PERBEDAAN STATUS KARIES GIGI LANJUT ANAK USIA DINI BERDASARKAN SOSIAL EKONOMI ORANG TUA

Latar belakang : karies gigi masih menjadi salah satu penyakit gigi dan mulut yang paling banyak terjadi pada anak-anak. World Health Organization pada tahun 2012 menyatakan bahwa 60-90% anak–anak usia sekolah di dunia memiliki karies gigi. Di Indonesia hasil Riset Kesehatan Dasar tahun 2018, prevalensi karies gigi usia 3- 5 tahun mencapai 81,5 % - 90,2%. Karies gigi yang tidak di rawat hingga mencapai pulpa atau disebut karies gigi lanjut sering menyebabkan gangguan kualitas hidup anak. Faktor penting yang mempengaruhi perkembangan karies gigi lanjut anak salah satunya adalah sosial dan ekonomi orang tua. Tujuan : adapun tujuan dari penelitian adalah menjelaskan perbedaan status karies gigi lanjut anak usia dini berdasarkan sosial ekonomi orang tua. Metode : penelitian ini merupakan penelitian analitik dengan desain Cross sectional. Pengambilan data status ekonomi sosial menggunakan kuesioner dan pemeriksaan status karies gigi lanjut menggunakan indeks pufa. Hasil : hasil penelitian ini menunjukan rerata indeks def-t yakni 6.76, skor rerata indeks pufa yakni 1.67. Uji Chi-square menunjukan perbedaan yang signifikan pada aspek pendidikan dan pekerjaan (p≤0.05) dan tidak terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan berdasarkan aspek peghasilan (p >0.05). Kesimpulan : terdapat perbedaan status karies gigi lanjut pada anak usia dini berdasarkan tingkat pendidikan dan pekerjaan namun tidak terdapat perbedaan berdasarkan tingkat penghasilan orang tua.

MODELING OF CAREER CHOICE BEHAVIORS IN INDONESIAN DENTISTRY STUDENTS

The increasing number of dentists shows that this profession is one of the most popular career choices in Indonesia. The type of dentist professional development varies so that career planning is an important thing that has a big influence on one's future. The social-cognitive career theory (SCCT) perspective explains that there is a relationship between career self-efficacy, career outcome expectation, career intention and career exploration in the career selection process. By using SCCT, this study aimed to determine the career exploration-related behavior relationship, which consists of career self-efficacy, career outcome expectations, career intention and career exploration, in the career determination for dentistry students in Indonesia. This research is an observational analytic study of 505 samples of undergraduate and profession students of dentistry who have filled out an online questionnaire from March to June 2019. An online questionnaire consisting of a Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy-Short Form (CDMSE-SF), Career Decision Outcome Expectation (CDMOE), Career Exploration Planning or Intention Questionnaire (CEPI), Career Exploration Survey-Revised (CES-R), which has translated and validated. All models are analyzed using the maximum possible estimation of the AMOS application. This research showed that there was a significant relationship between having a career plan and father's job. This study concluded that self efficacy, outcome expectation, and career intention influence the career exploration of dentistry students significantly both directly and indirectly.

THE SALTY TASTE THRESHOLD AND TONGUE CLEANING HABITS IN HEALTHY YOUNG ADULT MALE SMOKERS

Introduction: Smoking has adverse effects on the body such as various types of cancer, coronary heart diseases, stroke, peripheral vascular diseases, and oral changes including decreased taste sensation. There have been many studies on the effects of smoking on taste threshold, but specific studies in a group of young adult males and data on the frequency of tongue cleaning habits have not been reported. This study aims to determine the salty taste threshold and tongue cleaning habits in healthy young adult male smokers. Methods: This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study, and the subjects were taken by consecutive sampling. The criteria for the subjects were healthy males, aged 18-24 years old, who had a habit of smoking 10 cigarettes or more per day and had smoked for more than 1 year. A questionnaire was conducted including data on tongue cleaning habits before measuring the salt taste threshold using various concentrations of sodium chloride solution which are 0,012M, 0,014M, and 0,016M. Introduction: Smoking has adverse effects on the body such as various types of cancer, coronary heart diseases, stroke, peripheral vascular diseases, and oral changes including decreased taste sensation. There have been many studies on the effects of smoking on taste threshold, but specific studies in a group of young adult males and data on the frequency of tongue cleaning habits have not been reported. This study aims to determine the salty taste threshold and tongue cleaning habits in healthy young adult male smokers. Methods: This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study, and the subjects were taken by consecutive sampling. The criteria for the subjects were healthy males, aged 18-24 years old, who had a habit of smoking 10 cigarettes or more per day and had smoked for more than 1 year. A questionnaire was conducted including data on tongue cleaning habits before measuring the salt taste threshold using various concentrations of sodium chloride solution which are 0,012M, 0,014M, and 0,016M.