KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS WITH DENTAL CARIES EXPERIENCES IN PREGNANT WOMEN OF THE 1ST TRIMESTERIN

Abstract

Background: Pregnancy is a natural process, involving physiological, anatomical and hormonal changes. The result of these hormonal changes is the emergence of changes in the conditions felt by pregnant women such as nausea and vomiting so that it can cause the mouth to be in an acidic state, as a result oral hygiene becomes bad and very easy to cause damage such as cavities, bad breath and other periodontal diseases such as gingival inflammation. Objective: analyze the Relationship of Attitude and Behavior Knowledge with Dental Caries Experience in 1st Trimester Pregnant Women in the Cirangkong Health Center Working Area, Cijambe District, Subang Regency. Method: research with crossectional design, population of 40 respondents using non-random sampling method. The data were taken by examining dental caries list questions (questionnaires) in pregnant women in the 1st trimester. The data were analyzed using the Spearman Rank statistical test. Results There is a relationship between knowledge, attitudes and behaviors with the caries experience of pregnant women in the 1st trimester, namely (p=0.000 <α: 0.05). the value of the correlation coefficient where the results are most related is the attitude variable with a value of 0.770 and the P-Value of 0.000 which means that it has a very strong relationship compared to other variables. The conclusion that the attitude of pregnant women in the I trimester is most related to the experience of caries (DMF-T) at the Cirangkong Health Center.