GAMBARAN PENGETAHUAN ORANG TUA TENTANG PENCEGAHAN KARIES DAN STATUS KARIES MURID SD KELURAHAN MENDONO KECAMATAN KINTOM KABUPATEN BANGGAI
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35790/eg.3.1.2015.6398Abstract
Abstract: Knowledge of parents is very important in the formation of the under lying attitude and behaviors that support children soral health. Oral disease that affects many people of Indonesia are caries and periodontal disease. Hard dental caries is a disease that is email, dentin and cementum. Early caries in primary school children. Caries prevention can be done by brushing teeth reguler, paying attention to diet and make a visit to the dentist. The purpose of this studyis to describethe knowledge of parents about the prevention of caries and caries sstatus of primary school student village mendono districts Kintom Banggai. This study used a descriptive design with cross sectional approach. The sample of this study using total sampling method according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria totaling 82 pupil and their parents. Caries status examination performed on 5-6 class students aged 11-13 years and questionnaires to parents sampled. The results of examination of the status of caries in children aged 11-13 years have low category as big as 2,08 and knowledge of parents in whole have good knowledge 93.9%. Conclusion: parental knowledge about the prevention of caries by age, gender and occupation shows parents have good knowledge. Caries status by age and gender have DMF-T low.
Keywords: parents knowledge, prevention of caries and caries status
Abstrak: Pengetahuan orang tua sangat penting dalam mendasari terbentuknya sikap dan perilaku yang mendukung kesehatan gigi dan mulut anak. Penyakit gigi dan mulut yang banyak diderita oleh masyarakat Indonesia adalah karies dan penyakit periodontal. Karies merupakan penyakit keras gigi yaitu email, dentin dan sementum. Awal terjadinya karies pada anak sekolah dasar. Pencegahan karies dapat dilakukan dengan cara menyikat gigi yang teratur, memperhatikan pola makan dan melakukan kunjungan kedokter gigi. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui gambaran pengetahuan orang tua tentang pencegahan karies dan status karies murid SD kelurahan mendono kecamatan kintom kabupaten banggai. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain deskriptif dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Sampel pada penelitian ini menggunakan total sampling menurut kriteria inklusi dan eksklusi berjumlah 82 murid beserta orang tua murid. Pemeriksaan status karies dilakukan pada murid kelas 5-6 yang berumur 11-13 tahun pengisian kuesioner pada orang tua murid yang dijadikan sampel. Hasil pemeriksaan status karies pada anak umur 11-13 tahun mempunyai kategori rendah sebesar 2,08 dan pengetahuan orang tua secara keseluruhan mempunyai pengetahuan baik 93,9%. Simpulan: Pengetahuan orang tua tentang pencegahan keries berdasarkan umur, jenis kelamin dan pekerjaan menunjukkan orang tua memiliki pengetahuan baik. Status karies anak berdasarkan umur dan jenis kelamin memiliki DMF-T rendah.
Kata kunci pengetahuan orang tua, pencegahan karies dan status karies
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