PENGETAHUAN IBU TENTANG MASA PERTUMBUHAN GIGI TERHADAP KONDISI GIGI ANAK

Abstract

One way to maintain healthy teeth and mouth, which must be considered is growth and development of teeth. At the stage of growth and development of teeth, not a few cases were found in children who experience impaired tooth eruption. This is due to a lack of maternal knowledge of tooth growth.The study was descriptive with a survey method, which aimed to determine the description of mother’s knowledge about the growth period of the child’s teeth towards the condition of child’s teeth at SDN 064002 of Belawan I Village, Medan Belawan sub district. Data collection was taken by giving questionnaires to mothers and direct examination of child’s teeth, the number of samples was 30 peoples. The collected data was processed using a frequency distributiontable.The results of the study of mothers who had good knowledge were 16 peoples (53.3%). The results of examination of children’s dental condition who experienced persistence were 25 peoples (83.3%) and mobility of 20 peoples (66.6%).There were still many mothers who do not know about the eruption of children’s teeth. In children with persistent dental conditions and mobility to extract teeth immediately