RELATION OF INCIDENT NURSING BOTTLE CARIES 3-5 YEARS OLD CHILDREN WITH MOTHER’S BEHAVIOR WHO GIVE BOTTLE FEEDING OF MILK WITH

Abstract

The study aim to find the relation of mother’s behavior who giving bottle feeding with Nursing Bottle Caries in 3-5 years old children. The design of this study was cross-sectional analytic with subjects were 78 children from 3 to 5 years old with her mother in Padang Timur. Data collection was done by dental examination on children and interviewing with their mother. The result showed that 88,64 percent children 3 to 5 years old was got Nursing Bottle Caries. The Chi-Square test showed there is no relation between mothers’s knowledge with Nursing Bottle Caries (p>0,05) and there is relation between mother’s attitude and action with Nursing Bottle Caries (p<0,05).