Growth stunting is a form of malnutrition that causes children to have a shorter height for their age. Growth stunting can affect tooth eruption, including delayed deciduous teeth eruption. An electronic search was performed in PubMed and Google Scholar up to December 2020 including the terms related to eruption time of deciduous teeth in stunted children, articles in English and Indonesian, research on humans, research articles, and articles that can be accessed in full text. Articles that were not related to eruption time of deciduous teeth in stunted children, articles published over the last 10 years, articles that only used weight for age indicator as an indicator of malnutrition, and articles with incomplete pages were excluded from the study. Seven cross-sectional articles were included in this study. Three studies assessed the age of deciduous teeth eruption, two studies assessed the number of erupted deciduous teeth in malnourished children, three studies assessed the sequence of deciduous teeth eruption, and six studies assessed the association of nutritional status with deciduous teeth eruption.

Korespondensi: diani.prisinda@fkg.unpad.ac.id ABSTRAK Pendahuluan: Karies gigi merupakan salah satu masalah kesehatan gigi di Indonesia. Riset Kesehatan Dasar tahun 2013 menunjukkan status karies gigi masyarakat masih tinggi. Banyak orang beranggapan bahwa gigi sulung tidak perlu dirawat karena akan digantikan oleh gigi permanen sehingga kurang memperhatikan kesehatan gigi sulung anak, akibatnya keadaan gigi sulung yang dijumpai di praktek dokter gigi seringkali sudah mengalami kerusakan parah. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mendapatkan data mengenai karakteristik karies periode gigi campuran pada anak usia 6-7 tahun, sebagai dasar penelitian karies gigi lebih lanjut. Metode: Jenis penelitian adalah deskriptif dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Populasi adalah anak usia 6-7 tahun dan siswa SD kelas 1 di Kecamatan Tanjungsari, Sumedang. Teknik purposive sampling mendapatkan subyek penelitian sejumlah 52 anak usia 6-7 tahun yang merupakan siswa kelas 1 dari salah satu SD. Instrumen penelitian yaitu: sinar lampu, kaca mulut, sonde, alat tulis dan formulir pemeriksaan. Data hasil pemeriksaan diolah menggunakan program Excel Office. Hasil: Permukaan gigi permanen yang paling banyak mengalami karies adalah oklusal, sedangkan pada gigi sulung adalah permukaan mesial. Kedalaman karies yang paling banyak ditemukan pada gigi permanen adalah superfisial, sedangkan pada gigi sulung adalah profunda. Ditemukan sejumlah 22 gigi permanen mengalami kerusakan, 343 gigi sulung mengalami kerusakan dan 108 gigi sulung hilang karena karies. Simpulan: Simpulan penelitian ini menunjukkan terdapat perbedaan karakteristik karies gigi permanen dan gigi sulung pada periode gigi campuran anak usia 6-7 tahun di Kecamatan Tanjungsari Sumedang.Kata kunci: Karakteristik karies, periode gigi campuran, gigi permanen, gigi sulung. Caries characteristic of mixed dentition in children aged 6-7 years inTanjungsari sub-district Sumedang.ABSTRACT Introduction: Dental caries is one of the dental health problems in Indonesia. Basic Health Research in 2013 showed that community dental caries status was still high. Many people assume that deciduous teeth do not need to be treated because they will be replaced by permanent teeth so that they pay less attention to the child's primary teeth, and the condition of the primary teeth found in dental practice often has suffered severe damage. The purpose of this study was to obtain the characteristics of caries in mixed dentition period in children aged 6-7 years. Method: The research method is descriptive with cross sectional approach. The population was children aged 6-7 years and grade 1 elementary school students in Tanjungsari sub-district, Sumedang. The purposive sampling technique obtained the research subjects as many as 52 children. The research instruments were: white light, dental miror, sonde, stationery and examination forms. The data was processed using the Excel Office program. Results: The most commonly found caries were on occlusal surfaces of permanent teeth, whereas those in the deciduous teeth wer...