Analysis of the Habit of Consuming Sweet Foods with Dental Health of the DMF-T and DEF-T Index in Students of Primary School 8 Pangkajene, Sidrap District, 2024

Background: Data on cavities in South Sulawesi Province is 55.5%, while in Makassar City data on cavities is 52.09%. In the 5-9 year age group it was 65.51%, while in the 5-9 year age group it was 5.02%. And the results of Community Service carried out by the ITKES Muhammadiyah Sidrap Dental Health Study Program with the results of dental health data collection for classes IV and V totaling 44 students. For class 3 def-t the average of 4.4 is considered high and for class 4 the average of 4.0 is considered moderate. So research was conducted to determine the relationship between the habit of consuming sweet foods and dental health by measuring using the DMF-T and def-t indices.  Research Objectives: To find out the relationship between the habit of consuming sweet foods and dental health in students.  Methods: Quantitative research using discovery research methods. The sampling technique is total sampling with a total sample of 56 students.  Results: Based on the results of statistical tests using the chi square test, the result was a p value = 0.000, where the p value < 0.05, indicating that the hypothesis in this study was acceptable. of the 56 students who consumed sweet foods, there were 49 students (87.5%) who consumed sweet foods in the frequent category with high dental health as many as 23 students (41.7%) and very high as many as 26 students (46.4%) with results p value 0.000.  Conclusion: There is a relationship between the habit of consuming sweet foods and dental health in elementary school students in grades IV and V at SD Negeri 8 Pangkajene, Sidenreng Rappang Regency in 2024.