THE BEHAVIOR OF CONSUMING CAFFEINATED DRINKS WITH STAINING OF STUDENT'S ANTERIOR TEETH

Abstract

Caffeinated drinks have side effests on human health, one of which is for dental health, namely, drinking caffeine can cause cavites, cause tartar and stain on teeth. Stain on teeth or stains are colored deposits on the surface of the teeth, usually brown to yellowish in color to black. Teenagers at the age of 12 to 21 years, both boys and girls use caffeine to relieve drowsiness. Used is analytic observational with a ceoss sectional approach. The research sample was 39 nursing students. The way of research is by giving respondents a questionnaire sheet to determine the behavior of consuming caffeinated drinks as well an objective examination to see the status of tooth staining. Data analysis used frequency distribution and spearman correlation. Showed that the majority of respondents were respondents with moderate category behavior as many as 23 respondents (59%), then respondents with low category were 10 respondents (25,5%), then respondents with high behavior werw 6 respondents (15,4%), the results of frequency distribution of teeth staining showed that the majority of respondents were respondents who had teeth staining in the moderate category as many as 22 respondents (56,4%). This showed that the behavior of consuming caffeinated drinks is one of risk factors for tooth staining. There is a relationship between the behavior of consuming caffeinated beverages with the staining of anterior teetg of nursing students at the Health Polytechnic Tasikmalaya.