Alasan pemakaian gigi tiruan lepasan pada pasien poliklinik gigi di BLU RSUP Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Manado
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https://doi.org/10.35790/eg.4.1.2016.12135Abstract
Abstract: Teeth are very important to human being. Tooth loss may caused by caries, periodontal diseases, and trauma. Tooth loss may influence the social activities. Treatment with dentures as a replacement for missing teeth is very important because it can improve the aesthetics, restore chewing mechanism, restore speech function, maintain or retain the tissue around oral cavity, maintain jaw relation, and improve the quality of human life. There are some factors that influence people to use denture, inter alia: aesthetics, social relation, function, education, and culture. This study aimed to determine the reason to use removable denture among patients of Dental Clinic Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Hospital Manado. This was is a descriptive study with cross sectional design. There were 32 samples with removable dentures made in the Dental Clinic aged 17-70 years who filled the questionnaires. Data were processed and analyzed desriptively, and presented based on frequency distribution in tables. The results showed that the reasons of removable denture usage of patients were perception to substitute the missing teeth, appearance of not toothless, confidence restoration, and interaction with other people. Albeit, based on the social economics,the construction of denture need a lot of cost.
Keywords: tooth loss, removable denture
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Abstrak: Gigi merupakan salah satu organ tubuh yang berperan penting bagi manusia. Terjadinya kehilangan gigi dapat disebabkan oleh karies, penyakit periodontal dan trauma. Kehilangan gigi dapat berpengaruh terhadap aktivitas sosial. Perawatan dengan pemakaian gigi tiruan sebagai pengganti gigi yang hilang sangat penting karna dapat memperbaiki estetik, mengembalikan mekanisme penguyahan, memulihkan fungsi bicara, memelihara atau mempertahankan jaringan sekitar mulut, relasi rahang dan meningkatkan kualitas hidup seseorang. Beberapa faktor yang memengaruhi masyarakat terhadap pemakaian gigi tiruan diantaranya estetik, sosial, fungsional, pendidikan dan faktor kebudayaan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui alasan pemakaian gigi tiruan lepasan pada pasien Poliklinik Gigi di BLU RSUP Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Manado. Jenis penelitian ini deskriptif dengan desain potong lintang. Sampel penelitian diperoleh dengan metode total sampling. Terdapat 32 pasien yang membuat gigi tiruan lepasan di Poliklinik Gigi, berusia 17-70 tahun, dan bersedia mengisi kuisioner. Data diolah dan dianalisis secara deskriptif kemudian disajikan berdasarkan distribusi frekuensi dalam bentuk tabel. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa alasan pemakaian gigi tiruan lepasan pada pasien di Poliklinik Gigi berdasarkan persepsi yang paling sering muncul yaitu memakai gigi tiruan bisa menggantikan gigi yang hilang; berdasarkan penampilan yaitu tidak ingin terlihat ompong, mengembalikan rasa percaya diri serta agar tidak merasa malu berinteraksi dengan orang lain. Berdasarkan sosial ekonomi pembuatan gigi tiruan membutuhkan biaya yang besar.
Kata kunci: kehilangan gigi, gigi tiruan lepasan
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