Dental Caries Based on Age (Under Five Years Old Children)

Ristya Widi Endah Yani

2018

Abstract

Children under 5 years old has the most risk in having dental caries and its percentage reaches 40-70%. It happens because they do not show positive attitude towards their own dental hygiene. The objective of this study is to analyze the correlation between the children’s dental caries and their age. Analytic observational research and cross-sectional approach was done in January 2018. This study involved under five years old children in Glingseran Village, Bondowoso Indonesia. The purposive sampling was done and 56 sample were examined ( 33 boys and 23 girls). The variable was dental caries and the children ages. The measurement is dental diagnosis code which consists of , PI (pulp irritation), PH (pulp hiperemia), PG (pulp gangrene) and RG (radix gangrene). The data was drawn in frequency distribution table and figure, and Spearman correlation was done for analyzing the relationship between dental caries and the children ages. It was found there is correlation between dental caries to the under five years old children (p>0,05). In other words, the higher age of children, the more dental caries they will have. In conclusion, there is a correlation between dental caries to the under five years old children.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Yani R. (2018). Dental Caries Based on Age (Under Five Years Old Children).In Proceedings of the 9th International Nursing Conference - INC, ISBN 978-989-758-336-0, pages 61-66. DOI: 10.5220/0008320500610066

in Bibtex Style

@conference{inc18,
author={Ristya Widi Endah Yani},
title={Dental Caries Based on Age (Under Five Years Old Children)},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Nursing Conference - INC,},
year={2018},
pages={61-66},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008320500610066},
isbn={978-989-758-336-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Nursing Conference - INC,
TI - Dental Caries Based on Age (Under Five Years Old Children)
SN - 978-989-758-336-0
AU - Yani R.
PY - 2018
SP - 61
EP - 66
DO - 10.5220/0008320500610066