Heidy Stefanie Yonathan
Padjadjaran University, Indonesia
Title: Correlation between family economic status and dental caries risk aged 0-3 years: A study to prevent caries in the earliest age
Biography
Biography: Heidy Stefanie Yonathan
Abstract
Family economic status is an important indicator to determine dental caries in children, especially in their younger age, or 0-3 years. This study aimed to see the correlation between family economic status and dental caries risk in children aged 0-3 years, using caries-risk assessment, as a method to prevent caries in the earliest age. This analytical correlational study used multistage random sampling technique. Family economic status and dental caries risk were measured in 109 children aged 0-3 years, which had been registered in 5 mother-children integrated center (Posyandu) Bandung City, using scale, based on Nielsen Media Research and American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry’s Caries-risk Assessment Tool. The correlation of variables was analyzed using Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. The result showed that children with low family economic status have high dental caries risk. Statistic calculation using Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test with α=5% showed coefficient correlation Z=-8,315, with significance p-value=0.000. The conclusion of this study shows that there is correlation between family economic status and dental caries risk aged 0-3 years, which is, the lower the family economic status, the higher the dental caries risk.