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Latar Belakang: Cara pemberian makanan pada balita sedikit banyakdipengaruhi oleh tradisi budaya di suatu daerah tertentu. diantaranya adalah tradisinasi papah atau seringkali juga disebut nasi papak yang masih banyak dilakukanoleh para ibu di beberapa wilayah di Indonesia, diantaranya di kabupaten LombokTimur, Propinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat. Tradisi nasi papah adalah nasi yang telahdikunyah dan dilumatkan terlebih dahulu sebelum diberikan kepada balita. Darisegi kesehatan terutama kesehatan mulut, hal ini berisiko terhadap terjadinyaEarly Childhood Caries(ECC). Perilaku tersebut dapat menyebabkan transmisimikroorganisme S.mutans dari mulut ibu ke mulut anak.Tujuan: Untukmengetahui kontribusi tradisi nasi papah terhadap risiko terjadinya EarlyChildhood Caries. Metode :Desain yang digunakan adalah cross sectionaldengan jumlah total sampel subyek penelitian sebanyak 186 anak berusia 6 – 60bulan yang didampingi oleh ibunya, yang bertempat tinggal di Desa Senyiur,Kabupaten Lombok Timur, Nusa Tenggara Barat. Pemeriksaan Intra Oraldilakukan untuk mengukur karies gigi ibu dan anak dengan menggunakan indeksDMFT/deft dan untuk mendapatkan informasi mengenai perilaku danpengetahuan kesehatan mulut ibu dan anak dilakukan wawancara pada ibu denganmenggunakan kuesioner. Semua data yang terkumpul dianalisa menggunakan ujiChi Square dan uji regresi logistik. Hasil: Risiko perilaku nasi papah terhadapECC adalah 5,46 (OR 5,46;CI 95% 4,24-36,55, p<0,001) dengan kontribusiterhadap risiko ECC sebesar 41,8%. Kesimpulan: Tradisi nasi papahberkontribusi terhadap risiko terjadinya ECC.

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ABSTRACT
Background:The infant feeding practices usually affected by cultural traditionespecially in rural areas in Indonesia. One of that tradition is Nasi Papah orsometimes called Nasi Papak, which one of that were done by mothers at EastLombok regency , West Nusa Tenggara Province. Nasi papah is define as feedingpractice between mother to their infant through pre chewed rice by mother beforethe food given to their child. For oral health, this behaviour is one of risk factorsfor ECC, where vertical transmission frequently transmitted S.mutans frommother to child through salivary contact. Aim: To analyzing the contribution ofnasi papah tradition towards occurence risk of Early Childhood Caries.Materials and Methods: This study using cross sectional design with totalsampels are consists of 186 children between 6 – 60 months old accompanied byhis/her mother, whose living at Senyiur village,East Lombok regency,West NusaTenggara Province. The intra oral examination had been done for valued cariesexperience through DMFT/deft index and informations about oral healthbehaviour and mother knowledges related to oral health derived from mothersthrough questionnare and data analyzed by Chi Square and logistic regressiontests.Results:Risk of nasi papah tradition towards ECC has OR 5,46 (CI 95%4,24-36,55. P<0,001)) and the contribution of this behaviour to ECC was 41,8%.Conclusion: Nasi papah tradition contributes towards the occurence risk ofEarly Childhood Caries., Background:The infant feeding practices usually affected by cultural traditionespecially in rural areas in Indonesia. One of that tradition is Nasi Papah orsometimes called Nasi Papak, which one of that were done by mothers at EastLombok regency , West Nusa Tenggara Province. Nasi papah is define as feedingpractice between mother to their infant through pre chewed rice by mother beforethe food given to their child. For oral health, this behaviour is one of risk factorsfor ECC, where vertical transmission frequently transmitted S.mutans frommother to child through salivary contact. Aim: To analyzing the contribution ofnasi papah tradition towards occurence risk of Early Childhood Caries.Materials and Methods: This study using cross sectional design with totalsampels are consists of 186 children between 6 – 60 months old accompanied byhis/her mother, whose living at Senyiur village,East Lombok regency,West NusaTenggara Province. The intra oral examination had been done for valued cariesexperience through DMFT/deft index and informations about oral healthbehaviour and mother knowledges related to oral health derived from mothersthrough questionnare and data analyzed by Chi Square and logistic regressiontests.Results:Risk of nasi papah tradition towards ECC has OR 5,46 (CI 95%4,24-36,55. P<0,001)) and the contribution of this behaviour to ECC was 41,8%.Conclusion: Nasi papah tradition contributes towards the occurence risk ofEarly Childhood Caries.]