Gambaran Status Kebersihan Rongga Mulut dan Status Gingiva Pasien RSGM Universitas Jember Oktober-November Tahun 2015 (The Description of Oral Hygiene Status and Gingival Status of Patients in Dental Hospital of Jemb

Cici Widya Anggraini (Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi Universitas Jember)
Melok Aris Wahyukundari (Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi Universitas Jember)
Peni Pujiastuti (Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi Universitas Jember)

e-Journal Pustaka Kesehatan
Vol 4 No 3 (2016)

Background : Oral hygiene is very important to be kept for aestetic, phonetic,mastication function and health. There is a relationship between oral hygiene andgingival desease. Poor oral hygiene will increase the severity of gingival disease.However, some people still consider that oral hygiene issue is not something important.Purpose : To find out the status of oral hygiene and gingival status of patients in DentalHospital of Jember University and reviewed by age, gender and education. Metode :This study was a descriptive study with cross sectional approach. The samples were allnew patients of Dental Hospital of Jember University on October-November 2015. Theoral hygiene status was assessed by Oral Hygiene Index-Simplified (OHI-S) and gingivalstatus was assessed by Gingival Index (GI). Result : There were 35,84% of sample hada good oral hygiene, 54,87% had a medium oral hygiene and 9,29% had a poor oralhygiene. There were 7,08% of sample had a normal gingival, 58,85% had a light gingivalinflamation, 33,63% had a moderate gingival inflamation, and 0,44% had a severegingival inflamation.Keywords : Gingivitis, GI, OHI-S, Oral hygiene