ABSTRAKPendahuluan: Kehamilan adalah suatu kondisi yang dapat mempengaruhi perubahan fisiologis, perubahan pola makan, dan perubahan psikologis. Hal ini secara tidak langsung dapat mempengaruhi status kebersihan mulut dan selaput lidah. Sebagian besar wanita hamil ditemukan menderita beberapa penyakit mulut yang diketahui terkait dengan kehamilan. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui hubungan antara oral hygiene dengan coated tongue pada ibu hamil di Puskesmas Garuda Bandung. Metode: Jenis penelitian analitik korelatif dengan pendekatan cross-sectional. Sampel yang memenuhi kriteria adalah sebanyak 69 orang yang diperoleh dengan teknik purposive sampling. Data diperoleh dengan menghitung Oral Hygiene Index Simplified dan Coated Tongue Index, kemudian data dianalisis dengan menggunakan uji korelasi Spearman menggunakan aplikasi MegaStat. Hasil: Hubungan antara oral hygiene dan coated tongue pada kelompok ibu hamil di Puskesmas Garuda Bandung, mempunyai nilai korelasinya (r s ) sebesar 0,259 menunjukkan Nilai signifikan secara statistik dengan p-value sebesar 0,00158567 (p<0,005). Simpulan: Terdapat hubungan antara oral hygiene dan coated tongue pada kelompok ibu hamil, yang berarti ketika kebersihan rongga mulut buruk, area selaput putih (coated tongue) pada dorsal lidah semakin besar.
Kata kunci: Oral hygiene, coted tongue, kehamilan
Relationship between oral hygiene and Coated Tongue in pregnant womenABSTRACT Introduction: Pregnancy is a condition that affects physical, dietary habit, and physicological changes. These changes affect oral hygiene and coated tongue indirectly. Most pregnant women are found to suffer from some oral diseases that associated with pregnancy. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of oral hygiene with coated tongue among pregnant women in Puskesmas Garuda Bandung. Methods: This study used correlative analytical with cross sectional approach method. The samples were 69 pregnant women that were obtained by purposive sampling technique. The data was obtained by examining the Oral Hygiene Index Simplified and coated tongue index. The data were analyzed using Spearman Correlation and proceeded by MegaStat application. Result: There was a relationship between oral hygiene status and coated tongue among pregnant women in Puskesmas Garuda Bandung. The correlation value (r s ) was 0,259 which is statistically significant (p-value<0,05). Conclusion: There was a relationship between oral hygiene status and coated tongue among pregnant women in Puskesmas Garuda Bandung, which means when oral hygiene status was bad, the area of the white membrane on the dorsal of the tongue (coated tongue) was wider and vice versa. Padjadjaran J Dent Res Student. Februari 2018;2(1):65-70 LAPORAN PENELITIAN Padjadjaran J Dent Res Student. Februari 2018;2(1):65-70 LAPORAN PENELITIAN