Background: The main caries etiology factors are hosts (teeth), agents (microorganisms), substrates, and time. Individual characteristics could be influenced the risk factors of caries such as age, education level, economic status, and daily diet. The high frequency of food consumption especially those that are cariogenic, more risky of being caries affected. This study aims to describe the pattern of role diet and dental caries status of Pendul community in 2018. Research method: The research type was descriptive observational with cross-sectional approach. This reseach was held on December 2018 - January 2019 at Pendul district of Yogyakarta with the total 138 respondents who fullfilled the inclusion criteria (≥ 5 years old). The subject of this research were chosen by using accidental sampling methode. Research instrumental using Food Frequency Questionnaire to measure the frequency of food consumption and DMFT index to measure the caries status. Results: The result showed that the highest frequency of consumption cariogenic foods is snacks with mean DMFT index is 9,29. The highest frequency of consumption cariogenic drinks is sugar tea within mean DMFT index is 9,27. Conclusion: The research showed that the higher comsumption of cariogenic foods, the higher caries index is.