Hubungan Pengetahuan Kesehatan Gigi dan Mulut dengan Karies Gigi pada Mahasiswa Baru Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi Universitas Jember Tahun Akademik 2016/2017
ABSTRACT: One of major oral
health problem found in oral cavity is dental caries. Several factors can
induce dental caries such as economical factors, excessive high sugar content
foods consumption, and neglect of oral hygiene due to lack of knowledge in how
important is teeth and mouth maintenance. Objective: To analyzed correlation
between oral health knowledge and dental caries in first grade Dentistry
students of Jember University Academic Year 2016/2017. This research used cross
sectional approach with total respondents of 119 students. The assessment of
oral health knowledge was done by questionnaire and DMF-T index was used to
evaluated dental caries in oral cavity. Results and Conclusion: The majority of
oral health knowledge distribution in first grade dentistry students of Jember
University academic year 2016/2017 was 106 students (89,1%) in good category
and DMF-T score of 53 students or 44.5% in very high category.The results of
data analyzed by Spearman correlation test could be concluded that there was a
significant relation between dental caries and oral health knowledge of first
grade Dentistry students Jember University academic year 2016/2017 with
moderate correlation strength (-0.460).
Keywords: Dental caries, First
grade dentistry students, Oral health knowledge
Penulis: Galuh Cita Sari
Rahtyanti, Hadnyanawati, Erawati Wulandari
Kode Jurnal: jpkesmasdd180033
