| Abstrakt: |
Dental caries experienced by almost 70-95% in school children throughout Southeast Asia.1 The dental and oral disease is the highest disease in primary school age children in Indonesia with a prevalence of 74.4%.2 This study aims to determine the relationship of risk factors with the incidence of dental caries in primary school children. This research is quantitative with cross-sectional design conducted on elementary school children in Banjar District. Sampling is based on multistage cluster sampling that has been established based on inclusion and exclusion criteria with a sample size of 136 primary school children. Data were analyzed using logistic regression test. The results showed that 82.4% of primary school children had high dental caries. The logistic regression test showed that three variables had significant relationship and were the risk factor of dental caries incidence was sweet food consumption (p = 0,000; OR = 16,980), oral and mouth hygiene (p = 0,000; OR = 62,126), knowledge of the mother = 0,009; OR = 9,927) and the most influential factor on dental caries incidence is the habit of maintaining oral hygiene (OR = 62,126). The conclusions of this study are factors related to the risk of dental caries in primary school children is the consumption of sweet foods, the habit of maintaining oral hygiene and knowledge of the mother, with the most influential factor is the habit of maintaining oral hygiene. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
