Regression Analysis of the Level of Knowledge and Behavior of Parents in Cleaning the Teeth and Mouth of Children Aged 3-5 Years in KB and TK Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya

Abstract

Based on Bloom's theory, dental caries can be influenced by four important factors that support the occurrence of caries, namely environment, behavior, health services, and heredity. Of these four factors, behavior plays an important role in dental and oral health. Research conducted by Afiati (2017) states that knowledge is the basis for the formation of behavior. This study generally aims to determine the Regression Analysis Level of Knowledge and Behavior of Parents in Cleaning the Teeth and Mouth of Children Aged 3-5 Years in KB and TK Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya. The type of research used is observational analytical research. The statistical test in this research is a regression test. In this study, the population taken was all KB and Kindergarten students in Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya in the 2022/2023 school year aged 3 to 5 years along with the parents and guardians of these students for a total of 58 students. This research is TKT 3 where to prove the hypothesis, in collecting data using primary data methods, namely giving questionnaires to the sample. It is hoped that this research can be a source of information on the importance of dental health knowledge on tooth cleaning behavior in children aged 3-5 years.