<![CDATA[According to the 2018 Basic Health Research (Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, 2018) the population with dental and oral health problems in West Java is 58.0%, and 11.9% receiving treatment from dental medical personnel. The proportion of actions in overcoming dental and oral problems in the province of West Java for the installation of dentures is 4.9%, and the installation of implant dentures is 0.1%. This study aims to prove the relationship between knowledge level and economic status with interest in using removable partial dentures. The type of research used is an analytic survey with a cross sectional design. The sample is 93 pre-elderly respondents who have lost at least 1 tooth. The average pre-elderly in Cipeundeuy Village has high knowledge (43.0%), high economic status (65.6%), and has a moderate interest in using removable partial dentures (46.2%). Data analysis used Chi-Square statistical test and the results showed that knowledge with interest in using removable partial dentures had a significance of 0.006 while the relationship between economic status and interest in using removable partial dentures had a significance of 0.024. This shows that the p value <0.05 means Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted, so that the level of knowledge and economic status has a significant relationship with the interest in using removable partial dentures of pre-elderly Cipeundeuy Village. Keywords : Level Of Knowledge About Dentures, Economic Status, Interest In Using Dentures]]>
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