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- Title
Condition of periodontal tissue status and treatment needs periodontal in students aged 16-17 years at public high school 1 of enrekang.
- Authors
ACHMAD, HARUN; ADAM, MARDIANA A.; HULDANI; RUSDIN, NUR MUFTIAH; POLYAKOVA A. G.; ZEKIY, ANGELINA OLEGOVNA
- Abstract
Periodontal disease is a health problem of the oral cavity initiated by the local accumulation of microorganisms (dental plaque) and products Metabolisnya. The severity of the disease varies in children and adolescents, but tends to increase with the puberty. We conducted this study to determine the health status of periodontal tissue and the need for periodontal care in students aged 16-17 years of public high school 1 of Enrekang. This study was a descriptive observational cross-sectional approach and involving 115 students (37 men and 118 women) as the subjects, obtained through consecutive sampling method. Examination and assessment of the condition of periodontal tissue is carried out using a mouth glass, WHO Periodontal Examining Probe, and an examination form, which is then evaluated using the Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN) method. Data analysis in this study used SPSS version 22. The results showed 21 people (13.5%) had healthy periodontal tissue, 3 people (1.9%) experienced bleeding on probing, 127 people (81.9%) with subgingival or supragingival calculus, 4 people (2.6%) with a pocket depth of 4-5 mm, and not found a pocket depth of >6 mm. Based on the results we concluded that the most needed periodontal treatment by students of public high school 1 of Enrekang based on the CPITN score is education on oral health instruction and scaling.
- Subjects
GINGIVAL hemorrhage; PERIODONTAL pockets; PUBLIC schools; HIGH schools; ACTINOBACILLUS actinomycetemcomitans; PERIODONTAL probe
- Publication
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research (09752366), 2020, Vol 12, Issue 3, p2149
- ISSN
0975-2366
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31838/ijpr/2020.12.03.308