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Abstract. Background: Children’s song predispose the development of children mindset.

Most of the country in


the world has error in brushing teeth song’s lyrics. It may cause misunderstanding of the appropriate time to
brush teeth and it affects the DMF-T index of under 12 years old children. Objective: This literature aim to
identify the mistakes in children’s song of several countries that affect habits of children. Methods: Ten songs
from different countries were analyzed to find the incorrect lyrics and then compare it with each DMF-T index.
Result: Based on the analysis, this study shows there is relation between the error in children’s song lyrics and
the habit of brushing teeth in the wrong time along with DMF-T Index.

Keyword: Children's song, Brushing teeth time, DMF-T Index

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