The Relationship Between Dental Caries And Oral Hygiene On Patients Of The Pediatric Dental Clinic At Dental Hospital Of Jember University

Abstract

Introduction: The most prevalent dental and oral diseases in Indonesian society are dental caries and periodontal disease. Children become the most vulnerable group to these problems due to their eating habits to high cariogenic foods as well as less awareness and knowledge about oral health care. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the relation and the value of caries index and oral hygiene on patients of Pediatric Dental Clinic at Dental Hospital Jember University. Materials and Methods: The type of this research was analytic survey with cross sectional approach. The samples were 98 people selected by purposive method sampling. The study was conducted on the samplesby oral examination to observe dental caries and oral hygiene. The measurement method of dental caries was carried out using def-t index and DMF-T index while for oral hygiene using OHI-S index. Result and Conclusion: The average of def-t index on patients of Pediatric Dental Clinic at Dental Hospital Jember University was 10.7 (very high) while the average of DMF-T index was equal to 1 (very low) and the average value of OHI-S index was 1,37 (moderate). The result of Correlation Test did not show any significant relation (p> 0.05) between dental caries and oral hygiene on patients of Pediatric Dental Clinic at Dental Hospital of Jember University. It is concluded that there is no significant correlation between dental caries and oral hygiene on patients of Pediatric Dental Clinic at Dental Hospital of Jember University.