PERBEDAAN KEBERSIHAN GIGI DAN MULUT PADA IBU HAMIL TRIMESTER I DAN III DI PUSKESMAS BERUNTUNG BARU KABUPATEN BANJAR KALIMANTAN SELATAN TAHUN 2022

Abstract

Based on data from the monthly PWS (Local Area Monitoring) report at the
Lucky Baru Health Center from January to July 2022 the number of pregnant women
was 199 people, there were 105 pregnant women in the first trimester, and 94 pregnant
women in the third trimester, the results obtained were 85 pregnant women (42, 78%) of
them have dental health problems.
This study aims to determine and analyze differences in dental and oral hygiene in
pregnant women in the first and third trimesters. The type of research used is analytic.
This research approach uses cross sectional. The total sample is 70 pregnant women
with 35 respondents in the first trimester, 35 respondents in the third trimester. Sampling
with total sampling.
The results showed that in the first trimester the average OHI-S was 2.53, the third
trimester was 1.48. In the results of statistical tests with Independent t test analysis, it
was found that the mean difference (average difference) was 1.05, with the known t-
count value of 4.608, the p value (probability value) of the test showed p = 0.000, so it is
smaller than 0.05 or (p = 0.000 < 0.05).
It can be concluded that there are differences in dental and oral hygiene for pregnant
women in the first and third trimesters in area of the BeruntungBaru Health Center,
Banjar Regency, South Kalimantan. It is recommended that there be counseling activities
by health workers for behavioral changes in pregnant women in maintaining dental and
oral hygiene.