Parental Knowledge Towards Children’s Dental and Oral Hygiene

Abstract

Dental and oral hygiene problem is the leading cause of daily activities disruption in children such as missing school, bad learning concentration, appetite and nutritional intake. Knowledge of dental and oral hygiene should be given at early age in family by the parents. The aim of our work was to determine relationship between parents’ knowledge and dental hygiene of the SDLB children (children with special needs). We undertook this research with analytical survey. A cross-sectional design was carried out. The sampling method was total sampling namely parents of children with special needs and the children as many as 80 people. Chi-Square test was performed to analyze the data. The results show that the knowledge of parents about dental and oral hygiene is not good (85%), while the dental and oral hygiene in children with special needs is poor (85%). Based on the Chi-Square Test, it produces a p-value of sig (2-sided) = 0.002 in the test, so it can obtain a p-value (probability value) from the test (p = 0.002 = 0.05) so that Ho is rejected. In conclusion, a relationship between parental knowledge and oral hygiene in children with special needs does exist.

Hubungan Tingkat Kepedulian Orang Tua terhadap Status Oral Hygiene Anak Berkebutuhan Khusus

“…Telah dibuktikan bahwa pendidikan kesehatan gigi dan mulut diakui berperan baik dan menunjukkan peningkatan pengetahuan dan kepedulian terhadap perawatan kesehatan gigi terutama di kalangan orang tua/pengasuh ABK. 2,3 Beberapa ABK biasanya bergantung pada orang lain untuk perawatan pribadi mereka, termasuk dalam menjaga kebersihan rongga mulut atau menyikat gigi. Biasanya orang tua, saudara kandung atau pengasuh yang memberikan perawatan ini.…”

“…Penilaian tingkat kepedulian orang tua berdasarkan rerata nilai skor (total skor 30), yaitu: jika di atas rerata (mean skor 15) maka tingkat kepedulian baik dan jika di bawah rerata maka tingkat kepedulian orang tua dinyatakan cukup baik. Pemeriksaan oral hygiene menggunakan indeks kebersihan mulut Oral Health Index simplified (OHIS) dengan kategori penilaian baik (0-1,2), sedang (1,, dan buruk (3,(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6).…”