Kesehatan gigi Ibu hamil sangat perlu dijaga, untuk menghindarkan terjadinya infeksi pada gigi dan gusi. Upaya ini akan menghindarkan dari infeksi yang berisiko yang menyebabkan prematur dan kelahiran berat bayi lahir rendah. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui pengalaman karies dan kesehatan periodontal dan kebutuhan perawatan ibu hamil. Metode: Metode penelitian yang digunakan deskriptif. Populasi penelitian adalah ibu hamil yang datang ke Klinik Cantik Banjaran Bandung. Sampel penelitian yaitu ibu hamil yang bersedia menjadi subjek penelitian dan tidak mempunyai kelainan sistemik. Teknik pengambilan sampel adalah convinience sampling. Variabel penelitian pengalaman karies diukur dengan indeks DMFT, Kebutuhan perawatan karies adalah perhitungan kebutuhan perawatan berdasarkan penilaian persen kebutuhan perawatan dan kebutuhan perawatan periodontal diukur dengan indeks Community Periodontal Index and Treatment Needs (CPITN). Analisis data yang digunakan adalah distribusi frekuensi relatif. Hasil: Indeks DMFT ibu hamil 4,4 termasuk kriteria sangat rendah. Hasil CPITN yaitu periodontal sehat 0%; bleeding on probing (BOP), 43%; kalkulus, 53%; poket 4-5 mm, 3,3%; poket 6 mm, 0%. Kebutuhan perawatan gigi berlubang pada ibu hamil 30,9%. Kebutuhan perawatan jaringan periodontal diperlukan pada semua ibu hamil, berupa perbaikan oral hygiene 43%, perbaikan oral hygiene dan skeling 56%, Simpulan: Pengalaman karies ibu hamil pada kriteria sangat rendah, sedangkan kondisi jaringan periodontal ibu hamil semuanya memerlukan perawatan jaringan periodontal tetapi bukan perawatan periodontal kompleks. Kata kunci: Ibu hamil, indeks DMFT, indeks CPITN Caries experience, periodontal health, and oral treatment needs of pregnant women ABSTRACT Introduction: The oral health of pregnant women needs to be maintained to avoid infection of the teeth and gums. This effort will avoid dangerous infections that can cause premature and low birth weight babies. The purpose of this study was to determine the caries experience, periodontal health, and the oral treatment needs of pregnant women. Methods: The research method was descriptive. The study population was pregnant women who came to the Cantik Clinic of Banjaran, Bandung, whom willing to be the subject of research with no systemic abnormalities. The sampling technique was convenience sampling. The caries experience was measured by DMFT index. Caries treatment needs were the calculation of treatment needs based on the assessment of general and periodontal treatment needs to be measured by the Community Periodontal Index and Treatment Needs (CPITN) index. Data analysis used was the relative frequency distribution. Result: DMFT index of pregnant women was 4.4, included in the very low criteria. CPITN index measurement results were 0% healthy periodontal; 43% bleeding on probing (BOP); 53% calculus; 3.3% pocket of 4-5 mm; and 0% 6 mm pocket. General treatment needs of pregnant women mostly were tooth decay treatment (30.9%). Periodontal treatment needs were needed for all pregnant women, in th...

Background: Oral health care for pregnant women is often not provided by five health professionals in Indonesia: dentist, general practitioner, gynaecologist, promotion health officer, and midwives. While pregnant women also neither seek nor receive oral health treatment, even with apparent oral disease signs. This condition might occur due to a lack of understanding regarding the importance of oral health care for a healthy pregnancy. Objective: This study aimed to determine the knowledge of five different types of Indonesian health workers regarding oral health services for pregnant women. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on a population of five types of health workers in Indonesia. The sampling technique used was non-probability sampling with consecutive sampling technique from August until September 2019. The sample size was 191 health workers; calculation of sample size was conducted using the survey population to estimate the population proportion formula. The research data was collected using Google® Form questionnaire, which consisted of questions regarding regulations and socialisation about the oral health of pregnant women, the minimum number of visits of pregnant women to health service facility during pregnancy, the necessity for oral health examination during pregnancy, oral health treatment package for pregnant women, advisory for pregnant women to have an oral health examination, maternal and child health manual book. The questionnaire was distributed online to the five types of health workers in Indonesia. Data were analysed using Microsoft® Excel and presented in tabular form. Results: Nine out of thirteen knowledge criteria were in the 'less' category, which means 69% of health workers lacked knowledge regarding oral health services for pregnant women. Likewise, the number of respondents who knew the correct knowledge was found in 9 of the 13 criteria, indicated that only a small proportion of health workers had adequate knowledge regarding oral health services for pregnant women. Conclusion: Five different types of Indonesian health workers are not knowledgeable enough regarding the importance of oral health services for pregnant women. Only a small portion of Indonesia's health workers have adequate knowledge regarding appropriate oral health services for pregnant women.

Introduction: Oral health of pregnant women is essential due to the physiological, psychological, and immune response changes. Oral health-related prenatal services, however, are still insufficient. There are some deficiencies in health care and health promotion activities provided for pregnant women. The purpose of this study was to determine the oral health care practice of women with pregnancy experience. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted towards Indonesian women with pregnancy experience—sample size calculation was conducted using the survey population to estimate the population proportion formula. Inclusion criteria were women with pregnancy experience, owns mobile phones, able to access the Google® Form questionnaire, and willing to take part in the study. Exclusion criteria were women with pregnancy experience who did not complete the Google® Form questionnaire and women who were having a miscarriage or stillborn. Sampling technique was performed using the non-probability sampling with consecutive sampling technique in August until September 2019. Data collection using questionnaire in form of Google® Form questionnaire and distributed online to women who has pregnancy experience throughout Indonesia. Results: The respondents were grouped in three age categories: 22-34 years, 35-44 years, and 45-65 years. Respondents came from 45 cities throughout Indonesia. 62.70% of pregnant women had never visited the dentist. Pregnant women who have visited the dentist were only 37.30%. Pregnant women visited the dentist because they experience a toothache, while the reason for most pregnant women did not visit the dentist because they dd not have any oral health complaints. Conclusion: 62.70% of pregnant women had never visited the dentist. Pregnant women who have visited the dentist were only 37.30%. Women with pregnancy experience mostly have oral health care to treat their oral health complaints. However, the majority of them never visits the dentist because they did not have any oral health complaints.

Introduction:The pregnancy condition leads to few changes in women's bodies, such as hormonal, physiological, and diet. These changes also manifest in dental and oral health. Hormonal changes affect the susceptibility of oral mucosal tissue, whereas emotional and dietary changes alter the pattern of dietary intake, dental cleaning, oral hygiene, and nutritional status. The purpose of this study was to discover the profile of oral manifestations, oral hygiene, and nutritional status in pregnant women. Methods: The population of the study was the pregnant women who visited the Garuda Community Health Centre in Bandung. Subjects were pregnant women aged 17-43 years old. The samples must meet the inclusion criteria of good health status, and the exclusion criteria were no systemic abnormalities, and not currently under long-term antibiotic therapy. The research design was a cross-sectional observation.Indicators measured in this survey were the profiles of oral manifestations, oral hygiene status which assessed using OHI-S, and nutritional status of pregnant women using haemoglobin (Hb) and Body Mass Index (BMI) level. Results: Oral manifestations found in pregnant women were tongue disorders and ulceration, with the coated tongue as the most frequently detected manifestation, and the least found was recurrent aphthous stomatitis, whereas the oral hygiene of pregnant women was categorised as good in the 1st and 2nd-trimester of pregnancy. However, it was found to be moderate in the 3rd trimester. In respect of the Hb level, the nutritional status of the pregnant women was averagely good. By contrast, the BMI score revealed that pregnant women was found of having overweight during the 2nd and 3rd trimester. Conclusion: The most frequently found oral manifestation in pregnant women is coated tongue, while the oral hygiene is categorised as good on the first two trimesters, and the nutritional status in the last two trimesters is considered as overweight.

Introduction: During pregnancy, hormonal changes can increase susceptibility to oral diseases. Oral disease can pose a risk for the baby's oral health and pregnancy outcomes. Oral problems and their complications during pregnancy can be prevented by maintaining oral health behaviours that include knowledge, attitude, and practice. This study was aimed to analyse the correlation of knowledge and attitude on the practice of pregnant women's oral health. Methods: A descriptive-analytic research with a cross-sectional method was conducted towards 65 pregnant women at Sukajadi Community Health Centre (Puskesmas), Bandung, taken as a sample through purposive sampling technique. Data collection was carried out using a questionnaire. The statistical test used in this study was the Spearman correlation test. Results: The study showed that 66.2% of pregnant women had good knowledge of oral health care, 27.7% had adequate knowledge, and 6.2% had poor knowledge. Observation on oral health care attitude found that 56.9% of pregnant women had a good attitude, 43.1% had a fair attitude, and none were in the poor category. Oral health care practice of pregnant women resulted from 15.4% was in a good category, 60.0% in the fair category and 24.6% was in the poor category. The statistical analysis results between the attitude and the practice of oral health care showed a weak correlation with the correlation coefficient (rs) 0.124 and a significance value (p-value) was higher than 0.05 (0.325), indicating that there was no significant relationship between attitudes and the practice of oral health care. Conclusion: There is no correlation between knowledge and attitude on the practice of pregnant women's oral health.