Overview of prevalence of gingivitis cases in patients at the Dental Clinic UPTD Puskesmas Baturiti II Tabanan: Gambaran angka prevalensi kasus gingivitis pada pasien di Poli Gigi UPTD Puskesmas Baturiti II Tabanan

Paramisuari, Ida Ayu Amara Tarisya
Pratama, I Wayan Agus Wirya

MDJ (Makassar Dental Journal)
Vol. 13 No. 3 (2024): Volume 13 Issue 3 Desember 2024

Puskesmas is a health service facility that organises first-level public and individual health efforts, by prioritising promotive and preventive efforts. Prevalence is part of an epidemiological study that refers to the number of individuals in the population who ex-perience a disease that is associated with the total population from which the cases originate. The study was conducted observa-tionally with a cross-sectional method. The variables studied were cases of gingivitis in 45 patients, namely gingivitis examination of 24 patients (53.3%) and 21 patients (46.7%) of men. The highest prevalence of gingivitis examination based on the age group 45-64 years as many as 21 cases (46.7%). It was concluded that the prevalence of gingivitis at UPTD Puskesmas Baturiti II Ta-banan in the period December 2023-January 2024 was 16.66%.