CD Skripsi
Hubungan Pengetahuan Anak Usia Sekolah Tentang Pencegahan Karies Gigi Dengan Terjadinya Karies Gigi
Abstract
Dental caries (tooth decay) is a major oral health problem in most countries, affecting majority of schoolchildren.Children in the 6 – 12 year age group can be at great risk from dental decay.This could be attributed to poor knowledge and awareness towards oral health.The study was done to find out the correlation between school children level of knowledge regarding prevention and occurrence of dental caries at Payung Sekaki Pekanbaru Public Health Center. A cross-sectional correlation research design was used for this study. The subjects consisted of 78 schoolchildren who were selected using purposive sampling method.Structured questionnaire and observation sheet that has been tested for validity were used to collect the data.The results showed that 97.4% of the schoolchildren (76 respondents) had good knowledge regarding the prevention of dental caries, while 60 respondents (76.9%) had the incidence of dental caries. Statistical analysis with Chi-Square test indicated that there was no correlation between school-age knowledge about the prevention of dental caries and the occurrence of dental caries with a p value of 1,000 (> 0.05). Hence, this study may recommend to health workers to promote dental health programs in schools.
Keywords: dental caries, knowledge, prevention, school age
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