Hubungan Antara Konsumsi Jajanan Bergula dan Tindakan Menggosok Gigi terhadap Status Karies Gigi Permanen (dmf-t) pada Siswa Sd Kanisus Genuk Kecamatan Ungaran Barat

The incidence of dental caries is still often happens, especially in school children. The problem of dental caries is likely to result from improper consumption of snacks, and public awareness of dental and oral health care is lacking. Brushing teeth is one of the things to note in order to maintain oral health. The general purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between the consumption of sugary snacks and tooth brushing action on dental caries status (dmf-t) in sd kanisius genuk ungaran.
The research method is analytic observation, with cross sectional approach. The number of samples in this study are as many as 47 students with sampling technique by purposive sampling. Data analysis was done by univariate analysis, Kendall-Tau test bivariate analysis.
Kendall-Tau statistical test results show that DMF-T is 53.2% with DMF-T index on average 2-4. the consumption of sugary snack with high category 61,7%, and tooth brushing action with bad category 51,1%. There was no significant correlation between sugary snack consumption on DMF-T (p-value 0.220) while tooth brushing action had significant relationship to DMF-T (p-value -0,045).
It is recommended to consume fibrous and juicy vegetables and fruits that will be cleansing and stimulating salivary secretions, and avoiding sweet and sticky foods.

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