Oleh
YUZAINI BELLINDA
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PROGRAM STUDI DIII KEPERAWATAN
STIK SITI KHADIJAH PALEMBANG
ABSTRACT
Efforts in health care is very important in life, mainly of dental health and oral health
plays a major in the body due to the teeth and mouth is the beginning of a strat to the
process of digestion. Caries dentis is a dental health problem are the most general.
Caries dentis often occurs in children due lacking of knowledge that causes children
often eat snacks that contain lot of sugar. The study was in 220 public elementary
school Palembang in march until july 2014, which aims to determine the factor
related the prevention of caries dental in primary school children. Analysis used in
this empirically is univariate and bivariate analysis using the Chi-Square test and
sampling techique the uses random sampling with stratified random sampling with a
sample size of 65 respondents. The results of research on 23-25 June 2014 found that
respondents teeth caries prevention more slightly better (30,8%) than the prevention
of caries teeth less (69,2%). The result of the Chi-Square statistical test showed that
there is a relationship between knowledge (p value = 0,001) and attitude (p value =
0,016). Lack of prevention of dental problems especially caries dentis, it is necessary
conseling on dental health of dental caries can be addressed appropriately.