Publication Date: 2024/02/07
Abstract: Adolescence is a stage in human life which is often referred to as puberty, namely the transition period between childhood and adulthood. At this stage, teenagers will experience physical development. This is one of the most common causes of gingivitis in teenagers. One of the hormonal factors that is a secondary or predisposing factor for gingivitis is hormonal imbalance, namely an increase in endocrine hormones in adolescence. Increased hormone levels at this age can cause vasodilation resulting in increased blood circulation in the gingival tissue and sensitivity to local irritants, such as bacterial plaque biofilm, resulting in pubertal gingivitis. Pubertal gingivitis is a typical type of gingivitis that sometimes develops in children and puberty with little or even very little plaque (Linda Suryani, 2021 Loc.Cit). This type of research is quantitative research with methods analytical correlation using a cross sectional approach. The correlation analytical method in this research was used to measure the relationship (correlation) between the level of knowledge, and dental and oral care habits of adolescents with gingivitis. Sampling is carried out using techniques purposive sampling. Level of dental and oral care knowledge among teenagers in class VIII SMPN 2 Tellu Limpoe 81,8% in the poor category, 13.6% in the medium category, and 4,6% in the good category. Meanwhile, 13,6% of dental and oral care habits are in the bad category, 81,8% are in the bad category moderate, and 4,6% in the good category. Then there is no relationship between knowledge of dental and oral care with the occurrence of gingivitis as well as dental and oral care habits with the occurrence of gingivitis in adolescents in class VIII SMPN 2 Tellu Limpoe. To increase knowledge and encourage more habits both in dental and oral care are expected to be skilled health centers to provide health education teeth and mouth at school.
Keywords: Factor Analysis, Gingivitis, Adolescents.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10628822
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