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Periodontal Health Status and Treatment Needs of Visually Impaired Student Attending “Extraordinary School in Jember Regency Ni Luh Putu Diah Laksmi Dewi; Roedy Budirahardjo; Sulistiyani Sulistiyani
Health Notions Vol 4, No 11 (2020): November
Publisher : Humanistic Network for Science and Technology (HNST)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33846/hn41102

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Visually impaired people usually have limitation to do their activities in maintaining oral health including the periodontal tissue. This condition leads to inadequate efforts to maintain oral health that can cause various diseases, one of which is periodontal disease. Periodontal disease will gradually develop become severe, and therefore it is necessary to take proper care in handling it. The aim of this study was to determine the periodontal health status and the level of periodontal disease care needs of blind students in SLB Jember Regency. This research was a descriptive observational study with a cross sectional approach. The research sample of 20 people were obtained using the total sampling method. The health status of the periodontal tissue and the need for treatment are examined using CPITN. Subsequent research data are grouped and distributed based on gender and age. The result showed that the most common periodontal tissue health status was score two with clinical features of subgingival calculus or supragingival calculus with a total of 50%, while the most needed treatment needs were improvement in oral hygiene accompanied by 85% professional scaling. Keywords: periodontal health status; periodontal treatment needs; CPITN; visually impaired
The Profile of Oral and Dental Health of Children in the Agroindustrial Environment in Jember Berlian Prihatiningrum; Niken Probosari; Sulistiyani Sulistiyani; Dyah Setyorini; Roedy Budirahardjo; Sukanto Sukanto
Health Notions Vol 6, No 11 (2022): November
Publisher : Humanistic Network for Science and Technology (HNST)

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Oral and dental health is one of the important components to improve a person's quality of life. The aim of this study is to describe the oral and dental health status in Children who lived In Agroindustrial environment in Jember. This study was an analytical descriptive research. The subjects used were 255 students in 3 elementary schools. The sampling technique used was total population sampling. Data obtained by questionnaire and direct examination in the form of examination of DMF-t or def-t index and oral hygiene index. Then the data tabulation was carried out using table. Based on the caries index, it shows that children in the coffee and cocoa agro-industry environment had a low category caries in permanent teeth (mean DMF-t = 1,6), mean while in deciduous teeth included in the moderate category caries (mean def-t = 4,11). The profile of oral and dental health status in Children who lived in agroindustrial environment need to improve. Keywords: oral health status; agroindustrial environtment; children