GAMBARAN STATUS KARIES DAN POLA PEMELIHARAAN KESEHATAN GIGI DAN MULUT PADA MAHASISWA ASAL TERNATE DI MANADO
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https://doi.org/10.35790/eg.1.1.2013.1929Abstract
Abstract: Caries status is a condition that describes a person's caries experience index is calculated by DMF-T (Decayed missing  filling theeth). Cariogenic food eating habits is the habit of a person consumes food that can cause caries, measured using questionnaires. Dental caries is one of the teeth and mouth disease most commonly found in the community. Factors that may affect the severity of caries experience caries among other things, the use of fluoride, the number of bacteria, saliva, age, sex, socio-economic and smoking. This research is a descriptive study with cross-sectional observational study. The populations student from Ternate city in Manado city is many 93 people.  Based on the research status of caries, DMF-T index average is 3.1, and based on WHO criteria middle category. The results also showed patterns of oral health care are high category cariogenic foods and low category of non cariogenicc foods , sometimes brushing your teeth after eating as much in middle category and low categegory of students check their teeth to the dentist.
Keywords: status of caries, oral health care.
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Abstrak: Status karies adalah suatu kondisi yang menggambarkan pengalaman karies seseorang dihitung dengan indeks DMF-T (Deceyed missing filling theeth). Pola pemeliharaan kesehatan gigi dan mulut merupakan tindakan untuk memelihara kesehatan gigi dan mulut agar terhindar dari penyakit gigi dan mulut. Karies gigi merupakan salah satu penyakit gigi dan mulut yang paling sering dijumpai di masyarakat. Faktor-faktor yang dapat memengaruhi keparahan karies antara lain pengalaman karies, penggunaan fluor, jumlah bakteri, saliva, umur, jenis kelamin sosial ekonomi dan merokok. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif observasional dengan pendekatan cross sectional study. Populasi yang diteliti yaitu mahasiswa asal kota Ternate di kota Manado, berdasarkan survei awal berjumlah 93 orang.  Berdasarkan hasil penelitian status karies, indeks DMF-T rata-rata yaitu 3,1 dan berdasarkan kriteria WHO berada pada kategori sedang. Hasil penelitian juga menunjukkan pola pemeliharaan kesehatan gigi dan mulut responden yang terdiri dari kebiasaan mengonsumsi makanan kariogenik berada pada kategori tinggi dan non kariogenik pada kategori rendah, menggosok gigi setelah makan berada pada kategori sedang dan mahasiswa yang pernah ke dokter gigi dan frekuensi kunjungan ke dokter gigi berada pada kategori rendah. Hasil penelitian kebersihan rongga mulut dengan menggunakan Oral Hygiene Index Simplified (OHI-S) pada gigi berjejal kedua rahang menunjukkan bahwa sebagian besar 66,67% subjek penelitian memiliki kebersihan mulut baik dan hasil penelitian status gingiva dengan menggunakan indeks gingiva pada gigi berjejal kedua rahang sebagian besar 65,22% subjek penelitian memiliki status gingiva inflamasi ringan.
Kata kunci: status karies, pemeliharaan kesehatan gigi dan mulut.
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