HUBUNGAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN PEMELIHARAAN KESEHATAN GIGI DAN TINGKAT KEPARAHAN KARIES GIGI SISWA SDN TUMALUNTUNG MINAHASA UTARA

Authors

  • Jacky Ch. Lintang
  • Henry Palandeng
  • Michael A. Leman

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35790/eg.3.2.2015.10370

Abstract

Abstract: The disease of teeth and mouth that most suffered by Indonesian society is caries. Caries is disease in hard tissue of teeth that occurred beginning with process of demineralization of dental hard tissue, followed by tooth decay organic matter. The Indonesian population prevalence of caries is 53.2%. School period is most susceptible to dental caries. Children who have a good knowledge in general, has good behavior to maintain their oral health. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship knowledge of dental health maintenance and severity of dental health. This type of research is a descriptive study with cross sectional design. The population of this study is all children in 5th grade of Tumaluntung Primary School in North Minahasa, with total sample 45 students. Data collection is done by filling out questionnaire and examination of dental caries index. The results showed that there was no strong relationship between the level of knowledge of dental health maintenance with severity of dental caries (r=0.372).
Keywords: knowledge; dental health maintenance; dental caries severity

Abstrak: Penyakit gigi dan mulut yang paling banyak diderita masyarakat Indonesia adalah karies. Karies merupakan suatu penyakit pada jaringan keras gigi yang terjadi diawali dengan proses demineralisasi jaringan keras gigi diikuti dengan kerusakan bahan organik gigi. Di Indonesia prevalensi penduduk yang mengalami karies sebanyak 53,2%. Masa sekolah merupakan waktu yang paling rentan terhadap kemungkinan terjadinya karies. Anak-anak yang memiliki pengetahuan baik pada umumnya memiliki perilaku yang baik untuk mejaga kesehatan gigi dan mulut mereka.Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu untuk melihat hubungan pengetahuan pemeliharaan kesehatan gigi dengan tingkat keparahan karies gigi. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif dengan desain cross sectional. Populasi penelitian ini adalah seluruh anak kelas V SDN Tumaluntung Minahasa Utara, dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 45 siswa. Pengambilan data dilakukan dengan pengisian kuesioner dan pemeriksaan indeks karies.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tidak ada hubungan yang kuat antara tingkat pengetahuan pemeliharaan kesehatan gigi dengan tingkat keparahan karies gigi (r=0,372).
Kata kunci: pengetahuan; pemeliharaan kesehatan gigi; keparahan karies gigi

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Lintang, J. C., Palandeng, H., & Leman, M. A. (2015). HUBUNGAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN PEMELIHARAAN KESEHATAN GIGI DAN TINGKAT KEPARAHAN KARIES GIGI SISWA SDN TUMALUNTUNG MINAHASA UTARA. E-GiGi, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.35790/eg.3.2.2015.10370

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2015): e-GiGi

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