GAMBARAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN TENTANG PENCABUTAN GIGI PADA MASYARAKAT KELURAHAN KOMBOS BARAT BERDASARKAN PENDIDIKAN DAN PEKERJAAN

  • Lethulur V
  • Pangemanan D
  • Supit A
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Abstract: Dental health as an integral part of public health needs attention of the government and society. Efforts to provide dental care to the community in the field of curative usually a tooth extraction. Lack of knowledge about tooth extraction causes the general public, especially people in West Kombos village avoid prolonged pain even though the tooth can still be maintained. This study aimed to describe the level of public knowledge about tooth extraction based on education and jobs in West Kombos village. This was a cross sectional study. Data were taken by using stratified random sampling method in which the number of samples taken at 5 areas. The result showed that the level of knowledge based on public education 39.7% were in primary school education and the level of knowledge based on jobs 35.87% were housewives. Conclusion: Based on education and jobs, the level of knowledge about tooth extraction among West Kombos people were largely categorized bad.Keywords: knowledge, tooth extractionAbstrak: Kesehatan gigi sebagai bagian integral dari kesehatan umum perlu mendapat perhatian dari pemerintah maupun masyarakat. Upaya pemberian pelayanan kesehatan gigi pada masyarakat dibidang kuratif umumnya berupa pencabutan gigi. Kurangnya pengetahuan tentang pencabutan gigi menyebabkan masyarakat umum khususnya masyarakat di kelurahan Kombos Barat melakukan pencabutan agar terhindar dari rasa sakit berkepanjangan meskipun gigi tersebut masih bisa dipertahankan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran tingkat pengetahuan masyarakat tentang pencabutan gigi berdasarkan pendidikan dan pekerjaan di kelurahan Kombos Barat. Penelitian ini menggunakan rancangan potong lintang. Data diambil menggunakan metode proportional stratified random sampling dimana jumlah sampel diambil pada 5 lingkungan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tingkat pengetahuan masyarakat berdasarkan pendidikan yaitu 39,7% pendidikan sekolah dasar dan tingkat pengetahuan berdasarkan pekerjaan yaitu 35,87% ibu rumah tangga. Simpulan: Tingkat pengetahuan masyarakat kelurahan Kombos Barat tentang pencabutan gigi berdasarkan pendidikan dan pekerjaan sebagian besar dikategorikan buruk.Kata kunci: pengetahuan, pencabutan gigi

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Lethulur, V. A., Pangemanan, D. H. C., & Supit, A. (2015). GAMBARAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN TENTANG PENCABUTAN GIGI PADA MASYARAKAT KELURAHAN KOMBOS BARAT BERDASARKAN PENDIDIKAN DAN PEKERJAAN. E-GIGI, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.35790/eg.3.1.2015.6397

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