Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2018): (Available online: 1 August 2018)

Correlation between mental health and caries status in Primary School Students

Ayub I. Anwar (Department of Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia)

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Publish Date
01 Aug 2018

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to determine the correlation of mental health and caries status of students in Mulia Bhakti Makassar Primary School.Material and Methods: Analytical observational research with cross-sectional study design. The subject of this research was all the students of Primary School Mulia Bhakti Makassar.Results: The results showed a correlation between mental health and caries status with Pearson correlation test, p = 0.004 (p <0.05) and correlation coefficient, r = 0.266. There is a high index of DMF-T in students whose mental health is not normal.Conclusion: There was a correlation between mental health status and dental caries status of students at Mulia Bhakti Makassar Primary School.

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Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science
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Abbrev

jdmfs

Publisher

Universitas Hasanuddin

Subject

Dentistry

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Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science (J Dentomaxillofac Sci) is an international, peer-reviewed, and open access journal published in English language. Our journal aims to keep dentists informed of developments and advances in general dentistry and its different specialties in an easy-to-read ...