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Tooth caries can be experienced by anybody and may occur on the surface of one tooth or more and may spread to the other deeper parts of the tooth. The effect of tooth caries may spread widely and affect the functional and social growth of the children with tooth caries. This research aimed to investigate the effect of tooth caries experienced by the elementary school aged children, year 1, 2 and 3 in SDN 4 SumertaKelod. This study implemented descriptive statistic design and cross-sectional approach. The data were collected by using self-completed questionnaire. There were 85 respondents involved as the sample which were selected through non-probability sampling, the purposive sampling. The results showed that 37 respondents (43.5%) experienced moderate effect of tooth caries. In conclusion, the tooth caries experienced by elementary school aged children year 1, 2 and 3 have a mild impact on the functional growth instead of the social growth.