The Correlation between Tooth Health Care with Number of Caries in Autistic Students at Elementary and Junior High School for Disabled Students Bhakti Luhur Malang

Juwitasari, Ahsan, Rita Rosita

2019

Abstract

The student with autistic disorder may lead to severe tooth caries worse than normal people. Autistic students experience complex brain development disorders. The increased age of students with an autism spectrum disorder, cannot guarantee the ability to maintain tooth hygiene that causes the emergence of caries. This research identified the correlation between tooth health care with the number of tooth caries in autistic students. This observational analysis design with a cross-sectional method was applied in this research. The participants of this research were 24 students who met inclusion criteria. The result showed that all 24 autistic students suffering tooth caries. Students with poor dental health care tend to have a moderate number of dental caries in 1 student (4.17%). Whereas for students with moderate dental health care, they have 6 moderate dental caries (25%) and 12 mild dental caries (50%). Then for 5 students with good dental health care tend to have mild caries (20.83%). The Spearman correlation showed that there was a significant relationship between tooth health care with the number of dental caries in autistic students. It is suggested to prevent dental caries in autistic students by involving role of parents, teachers and healthcare providers.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Juwitasari., Ahsan. and Rosita R. (2019). The Correlation between Tooth Health Care with Number of Caries in Autistic Students at Elementary and Junior High School for Disabled Students Bhakti Luhur Malang.In Proceedings of the 2nd Health Science International Conference - Volume 1: HSIC, ISBN 978-989-758-462-6, pages 77-82. DOI: 10.5220/0009122600770082

in Bibtex Style

@conference{hsic19,
author={Juwitasari and Ahsan and Rita Rosita},
title={The Correlation between Tooth Health Care with Number of Caries in Autistic Students at Elementary and Junior High School for Disabled Students Bhakti Luhur Malang},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd Health Science International Conference - Volume 1: HSIC,},
year={2019},
pages={77-82},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009122600770082},
isbn={978-989-758-462-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd Health Science International Conference - Volume 1: HSIC,
TI - The Correlation between Tooth Health Care with Number of Caries in Autistic Students at Elementary and Junior High School for Disabled Students Bhakti Luhur Malang
SN - 978-989-758-462-6
AU - Juwitasari.
AU - Ahsan.
AU - Rosita R.
PY - 2019
SP - 77
EP - 82
DO - 10.5220/0009122600770082