of the
community, ranging from adults, adolescent age groups, to children
of both men and women. Children between 6-12 years of age are
more prone to dental diseases such as caries often consume fast
food or sweet snacks, at that age there is a change in tooth growth
from the oldest tooth into adult or permanent teeth.
Objectives: This research aims to know the relationship between
the frequency of teeth brushing, how to brush teeth and eating
habits with the incidence of Karies in elementary school students in
the work Area Health District Kemang Bogor Year 2019
Method: The design of this research is descriptive analytic to learn
the causal relationship between the two variables in a situation or
a group of subjects conducted to see the relationship between one
variable and the other the approach used In this research is cross
sectional. The population of this study is the primary school
students of MI Al Islamiyah, MI Al Fitriyah, SDN Pabuaran 01,
SDN Bojong 02 with a population of 151 students. Determination
of the sample using Slovin method with sample sampling using
simple random sampling, obtained as much as 110 respondents.
Data retrieval using questionnaires, then processed and analyzed
univariate and bivariate.
Result: The results of the analysis showed that there is a
relationship frequency tooth brushing (p-value = 0.000), How to
brush teeth (P-value = 0.000), and eating habits (p-value = 0,000)
with Genesis Karies on elementary School students in the work area
Puskesmas Kemang Bogor District Year 2019. The child will
emulate the behavior of his parents, so the parents are expected to
know how to brush good teeth and correct
Conclution: The child will emulate the behavior of his parents, so
the parents are expected to know how to brush good teeth and
correct