GAMBARAN STATUS KARIES PADA SISWA SMP NEGERI I TOMOHON
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https://doi.org/10.35790/eg.3.1.2015.6848Abstract
Abstract: The most common oral disease in society is dental caries. Dental caries is a disease in hard tissue of tooth such as enamel, dentin, and cementum caused by microbiological activity inside fermented carbohydrate. SMP Negeri 1 Tomohon is one of the large junior high schools with students aged 11-14 years, and their parents’ social economy variated from low to middle class. Moreover, there are lot of snack counters around the school. Children’s habit of consuming cariogenic foods makes them susceptible to dental caries. This study aimed to obtain dental caries status on students at SMP Negeri 1 Tomohon. This was a descriptive research with cross sectional approach method. Population of this study was students in SMP Negeri 1 Tomohon with sampling using purposive sampling technique and there are 92 students became this research sample. Caries status was measured by using DMF-T index (decayed, missing, filling-teeth) which firstly acquainted by Klein H., Palmer CE, and Knutson JW in 1983. The result of this research showing DMF-T on SMP Negeri 1 Tomohon is D (decayed) scored 165, M (missing) scored 39, and F (filling) scored 4. The average result of DMF-T was 2.26. Conclusion: Caries status of SMP Negeri 1 Tomohon students was in the low category.
Keywords: caries status, junior high school students, DMF-T
Abstrak: Penyakit gigi dan mulut yang paling banyak dijumpai di masyarakat luas yaitu karies gigi. Karies gigi merupakan suatu penyakit pada jaringan keras gigi berupa email, dentin dan sementum yang disebabkan oleh aktivitas jasad renik yang ada dalam suatu karbohidrat yang diragikan. SMP Negeri 1 Tomohon merupakan salah satu sekolah yang cukup besar dengan siswa berusia 11-14 tahun, status sosial ekonomi orang tua yang bervariasi dari golongan rendah sampai menengah, dan terdapat banyak tempat jajanan di lingkungan sekolah. Kebiasaan anak mengonsumsi makanan kariogenik membuat anak rentan terhadap karies gigi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran status karies pada siswa SMP Negeri 1 Tomohon. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan yaitu penelitian deskriptif dengan pendekatan cross-sectional. Populasi pada penelitian ini ialah siswa SMP Negeri 1 Tomohon dengan pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik purposive sampling dan terdapat 92 siswa yang menjadi sampel penelitian. Status karies diukur menggunakan indeks DMF-T (decayed, missing, filling-teeth) yang pertama kali diperkenalkan oleh Klein H, Palmer CE, dan Knutson JW pada tahun 1983. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan rata-rata indeks DMF-T pada siswa SMP Negeri 1 Tomohon yaitu 2,26. Simpulan: Status karies siswa SMP Neheri 1 Tomohon berada pada kategori rendah.
Kata kunci: status karies, siswa sekolah menengah pertama, DMF-T
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