Insiden Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis dengan Riwayat Keluarga di Klinik Oral Medicine Rumah Sakit Gigi dan Mulut Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi Universitas Jember

Abstract

Background. Family history is thought to play a role in patients suffering from Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis (RAS). The presence of RAS with family history is helpful in determining the possibility of hereditary factors in patients with RAS. Hereditary or genetic is one of the predisposing factors of RAS that still can not be fully explained. Purpose. The aim of this study is to determine the incidence of RAS patients with family history at the clinic OM RSGM FKG UNEJ. Methods. This study used descriptive analysis on data obtained from the results of tests conducted on patients at the Oral Medicine clinic. Results. RAS patients constituted 28.45% of the total nine groups of cases in patients who came at the Oral Medicine Clinic. Later, 73% of RAS patients with a history of parents or siblings suffering from RAS, 18%was due to hormonal predisposing factors and 9% due to other predisposing factors. Conclusion RAS patients were the most common cases of nine case groups. The RAS with family history is the largest percentage of patients coming to the OM RSGM UNEJ clinic.