Authors :
Ani Subekti; Irma H.Y. Siregar
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 12 - December
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7532884
Abstract :
Islamic boarding schools are places where
students can study religion and live as if they were at
home. Regarding food consumption, Islamic boarding
school students have the habit of purchasing sugary
(cariogenic) foods outside the boarding school. Based on
the results of the dental caries examination at the
Darussalam Islamic Boarding School, Semarang
Regency, 5% of students were caries-free, and 10% had
an excellent OHIS. This study aimed to determine the
relationship between cariogenic food consumption and
caries rates and plaque index in Islamic boarding school
students aged 7-11 in Semarang Regency. This type of
research is observational with a cross-sectional
approach. The number of samples was 136 Islamic
boarding school students, aged 7-11, in Semarang
Regency. The research instrument used was a
cariogenic questionnaire that had been tested for
reliability with Cronbach's Alpha > 0.60, namely R =
0.725. The Kendall Tau test was used to analyze the
data. The statistical tests showed that cariogenic food
and caries condition (DMF-T) consumption was 0.000,
whereas cariogenic food and plaque index was 0.000.
This indicates a significant relationship between
cariogenic food consumption, caries condition (DMF-T),
and plaque index in Islamic boarding school students in
Semarang Regency. Therefore, it is hoped that students
can reduce their consumption of cariogenic foods in
order to be free from plaque and caries.
Keywords :
cariogenic food consumption, dental caries, plaque index.
Islamic boarding schools are places where
students can study religion and live as if they were at
home. Regarding food consumption, Islamic boarding
school students have the habit of purchasing sugary
(cariogenic) foods outside the boarding school. Based on
the results of the dental caries examination at the
Darussalam Islamic Boarding School, Semarang
Regency, 5% of students were caries-free, and 10% had
an excellent OHIS. This study aimed to determine the
relationship between cariogenic food consumption and
caries rates and plaque index in Islamic boarding school
students aged 7-11 in Semarang Regency. This type of
research is observational with a cross-sectional
approach. The number of samples was 136 Islamic
boarding school students, aged 7-11, in Semarang
Regency. The research instrument used was a
cariogenic questionnaire that had been tested for
reliability with Cronbach's Alpha > 0.60, namely R =
0.725. The Kendall Tau test was used to analyze the
data. The statistical tests showed that cariogenic food
and caries condition (DMF-T) consumption was 0.000,
whereas cariogenic food and plaque index was 0.000.
This indicates a significant relationship between
cariogenic food consumption, caries condition (DMF-T),
and plaque index in Islamic boarding school students in
Semarang Regency. Therefore, it is hoped that students
can reduce their consumption of cariogenic foods in
order to be free from plaque and caries.
Keywords :
cariogenic food consumption, dental caries, plaque index.
