Status gizi adalah keadaan tubuh sebagai akibat konsumsi makanan dan penggunaan zat-zat gizi. Makanan yang dikonsumsi dapat mempengaruhi timbulnya karies khususnya jenis makanan yang mengandung gula (glukosa, sukrosa, fruktosa) karena menyebabkan rendahnya asupan fluorida yang berperan penting untuk pencegahan karies gigi..Karies merupakan suatu penyakit pada jaringan keras gigi yaitu email, dentin dan sementum. Faktor utama penyebab karies adalah faktor host/ tuan rumah, agen/ mikroorganisme, substrak/ diet, dan waktu. Tujun penelitian untuk mengetahui hubungan status gizi terhadap terjadinya karies gigi pada anak sekolah dasar.Metode penelitian ini merupakan penelitian systematicreview yangbertujuan menelaa hubungan status gizi terhadap terjadinya karies pada anak sekolah dasar  ditinjau dari 10 jurnal penelitian. Artikel yang diteliti adalah mayoritas tahun 2020 (40%), desain penelitian dengan Analitik dengan design cross sectional (80%),sampling penelitian dengan Purposive Sampling (50%),Intrumen penelitian dengan observasi menggunakan format pemeriksaan Karies  dan formulir penilaian antropometri status gizi sebanyak (80%).Analisis Statistik penelitian dengan menggunakan uji chi square dan uji korelasi person masing-masing (20%).             Hasil riview penelitian ini dapat di simpulkan bahwa kategori status gizi pada anak sekolah dasar mayoritas normal (70%) sedangkan karies gigi pada anak Sekolah mayoritas tinggi (80%). Hal ini di sebabkan karena kurangnya pemahaman anak-anak untuk  menjaga kebersihan gigi dan mulut. Hasil analisis yang di lakukan  secara systematicreview terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara status gizi terhadap terjadinya karies gigi. Hal tersebut dikarenakan semakin rendah indeks karies gigi pada responden, maka status gizinya akan semakin baik.

Poor dental health on children including caries causes pain and difficulty in chewing. This study aimed to analyze the effect of assistance model on mothers to impove toddler oral health aged 2-5 years old. This research employed quasi-experiment through pretest and posttest approach intervention. The samples were mothers having 2-5 years old toddlers who met inclusion criteria including having PHP-M teeth index score of 40, willing to be involved, the mothers have at least junior high school education level and living in the Posyandu are. Meanwhile, the exclusion criteria was mothers who rarely visited Posyandu. Furthermore, data were analyzed using univariate and bivariate. If the data were not normally distributed, then Wilcoxon test would be done. Difference obtained between before and after the assistance model was provided to the mothers with significance value of p=0.001 (p<0.05). This indicates that assistance model caused changes on mothers’ knowledge at Posyandu. Same results were obtained from attitude, skills and PHP-M index score before and after the intervention with significance value of P=0.001 (p<0.05). This shows that assistance model caused changes on attitude, skills and decrease of toddlers’ PHP-M index score at Posyandu Beber. The outcome of the current research obtained that assistance model is proven to be more effective in improving toddler oral hygiene than extension that was carried out at Posyandu.

Brushing teeth is intended to remove plaque from tooth surface in order to forestall the incidence of plaque accumulation. Skill in brushing teeth is generally suggested to remove soft deposit from tooth surface so that the accumulation of plaque can be avoided. The objective of the research was to find out the skill in brushing teeth on decreasing plaque index in the students of SN 123 Hutabargot Dolok, in 2015.The research was a descriptive survey which was performed by direct examination on plaque index. The population was 160 students, and16 of them were used as the samples. The result of the research showed that there was the difference in plaque index value in the respondents. Before the counseling about the skill in brushing teeth was provided, none of the respondents (0%) had good knowledge, 2 of them (12.5%) had moderate knowledge, and 14 of them (87.5%) had bad knowledge. After the counseling, 2 respondents (12.5%) had good knowledge, 8 respondents (50%) had moderate knowledge, and 6 respondents (37.5%) had bad knowledge. The conclusion of the research was that counseling about the skill in brushing teeth for the students at SDN 123 Hutabargot Dolok, in 2015, had increased their knowledge of brushing teeth. It is recommended that dental nurses provide counseling about dental and oral health, especially about the skill in good and correct tooth brushing so that dental and oral health can be maintained.

Gigi berjejal merupakan ideal bagi kuman untuk berkembang karena adanya bagian-bagian yang sulit dijangkau oleh sikat gigi. Sebagian masyarakat Indonesia kurang memperhatikan kondisi kesehatan gigi. Pemeliharaan kesehatan gigi dianggap tidak penting, padahal fungsi gigi sangat penting dan merupakan satu kesatuan dengan anggota tubuh lainnya. Untuk meningkatkan derajat kesehatan gigi yang optimal, terutama pada kesehatan gigi anak perlu diselenggarakan upaya kesehatan mulai dari kesehatan gigi di rumah maupun di sekolah. Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu untuk mengetahui jenis dan jumlah gigi yang berjejal dan untuk mengetahui perbandingan karang gigi antara gigi yang berjejal dan gigi yang tidak berjejal. Penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif dengan metode pemeriksaan langsung pada siswa/i. sampel yang diambil terdiri dari siswa Kelas IV dan V, yang berjumlah 30 orang yang dibagi 2 kelompok yaitu yang memiliki gigi berjejal sebanyak 15 orang dan sebanyak 15 orang yang giginya tidak berjejal. Hasil penelitian diperoleh jenis dan jumlah gigi yang berjejal dan persentase kriteria karang gigi. Jenis dan jumlah gigi yang berjejal diperoleh 27 gigi incisivus ke 1 dan ke 2 yang berjejal, 4 gigi caninus dan 1 gigi premolar. Persentase kriteria karang gigi pada gigi yang berjejal diperoleh kriteria baik sebanyak 0%, kriteria sedang sebesar 47%, dan kriteria buruk sebesar 53%. Sedangkan pada gigi yang tidak berjejal diperoleh kriteria baik sebanyak 20%, kriteria sedang sebanyak 54% dan kriteria buruk sebanyak 26%. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini yaitu dilihat dari hasil pemeriksaan bahwa gigi yang paling banyak berjejal adalah gigi incisivus dan gigi caninus, salah satu penyebabnya karna gigi susu incisivus tanggal sebelum waktunya maka gigi sebelahnya bergeser miring ke tempat yang kosong sehingga ruangan untuk tumbuh gigi penggantinya akan mengalami penyempitan sehingga akan tumbuh diluar lengkungan gigi. Gigi yang berjejal salah satu faktor yang mempengaruhi terjadinya karang gigi.

Knowledge is the result of knowing one's object through the senses it has (eyes, nose, ears, and so on). Most of a person's knowledge is obtained through the sense of hearing (ears), and the sense of sight (eyes). A person's knowledge of objects has different intensities or levels. The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in knowledge of dental caries in elementary school students GMIM 20 (grades 4-5) and the Ds.A.Z.R Foundation. Wenas Elementary School GMIM Malalayang Manado City. This type of research uses an analytical survey research method that is a comparative study with a cross sectional approach. The sample used is 89 respondents. Consisting of 46 respondents at GMIM 20 Elementary School and 43 respondents at Ds.A.Z.R. Elementary School. Wenas. This research instrument uses a questionnaire containing questions. The data obtained were tabulated and presented in the form of a frequency distribution table and analysis test using independent t-test.From the test results using the independent t-test that the p value of sig. (2-tailed) = 0.000 < = 0.05 indicates that there is a significant difference, thus H0 is accepted H1 is rejected so that it can be concluded that there is a difference in the knowledge of grade 4 and 5 students between GMIM 20 Elementary School and Ds.A.Z.R. Foundation Elementary School. Wenas city of Manado.