Hubungan tingkat pengetahuan ibu tentang kesehatan gigi anak dengan tingkat keparahan karies anak TK di Kota Tahuna
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35790/eg.4.1.2016.11483Abstract
Abstract: Mother's knowledge about children dental health is very important. It could be observed from some aspects such as knowledge of the causes of dental health problems, children dental care, dietary, and time schedule to the dentist. Def-t index is a measurement of the severity of dental caries in children. This study aimed to determine the relationship of mother's knowledge about the dental health and dental caries severity of kindergarten children in the town of Tahuna. This was an analytical study with a cross-sectional design. There were 65 kindergarten children as samples. Data were collected by using a questionnaire and the def-t examination sheet. The results showed as follows: the mother's knowledge about the dental health of children of good category 93.8% and poor category 6.1%. The examination of the severity of dental caries resulted in 4.61% low severity category, 26.1% moderate severity category, 60% high severity category, and very high severity category 9.23%. The contingency coefficient correlation test showed a significance of 0.270 (> p = 0.05); therefore, the relationship was weak. Conclusion: There was no relationship between mother's knowledge about dental health of the children and caries severity of kindergarten children in the city of Tahuna.
Keywords: def- t, severity of caries, knowledge of mother
Abstrak: Pengetahuan ibu tentang kesehatan gigi anak menjadi salah satu hal yang penting di era sekarang ini. Pengetahuan ibu mengenai kesehatan gigi anak dapat dilihat dari beberapa aspek yaitu pengetahuan tentang penyebab masalah kesehatan gigi, akibat masalah kesehatan gigi, perawatan gigi anak, pengaturan makanan serta waktu memeriksakan gigi anak ke dokter gigi. Tingkat keparahan karies merupakan pengukuran seberapa parah karies gigi pada anak dengan menggunakan indeks def-t. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan ibu tentang kesehatan gigi terhadap tingkat keparahan karies anak TK di kota Tahuna. Jenis penelitan ini analitik dengan rancangan potong lintang. Jumlah sampel yang diambil dari beberapa TK di Kota Tahuna sebanyak 65 anak. Teknik pengumpulan data mengunakan kuesioner dan lembar pemeriksaan def-t. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan pengetahuan ibu tentang kesehatan gigi anak di Kota Tahuna kategori baik 93,8% sedangkan kategori buruk 6,1 %. Pemeriksaan tingkat keparahan karies gigi mendapatkan kategori keparahan rendah 4,61%, kategori keparahan sedang 26,1%, kategori keparahan tinggi 60%, dan kategori keparahan sangat tinggi 9,23%. Hasil analisis menggunakan uji korelasi koefisien kontingensi mendapatkan hasil signifikansi 0,270 (> p = 0,05), yang menunjukkan hubungan yang terjadi lemah. Simpulan: Tidak terdapat hubungan antara pengetahuan ibu tentang kesehatan gigi anak dengan tingkat keparahan karies anak TK di Kota Tahuna.
Kata kunci : def- t, tingkat keparahan karies, pengetahuan ibu
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