HUBUNGAN POLA MAKAN DAN KEBIASAAN MENYIKAT GIGI DENGAN KESEHATAN GIGI DAN MULUT (KARIES) DI INDONESIA

Background: Teeth and mouth diseases have been founded in many communities. It called dental caries. According to Household Health Survey 1997, has mentioned that 63% of the Indonesia population to suffer active dental caries or has not been handled. In further analysis which analyzed the factors related to caries in the community of Indonesia. Several factors associated with caries are characteristics of respondents, sweet eating, and tooth brushing habits. Instruments taken from the questionnaires of Riskesdas 2007: RKD07.RT (Block I, Block IV), RKD07.IND (Teeth and mouth: B25, 26, 27, 28), hygienic behavior: (D10a, 10b), behavior of consumption: (d35a), and Measurement and Inspection-Dentogram. Methods: The data analysis performed using Univariate, Bivariate, and Logistic Regression. Before the analysis, it has conducted weigth. Based on research results, indicated that individual characteristics (age, education, housing, social and economic) associated with the occurrence of caries, therefore higher level of education, and level of social economic, hence there were tendency to have fewer caries above average (>2). Chi-Square test was a significant relationship. Result: Moreover, types of respondents who lived in the city at risk of caries are greater than living in the village. Communities often consume sweet foods tend to occur more caries compared with a eat pattern of fibrous foods. In addition, respondents who have a tendency to brush your teeth caries occurrence are lighter than that does not brush their teeth. For that suggested the need for information about the eat patterns can reduce the occurrence of caries, as well as increased efforts to maintain dental health within the community who had been very low. Research and information about medicinal plants that can be used by the public as an antiseptic teeth and mouth can reduce the occurrence of dental caries. School Efforts for Oral Health (UKGS) and Dental Health Programs in the community need to be increased so that the prevalence of caries can be reduced. It required availability of OHI Data (Oral Hygiene Index) in the coming Riskedas 2. Key words: eat patterns, dental carie