GAMBARAN STATUS GINGIVA PADA PEROKOK DI DESA BUKU KECAMATAN BELANG KABUPATEN MINAHASA TENGGARA

Authors

  • Priska M. Poana
  • Ni Wayan Mariati
  • P. S. Anindita

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35790/eg.3.1.2015.8078

Abstract

Abstract: Smoking is a habit that we often encounter in daily life. Besides its systemic effect, smoking can also lead to pathological conditions in the oral cavity. Gingiva is one of the soft tissues of the mouth. Accumulation and combustion products of cigarettes can affect the response of gingival inflammation. This study aimed to describe the status of gingiva in smokers in Buku village Belang Southeast Minahasa. This was a descriptive study. Samples were males aged 35-40 years, worked as fishermen, and had the smoking habit. Samples were 72 people obtained by purposive sampling method. The results showed that 4.17% of smokers who smoked >20 cigarettes per day had moderate inflammation of the gingiva and 25% of smokers with smoking duration >10 years had mild inflammation of the gingiva. Conclusion: Based on the number of cigarettes smoked per day and duration of smoking, few smokers had normal gingival status and there was no smokers with severe inflammation of the gingiva.
Keywords: smoker, gingival status

Abstrak: Merokok merupakan salah satu kebiasaan yang sering dijumpai sehari-hari. Kebiasaan ini tidak hanya menimbulkan efek secara sistemik, tetapi juga dapat menimbulkan kondisi patologis di rongga mulut. Gingiva merupakan salah satu bagian jaringan lunak mulut. Panas dan akumulasi produk hasil pembakaran rokok dapat mempengaruhi respon inflamasi gingiva. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran status gingiva pada perokok di Desa Buku Kecamatan Belang Kabupaten Minahasa Tenggara. Penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif. Sampel penelitian yaitu laki-laki umur 30-54 tahun yang berprofesi sebagai nelayan dan memiliki kebiasaan merokok. Sampel berjumlah 72 orang dan pengambilan sampel dilakukan dengan metode purposive sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan dari 72 orang subjek penelitian yang diperiksa, 4,17% perokok yang menghisap rokok >20 batang per hari memiliki status gingiva inflamasi sedang dan 25% perokok dengan lama merokok > 10 tahun memiliki status gingiva inflamasi ringan. Berdasarkan jumlah rokok yang dihisap per hari maupun lamanya merokok, hanya sedikit perokok yang memiliki status gingiva nomal dan tidak ditemukan perokok dengan status gingiva inflamasi berat.
Kata kunci: perokok, status gingiva

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Poana, P. M., Mariati, N. W., & Anindita, P. S. (2015). GAMBARAN STATUS GINGIVA PADA PEROKOK DI DESA BUKU KECAMATAN BELANG KABUPATEN MINAHASA TENGGARA. E-GiGi, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.35790/eg.3.1.2015.8078

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2015): e-GiGi

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