STATUS KEBERSIHAN MULUT DAN STATUS KARIES GIGI MAHASISWA PENGGUNA ALAT ORTODONTIK CEKAT
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https://doi.org/10.35790/eg.1.1.2013.1923Abstract
Abstract: Fixed orthodontic appliance are now widely used in society, but people often do not realize the risks of using this appliance such as oral hygiene and caries problem. The design of this appliance is more difficult to clean than removable orthodontic appliance, so that patient is more difficult to maintain oral hygiene. Poor oral hygiene can also cause caries. The purpose of this study is to obtain a description of the oral hygiene status and caries status of dental student using fixed orthodontic appliance in Faculty of Dentistry, Sam Ratulangi University Manado. Oral hygiene examination is using Patient Hygiene Performance (PHP) Index and caries examination is using Decay Missing Filling Teeth (DMF-T) index. This study is descriptive study. The population are all dental student using fixed orthodontic appliance in Faculty of Dentistry, Sam Ratulangi University Manado. Total sample is 38 people and the data taking with total sampling method. The distribution of oral hygiene showed that 34 people had a good oral hygiene (89.47%), 4 people had a fair oral hygiene (10.53%) and there were no respondents with bad oral hygiene. Distribution of dental caries indicates the average of DMF-T number was 0.631 and by category of WHO, included in the very low category.
Keywords: fixed orthodontic appliance, oral hygiene status, caries status.
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Abstrak: Alat ortodontik cekat saat ini sudah banyak digunakan di masyarakat, namun masyarakat sering tidak menyadari risiko penggunaan alat ortodontik cekat seperti masalah kebersihan mulut dan karies. Alat ortodontik cekat memiliki desain yang lebih sulit untuk dibersihkan dibandingkan dengan alat ortodontik lepasan, sehingga pengguna alat ortodontik cekat lebih sulit untuk memelihara kebersihan mulut selama perawatan. Kebersihan mulut yang buruk dapat menyebabkan karies selama perawatan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu memperoleh gambaran status kebersihan mulut dan status karies mahasiswa pengguna alat ortodontik cekat di Program Studi Kedokteran Gigi Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Sam Ratulangi Manado. Status kebersihan mulut diperoleh dengan pemeriksaan menggunakan Patient Hygiene Performance (PHP) Index dan status karies diperoleh dengan pemeriksaan menggunakan indeks Decay Missing Filling Teeth (DMF-T). Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deksriptif. Populasi penelitian yaitu semua mahasiswa pengguna alat ortodontik cekat di Program Studi Kedokteran Gigi Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Sam Ratulangi Manado. Sampel berjumlah 38 orang dan pengambilan sampel dilakukan dengan metode total sampling. Hasil penelitian tentang kebersihan mulut menunjukkan 34 orang memiliki kebersihan mulut yang baik (89,47%), 4 orang memiliki kebersihan mulut sedang (10,53%) dan tidak terdapat responden yang memiliki kebersihan mulut yang buruk. Status karies gigi menunjukkan rata-rata jumlah DMF-T ialah 0,631 dan menurut kategori indeks DMF-T dari WHO termasuk pada kategori sangat rendah.
Kata kunci: alat ortodontik cekat, status kebersihan mulut, status karies.
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