SAPTA PRADIPTA SEMESTA, 021211133043 (2016) PENGETAHUAN IBU MENGENAI KESEHATAN GIGI ANAK DENGAN EARLY CHILDHOOD CARIES USIA 12-48 BULAN. Skripsi thesis, UNIVERSITAS AIRLANGGA.

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Abstract

Background: Dental caries is an infectious disease and a progressive demineralization. Early Childhood Caries disease is the presence of one or more decay (cavities or white spots), tooth loss (due to caries) in primary teeth of children under 6 years of age. Early Childhood Caries etiology is multifactorial including a way of feeding a child, attitudes about health, knowledge of mothers oral cavity health, diet, socioeconomic status, parental nutrition, health and oral health behavior of mothers. Purpose: Examines the relationship between dental health knowledge of mother in children with early childhood caries ages 12-48 months. Methods: The study was analytic observational in cross-sectional. Children’s mother with 12-48 months child of ages given the consent letter and questionnaire investigation. Examination of the oral cavity performed in eligible children, carried out on each tooth using a mouth mirror and half moon sonde to def-t index. Results: From the data analysis, relationship between mother's knowledge of the dental health of children by severity def-t and concluded that there was no correlation between knowledge of mothers with scores def-t index. There was no relationship between mother's knowledge and socio-demographic group of mothers on maternal education, maternal employment, mothers income, and the status order of the child's birth but there is a relationship between socio-demographic age between mothers with def-t index. Conclusions: There was no relationship between knowledge of mother with child Early Childhood Caries ages 12-48 months.

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