Pengetahuan seseorang tentang perilaku memelihara kesehatan gigi dan mulut seringkali terdapat ketidakselarasan. Tingginya angka penyakit gigi dan mulut saat ini dipengaruhi oleh beberapa faktor, salah satunya adalah faktor perilaku masyarakat yang belum menyadari pentingnya pemeliharaan kesehatan gigi dan mulut. Masalah kesehatan gigi yang biasanya muncul pada usia 17-25 tahun salah satunya adalah tumbuhnya gigi molar tiga, seringkali proses erupsi gigi molar tiga mengalami impaksi. Pasien pada usia 17-25 tahun harus memiliki pengetahuan tentang gigi molar tiga impaksi agar pasien mengetahui perawatan gigi M3 impaksi yang sesuai dengan keluhannya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran pengetahuan pasien tentang perawatan gigi M3 impaski di klinik Casadienta kota Cimahi. Metode adalah penelitian deskriptif. Populasi penelitian ini yaitu pasien yang datang ke klinik Casadienta kota Cimahi pada bulan Maret-April tahun 2022 dengan teknik accidental sampling sebanyak 31 responden. Data diolah dan disajikan dalam tabel distribusi frekuensi. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan jumlah pasien yang mempunyai keluhan gigi impaksi sebesar 54,8%, responden memiliki tingkat pengetahuan kurang tentang gigi M3 impaksi sebesar 30% dan responden memiliki tingkat pengetahuan cukup tentang perawatan gigi M3 impaksi sebesar 45,2%. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini menunjukan sebagian besar responden mempunyai keluhan gigi impaksi dan tingkat pengetahuan responden tentang gigi M3 impaksi dan perawatannya belum memiliki kategori pengetahuan baik.

Pemeliharaan kesehatan gigi dan mulut merupakan salah satu upaya meningkatkan kesehatan. Mulut bukan sekedar untuk pintu masuknya makanan dan minuman tetapi fungsi mulut lebih dari itu. Salah satu faktor yang paling berperan dalam Kesehatan gigi dan mulut anak-anak usia dini adalah orang tua dimana ibu memiliki peran yang paling penting. Pengetahuan ibu yang kurang akan menyebabkan perilaku Kesehatan gigi dan mulut yang buruk, begitu pula sebaliknya. Upaya dalam meningkatkan pengetahuan dan mencegah masalah kesehatan gigi dan mulut pada anak adalah dengan cara memberikan pendidikan kesehatan gigi dan mulut kepada orang tua di perlukan promosi kesehatan, misalnya dengan memberikan penyuluhan atau informasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui Efektivitas Penyuluhan Menggunakan Media Leaflet Terhadap Pengetahuan Ibu Tentang Pemeliharaan Kesehatan Gigi dan Mulut di RA Nurul Hikmah. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian analitik dengan rancangan penelitian quasi experiment. Desain penelitian yang digunakan adalah onegroup pretest-posttest design.Populasi penelitian ini berjumlah 40 orang. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan diketahuinya rata-rata hasil penyuluhan pre test sebesar 69,35 dan rata-rata hasil penyuluhan pos test sebesar 95,18. Nilap p value pada pengetahuan responden sebelum dan sesudah diberikan media leaflet sebesar (0.000 < 0,05). Kesimpulan pada penelitian ini adalah media leaflet efektif untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan ibu tentang pemeliharaan kesehatan gigi dan mulut.

Misuse of methamphetamine types can cause dental and oral health problems such as meth mouth, xerostomia, periodontitis and so on. Meanwhile, based on the 2018 BNN survey, cases of methamphetamine abuse in Indonesia are still relatively high. The high level of dental and oral health problems in shabu addicts can also be caused by a lack of knowledge and behavior in maintaining dental and oral health. Therefore, this study aims to determine the level of knowledge and behavior as well as the relationship between the level of knowledge of dental and oral health with brushing behavior in former users of methamphetamine. This study is an analytical study using a cross-sectional design. Data was collected by distributing questionnaires containing closed-ended questions regarding dental and oral health and by observing tooth brushing behavior in 40 respondents who were undergoing rehabilitation at the Cakra Sehati Foundation, Bandung. The analytical method used is the Fisher Exact test because there are cells with an expected value of less than 5. The results show that 92.3% of respondents have a level of knowledge of oral health and tooth brushing behavior in the poor category. Fisher's Exact statistical test showed that there was a relationship between the level of knowledge of oral health and tooth brushing behavior in former methamphetamine addicts at the Cakra Sehati Foundation, Bandung (p = 0.013 < 0.05).

Parents' knowledge about the period of tooth growth, both primary and permanent teeth, is very important, but in fact, parents often don't care about their children's teeth. The role of parents is very necessary for guiding, providing understanding, reminding, and providing facilities to children so that children can maintain oral hygiene. Parents also have an important role in preventing caries in children. This study aims to describe the knowledge of parents about dental growth and prevention of dental caries in TK Kemala Bhayangkari 42 Bandung. This type of research uses descriptive research methods. The place and time of this research were carried out at Kemala Bhayangkari 42 Kindergarten, Bandung City. The population in this study were all parents of Kemala Bhayangkari 42 Kindergarten students in Bandung, amounting to 35 people. The research sample is total sampling and the research instrument uses a questionnaire. Parents' knowledge of dental growth in the less category is 51.4% and the level of parental knowledge about caries prevention is in the sufficient category, which is 48.6%. Parental knowledge about dental growth is still in the poor category, while parental knowledge about caries prevention is in the sufficient category.

Most often dental and oral health experienced by school-age children is caries. Reason behind dental caries mostly by bad habits, lack of awareness to treat dental and oral hygiene lead micro-organisms in plaque continue spread on the surface of the teeth cause plaque gets thicker, beside the habit not taking care it, children have habit od eating sweet foods, contain simple sugars, the purpose knowing the behavioral factors in dental health maintenance elementary school studentstowards caries at SDN Ciptakarya Baleendah Bandung Regency. The type of research was cross-sectional, number of samples was all students in grades 4,5,6 SD Cipta Karya Baleendah Bandung Regency, methodwas proportional random sampling sample with results96people. Connection between dental health maintenance behavior and incidence of caries was carried out by bivariate test between independent variables on the dependent variable using Chi Square test. The results of Univariate test, students at SDN Ciptakarya Baleendah, Bandung Regency, most of them had caries 59%, teeth brushing habits were quite good 65%, eating habits - cariogenic foods were not good 55.57%, eating habits - non-cariogenic foods 83%, gargling after snacks less both 96.0% and control to the dental clinic 52%. The results of the bivariate test of dental and oral health maintenance behavior showed that gargling after eating had a relationship with caries, namely p = 0.039 ( p < 0.05).