Related Actions Mother in the Maintenance of Dental Health and the Mouth of the Status of Hygiene Teeth and Mouth in Children Pre-School in Aminah Kindergarten Banda Aceh

Abstract

Dental hygiene and the child's mouth Pre-school age is very much dependent on parents because pre-school children are not able to perform oral hygiene independently. Therefore, the act of maintaining oral hygiene done by parents influences the status of the dental and oral hygiene of their children. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between maternal actions in maintaining oral health with dental and mouth hygiene status of preschool-aged children at Aminah Banda Aceh Kindergarten.   

This type of research is the analytic with design cross-sectional. The population in the study the population in this study were all pupils of Aminah Banda Aceh Kindergarten class a totaling 105 people consisting of students and mothers, while the sample amounted to 52 mothers and children. Univariate data analysis was used to determine the frequency distribution of each variable and bivariate analysis using the test chi-square with a value of ? = 0.05.

The results showed that the PHP-M index of the most children in the bad category was 53.8% with the most actions of mothers in the unfavorable category of 67.3%. statistical test results Chi-square showed a significant relationship between maternal actions with oral and dental hygiene status in children in Aminah Banda Aceh Kindergarten with p-value = 0.001 (p <0.05).

This study concludes that there is a significant relationship between maternal actions with the status of dental and oral hygiene in children in Aminah Banda Aceh Kindergarten. It is recommended to mothers to further enhance their actions in maintaining oral health by maintaining children's dental health, brushing their teeth at least 2 times a day after eating and before going to sleep to prevent dental and mouth disease.