Objective:To analyze the differences in early childhood caries status on parental stress levels and socioeconomic status in Makassar City, Indonesia, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and Methods: This type of analytical observational study with a cross-sectional design was conducted in North Rantepao, Toraja City, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. The research subjects of this study were parents who met the criteria, were willing to participate in the study, and had children aged 6-17 years. The questionnaire instrument with the criteria for assessing children's dental and oral health was assessed based on parents' perceptions. Each item is rated on a scale from 1 (never) to 5 (always). Then the total score was divided into three categories, namely low (score 3-6), moderate (score 7-10), and high (score 11-15). Comparative test analysis using Chi-Square test. Results: Parents with high-stress levels had more children with poor oral health. There is a significant difference according to the level of stress and socioeconomic status of the parents. Conclusion: There is a significant difference between caries status in early childhood based on socioeconomic status and parental stress level.
To determine the relationship between the psychological conditions of dental and oral health workers during the Covid-19 pande-mic, it was conductedobservational analytic study, with a cross-sectional design by online. A total of 156 dental health workers at RSGMP Unhas and RSKDGM who worked during thePPKM period 26 July 2021-6 September 2021 were obtained using the purposive sampling technique. This study was conducted using a questionnaire instrument in the form of an online google form in November 2021. The questionnaire consisted of 19 question items using the Kruskal Wallis test and Mann Whitney test.The results showed that gender and work experience had a significant effect on infection. Female participants were more likely to be concerned about thepresence of infection and that the virus was imminent. It is concluded there was a significant relationship between the psychological condition of dental and oral health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, mainly women, and doctors with less work experience, reporting a much higher impact.
Health is one of the basic needs of every human being. Covid-19 pandemic has challenged existing healthcare systems around the world, so the development of information technology is increasing. This article is aimed to create a teledentistry applica-tion based on the appstore and playstore for dental practice during the Covid-19 pandemic. Implementation method includes conducting literature studies, requirements engineering, system design, system implementation anddrawing conclusions and suggestions. The result show tested functionality on application features is directly proportional to the expected result. It was concluded that the design of an android-based teledentistry application in dental practice can simplify the service process, help increase time effectiveness in the dental clinic service process, increase the efficiency of the recording system in dental clinic services quickly and accurately. And the design of this system canhelp minimize losses due to errors in recording patient data.
This study is aimed to determine the relationship between parental occupation, education level, and household income with the prevalence of dental caries inchildren aged 12-16 years. This analytic observational research uses cross sectional study method and samples were determined with purposive sampling. Surveywas conducted in Bantaeng regency with target population were adolescents aged 12-16 years, which amounts to 531, consisted of 233 boys and 298 girls. Sevenchildren with incomplete data were excluded. Data are analysed with Chi-Square test; gets the prevalence of dental caries in children frequently found in girls thanboys and based on sociodemography, there was no significant relationship. It is concluded that there was no significant re-lationship between sociodemographicand dental caries prevalence in children aged 12-16 years in Bantaeng Regency except in the father's and mother's education categories.
Objective: The use of bone graft technology is now quite widespread in the field of dentistry, for example in the application of dental implants in the oral cavity.This article aims to conduct an axiological study of bone graft technology in the regeneration of periodontal tissue. Methods: Literature study through review of relevant literatures by conducting articles searches using key-words. Result: Bone graft consists of several types with advantages and disadvantages of each in terms of usability. Bone graft has philosophical ethical values in its use in human life. Conclusion: Technological advances in dentistry are the result of scien-tificdevelopment. Philosophical studies on axiological aspects show that bone graft is a technology that has been felt its benefits directly and affects human life. Bone damage will get a solution from this bone graft technology so that it can regain its pre-vious physical form, especially periodontal tissue repair.
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