| dc.description.abstract | Oral hygiene needs to get emphasize because of giving big contribution on someone’s health and influence
on his quality of life either. Moreover, dental caries becomes the most common one. In line with this problem,
DMF-T index and SIC index are needed to assess dental caries as well as PUFA index is for evaluating the
clinical consequences of untreated dental caries. The aim of this study was to know whether or not dental
caries on people living in Ambulu and Ampelan Village, Wringin Sub-District, Bondowoso District, East
Java Province, Indonesia. The observational descriptive research design was applied and carried out 84
adults (from 663 respondents) at December 2017 in Ambulu and Ampelan Village, Wringin Sub-District,
Bondowoso District, East Java Province, Indonesia. The variables were dental caries while the measurements
used are DMF-T index, SIC index and PUFA index. The result of this study was explained descriptively by
using table of frequency distribution and its diagram. It was found that there were 16.7% respondents were
drop out from school and 38.1% respondents were belonging to unemployed. The mean score of DMF-T
index was 7.64; SIC index shows 13.6 (categorized as the worst); PUFA index was 393, means that most of
respondents have worse dental caries at least 5 teeth of each. In conclusion, it was found that dental caries
of people living in Ambulu and Ampelan Village, Wringin Sub-District, Bondowoso District, East Java
Province, Indonesia was categorized as severe based on DMF-T and SIC index, meanwhile PUFA index
showed that most of respondents have five teeth decay. | en_US |
