pH SALIVA WITH DENTAL CARRIES IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

Abstract

Background: Dental and oral health is an inseparable part of health in other body organ systems. Dental and oral disease that often attacks humans is dental caries. Dental caries is a common oral disease that occurs in childhood, one of the main factors causing it is saliva. Saliva has an important role in the process of caries where when the pH of the oral cavity is below 5.5 there can be a demineralization process or a caries process in the teeth. Preschool-aged children are very susceptible to caries, because the triggering factor is the food they eat and the lack of attention to maintaining dental and oral hygiene from an early age. Purpose: to mdunnoii The relationship between salivary pH and dental caries in preschool children at IT Noor Hidayah Kindergarten, Klangenan District, Cirebon Regency. Method: Analytic research type with cross-sectional design. Results: the results of the examination based on salivary pH were mostly 20 people with neutral criteria (80%), 5 people with alkaline criteria (20%), while no acid criteria (0%). Conclusion: obtained p-value of 0.552 (p>0.05), namely H0 is accepted as the hypothesis, which means that there is no significant relationship between salivary pH and dental caries in pre-school age children at IT Noor Hidayah Kindergarten, Klangenan District, Cirebon Regency.