Abstrake-Jurnal Pustaka Kesehatan, vol. 6 (no. (-0.460).

Objective Toothache was reported as a reason for school absenteeism, sleeping difficulties, loss of appetite, and seeking dental treatment among children. These represented some impacts of dental problems on health, quality of life, and socioeconomic problems. The aims of this study were to describe the prevalence of toothache among 12–14-year-old children in Indonesia and their family characteristics and to analyze the associations of family characteristics on the toothache. Methods We analyzed the data from the Indonesian Family Life Survey 5 in 2014–2015. A total of 2,377 children aged 12–14 years were included in this survey. This age is the early stage of eruption of all permanent teeth. Children were asked about their experience on toothache in the last 4 weeks as a dependent variable. The independent variables were the family socioeconomic characteristics including father's and mother's highest educational level, family income, and the number of children in the family. A logistic regression was applied to analyze the relationship of family characteristics with toothache experience of children. Results Toothache experience was reported from 13.9% of the respondents. Descriptive statistics showed that higher percentages of toothache were experienced by male children and children from family with lower parental education and economic position as well as from bigger family. However, logistic regression showed that only the number of children in the family had a statistically positive association with self-reported toothache of the children. Children living in the family with more than four children were more likely reported toothache than living in the family with one or two children (P=0.012; odds ratio [OR]=1.53). Children living with more siblings may experience less attention from their parents on oral health hygiene. Poor oral health habits could result in dental pain. Conclusions Descriptive statistics showed that a higher percentage of toothache was experienced by children from lower socioeconomic families, although the only significant association was the number of children in the family.

Aim: To describe the pattern of toothache experience in a cohort of children aged 2-5 over 21 years and to find the relationship between previous toothache experience and later reports of toothache to get finding on the most critical period of toothache as a problem in life. Methods: This is a secondary data analysis from Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS). A total of 1,927 children from IFLS-1 with complete data were included as baseline participants. They were followed up four times within 21 years (age 6-9y, age 9-12y, age 16-19y, age 23- 26y). Toothache was based on the question of self-reported toothache experience during the last four weeks. After 21 years, a total of 1,098 individuals could be traced and completed every cohort of the survey. Toothache experiences were reported for frequencies in every cohort and accumulative experiences over 21 years. Logistic regression tests were performed to analyze the association of previous toothache experience and later toothache experience. Results: Almost 40% of the respondents reported toothache at least once in their life. The age of 6-9 years is the period when a high percentage of children had teeth-related pain. The experience of toothache at this period was significantly related to every period of age in life. Conclusions: The period of early mixed dentition is important. Oral health status in this period is associated with future oral health. A comprehensive dental health prevention program targeting this population is essential to increase the quality of life.

The problem of methamphetamine abuse in Indonesia is still very concerning even though the prohibition on consuming narcotics outside of medical indications has been regulated in law. Methamphetamine users are at high risk for tooth decay, tooth decay that often occurs in methamphetamine users is caries and erosion. This is because the abuse of methamphetamine can affect the oral hygiene and saliva quality of the users. Given the high risk of methamphetamine users being exposed to caries and erosion, researchers need to conduct research that aims to determine the prevalence of caries and erosion, as well as describe the characteristics of inmates who use shabushabu narcotics in the Class II-A Penitentiary Office Jember. There are 58 respondents in this study. Caries measurement was carried out using the DMF-T index, erosion measurement was carried out using the Basic Erosive Wear Examination, while the characteristics of the respondents were obtained through a questionnaire sheet. The result is that the prevalence of caries in methamphetamine users is 89.66% with a mean DMF-T score of 7.21 and the prevalence of erosion is 72.41% with a mean erosion score of 5.29. It can be concluded that most users of methamphetamine have caries and erosion problems in their teeth.

Using methamphetamine has negative effects on oral health. The negative effect of methamphetamine use is bruxism which causes tooth attrition. It is able to cause masticatory disorders which affect the nutrient intake and reduce the quality of life. Methamphetamine prisoners in Prison Class IIA Jember who represent the methamphetamine users in Jember Regency are group of people who are susceptible to have tooth attrition because of their history using methamphetamine. This research aimed to determine the characteristics and description of severity degree of tooth attrition of methamphetamine prisoners in Prison Class IIA Jember. Methods: This is a description research which use cross sectional approach and was conducted in Prison Class IIA Jember in January 2020. We observed and interviewed 53 prisoners in Prison Class IIA Jember as respondent. Meanwhile, the attrition severity degree was examined by using the clinical judgement with benchmark of occlusal tooth wear index, while prisoners’ characteristics obtained from questionnaire analysis. Most of the respondents were male with the highest level of education is Senior high school, never attended Islamic school based, never get educated in Islamic boarding school, a frequency user with duration of drug use less than 1.5 years, using inhalation method, first experience using drugs in the late teens, unawareness of bruxism habit, experienced sensitive teeth, and keen to eat hard-textured food. The highest severe degree of attrition is moderate with a percentage of 43.4%. The inmates who use methamphetamine have several characteristics which may interfere health and lead to attrition.

Pondok pesantren are Islamic religious education institutions, pesantrens' students are not allowed to bring communication tools that can cause the lack of knowledge of students, especially about dental and oral health. Eduaction is the provision of information that will increase knowledge. The purpose of study was to determine the influence of education toward knowledge dental and oral health of MTs class IX students at Pondok Pesantren Nurul Jadid and Al-Izza Situbondo. This study used quasi-experimental method with one group pretest and posttest research design. The research subjects was recruited using total sampling technique, as many as 37 students. The measuring instrument of this research used questionnaire. Data analysis used univariate analysis and T test and R2 test. The results showed that as many as 16 students (43%) had poor knowledge before being given education, after being given education there was an increase as many as 37 students (100%) had good knowledge. The results of the T test and R2 test showed that the value of p=0.000 (<0.05) and R2 was 0.086 (86%). The study concluded that there is an influence of education toward knowledge dental and oral health of MTs class IX students at Pondok Pesantren Nurul Jadid and Al-Izza Situbondo and had very strong category of closeness.