Gambaran Perilaku Menggosok Gigi di Malam Hari pada Anak Usia 3-5 Tahun di Dusun Jegu, Sidoarjo

Abstract

Oral health is a key indicator for overall health, well-being, and quality of life. Globally, there are 2.5 billion people affected by dental caries in their permanent teeth, and more than 530 million children get dental caries in their milk teeth. In 2013, 10.4% of children aged 1-4 years had problems with their oral health. In East Java, as many as 28.6% of people suffer from this disease. One of the factors that can cause dental caries is nighttime tooth brushing behavior. In general, nighttime tooth brushing behavior is very rarely done by Indonesians. In East Java, there were 28.6% of children aged 3-5 years who had teeth and mouth problems, while in children aged 3-5 years, the tooth brushing behavior was only 23.3%. The aim of this study was to describe the nighttime tooth brushing behavior in children aged 3-5 years in Kramat Jegu, Taman, Sidoarjo. This study used descriptive analysis with a total sample of 108 children. The study found that most respondents (54 respondents or 50%) are 4-year-old children, and 107 (99.1%) of children had good nighttime tooth brushing, and only 1 (0,9%) child had bad behavior. This condition was obtained when the respondent had a questionnaire score of >15.5 for good behavior and <15.5. for poor behavior. It can be concluded that the majority of children have good nighttime tooth brushing behavior.