HUBUNGAN STATUS SOSIAL.EKONOMI ORANGTUA DENGAN INDEKS KARIES ANAK USIA 4–6 TAHUN ( Kajian di TK ABA Godegan Tamantirto)
Abstract
Dental caries is a pathological disease in oral cavity which caused by
multifactorial. An oral and dental disease which mostly suffered by Indonesian
especially in early childhood is dental caries. Children need parents role in
keeping their oral and dental health. Socioeconomic status could affect oral and
dental health. The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between
parents socioeconomic status and caries index in children aged 4-6 years old.
This study was observational analytic study with cross sectional design.
The location was took place at TK ABA Godegan Tamantirto. Subjects of this
study were taken by total sampling with considerations of inclusion and exclusion
criterias (n= 48). Parents socioeconomic status were taken from parents’ identity
form. Parents socioeconomic status were measured by monthly parents income,
monthly parents expenditure, and family member. Caries examination was
performed on children aged 4-6 old as subjects with ICDAS index. The data was
analysed by Spearman correlation test.
The result showed that there was no significant correlation (p > 0.05)
between parents socioeconomic status and caries index in children aged 4-6 years
old.