Journal of Dentistry Indonesia (Oct 2015)

Kontribusi Pemanfaatan Fasilitas Kesehatan Gigi terhadap Radang Gusi Anak (Studi Ibu dan Anaknya yang Berumur Empat Tahun di DKI Jakarta 1993/1994)

  • Budiharto Budiharto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14693/jdi.v5i3.777
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 3
pp. 128 – 132

Abstract

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Dental health services utilization is a dental health behavious component included practicing domain. Dental health services utilization is mothers practicing demand for promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative in mothers' or her family dental health. The influence of the utilization of dental health services to the mother's behavious is 67%. Dental health facilities in Jakarta are considered reachable because of the good public transportation system. Generally the mothers have utilized dental health services 2.5% of the respondents are categorized low in utilizing dental health services, 28.4% fair and 69.1% good. Sixty nine point one percent of the respondents who are categorized as good utilize the dental health services mostly for curative treatment. Therefore it requires a good promotive and preventive strategies to support the quality of services. The dental health facilities utilization, contributing to the children's gingivitis status is 4.8%.