Jahja1, Mohammad Taufik Adiko2, Sunomo Hadi3
1,2,3 Dental Health Department, Health Polytechnic of Health Ministry at Surabaya, Indonesia
Email: jahja.drg@gmail.com
Abstract
The problem in this research was high number of DMF-T on elementary students in Surabaya. As preliminary data, it was conducted observations at four elementary schools in Surabaya. The schools were in South Surabaya that the data were collected in SDN Bendul Merisi II and obtained DMF-T average (1.72), in East Surabaya that the data were collected in SDN Pacar Kembang I Surabaya and obtained DMF-T average (2.43), in West Surabaya that the data were collected in SDN Sukomanunggal IV and obtained DMF-T average (1.56), and in North Surabaya that the data were collected in SDN Perak Utara II and obtained DMF-T average (1.50). This indicated that the health and knowledge level about oral maintenance of VI grade elementary students in Surabaya were not in accordance with Indonesia Dental Health indicators 2010 that was less than 1 (Kemenkes RI, 2012). Health research results in 2013 showed that the number of proper teeth brushing (teeth brushing time) was 2.3%. Furthermore, the purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between high number of DMF-T and teeth brushing time. The method used in this research was analytic research. The location of the research was at four elementary schools in Surabaya which it represented the North, East, South, and West Surabaya. In order to determine the correlation between teeth brushing time and the number of high DMF-T, it was conducted chi square test. The results showed that there was a correlation between teeth brushing time and the frequency in brushing teeth, and high number of DMF-T on IV and V grade elementary students in Surabaya, meanwhile, the intensity in brushing teeth did not have any correlation with high number of DMF-T.
Keywords: Teeth Brushing Time, DMF-T