Literature Review: Pengaruh Pemakaian Air Sumur Dengan Kejadian Karies Gigi

Purba, As Gaby Clarita
Jelita, Helena
Sampurna Putra, Ravenalla Abdurrahman Al Hakim
Frethernety, Agnes
Lestarisa, Trilianty

Barigas: Jurnal Riset Mahasiswa
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2024): Barigas: Jurnal Riset Mahasiswa

Oral health is the biggest health problem faced by developing countries, namely dental caries. Dental caries is a progressive and cumulative disease of the hard tissues of the teeth and is most prevalent in children aged 5-9 years. Water is the most needed thing in everyday life. Water contains chemical content, one of which is flour content, if abnormal levels can cause dental problems. This study used a systematic review approach with the prism method so that 15 data were found consisting of 10 national journals and 5 international journals. The results of the study found that 11 journals stated a high incidence of caries and 4 journals stated a low incidence of caries based on the DMF-T index and knew the effect of fluorine in well water on the incidence of dental caries.