Dental Caries Based on DMF, SIC and PUFA Index for People Living in Ampelan and Ambulu Village, Bondowoso, Indonesia

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.