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HUBUNGAN KEBIASAAN MENYIKAT GIGI SEBELUM TIDUR MALAM HARI DENGAN KEJADIAN KARIES GIGI PADA SISWA-SISWI SD NEGERI 25 PALEMBANG
Background : Dental caries is a chronic disease of dental hard tissue and low progression. The prevalence of dental canes in child which is still high is due to low appreciation of tooth brushing habit, include tooth brushing before bedtime. Without brushing teeth before sleeping at night, there will be an increase in plaque accumulation and bacterial reproduction which in tum will increase the risk of dental canes. Methods : The aim of this study is to know the correlation between tooth brushing before sleeping at night with dental caries incident. This cross sectional study conducted at SDN 25 Palembang. Stratified random sampling was used to recruit the subject who were on 3, 4, and 5* year of elementary school. There were 65 children. Data had been collected by questioner and DMF-T examination. Data was analyzed with Chi-square test. Result : The number of child with tooth brushing habit before sleeping at night is 33,8% which is lower than child without those habit,is 66,2%. DMF-T score of respondent without tooth brushing habit before sleeping at night is 84% in high category, which is higher than child with those habit, is 41% in middle category. The result of statistical test indicates that there is significant correlation between tooth brushing before sleeping at night with dental caries incident. The suggestion is tooth brushing before sleeping at night regularly as one of efforts to prevent dental caries.
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