Hubungan Program UKGS terhadap Status Karies di SDN Jelbuk 01 dan SDN Sukojember 03 di Wilayah Agroindustri Kecamatan Jelbuk Kabupaten Jember

Abstract

UKGS is a public health effort that aims to maintain and improve the dental and oral health of all students in schools which is supported by health efforts in the form of promotive, preventive and curative efforts. Dental and oral health problems, especially dental caries, are mostly experienced by children at elementary school age. Dental caries is a condition in which the hard layer outside the teeth (enamel) is eroded by bacteria that produce acid. Dental caries is influenced by various factors, namely main factors and supporting factors. The main factors are microorganisms, substrate, host, and time. Supporting factors include socio-economics, habits, education level, and gender. Purpose: The aim of this research is to determine the relationship between the UKGS program and caries status. Methods: This type of research is descriptive analytic with a cross sectional design. The research subjects at SDN Jelbuk 01 and SDN Sukojember 03 Jelbuk, Jember were 167 students, taken using the random sampling method. The assessment of UKGS program activities uses a questionnaire totaling 10 questions given to teachers with the answers "Yes" or "No". Caries status was calculated using the def-t and DMF-T indices. Results: The results of the Spearman correlation test showed that there was no significant relationship between the UKGS program and caries status. (Sig.>0.05). Conclusion: The conclusion is that there is no relationship between the UKGS program and caries status.