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Background : Musculoskeletal disorders are often exposed to the dentists because dentists- duties only give them limited sight range and require them to work in an odd and static position, and repetitive movements on his hands and wrists. Research Objective : to know the correlation between exercise habit and MSDs complaints toward dentists in Tasikmalaya Municipality in 2016. Research Method : This research is an observational analytic study using cross sectional design conducted on 35 dentists in Tasikmalaya Municipality. The study used Nordic Body Map questionnaire. Research Result : bivariate test result shows significant correlation between exercise habit variable with musculoskeletal diseases complaint (p value <0.05). Conclusion : the number of dentists who experienced the most muscle pain complaints in the group did not exercise regularly for 67.7%, whereas the dentist who regularly exercise did not complain of muscle pain. There is a significant correlation between musculoskeletal disorder subjective symptom with exercise habits toward dentists.