Hubungan Pengetahuan, Sikap, dan Perilaku Kesehatan Gigi dan Mulut Terhadap Status Karies Siswa SMP Negeri 1 Selogiri, Wonogiri (original) (raw)

Abstract: Oral health may affect the occurence of dental caries. Dental caries is a demineralization process in email, dentin, and cementum caused by metabolic activity of microorganisms. According to Bloom concept (1974), there were four main factors affecting oral health, as follows: environment, behaviour (knowledge and attitude), health facility, and heredity. This study was aimed to evaluate the correlation between knowledge, attitude, and behaviour of oral health and dental caries status among students of SMPN 1 Selogiri (junior high school), Wonogiri. This was an observational and analytical study with a cross sectional design. There were 123 students as subjects in this study. Prior to participation, subjects were asked to fill in the questionairre and sign on the informed consent. Dental examination was carried out by using oral sonde and oral glass. The Spearman test obtained a p-value of 0.001 for the correlation between knowledge, attitude, and behaviour of oral health...