The Difference Caries Amount of Permanent Mandibular First Molar between Boys and Girls in Eleventh Grade Student at SMA Negeri 2 Bandung
Title : The Difference Caries Amount of Permanent Mandibular First Molar between Boys and Girls in Eleventh Grade Student at SMA Negeri 2 Bandung on 2006/2007 School Year – Metha Avianti - F1O03006
(Metha Avianti | F1O03006 | Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi | Universitas Padjadjaran)
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ABSTRACT
Caries is a pathological process that lies in hard mineralized tissue of teeth and caused the decays of it due to micro-organism activities. The tooth caries disease in a teeth and mouth that frequently happen to human being.
This research is aimed at proving the differences of gender on the occurrence of caries in boys and girls. The research was conducted to 240 eleventh grade student at SMAN 2 Bandung with the age range between 15-17 years old. This is a descriptive analytic research and using survey technique in order to collect data. The statistical test is chi-square test.
The research yields the number of tooth caries of the permanent mandibular first molar. The results are 52,50 % in boys and 71,67 % in girls according to number of children, whereas on the basis of the number of teeth examined are 34,63 % in boys and 47,60 % in girls.
The conclusion of this research, there is a difference of tooth caries on permanent mandibular first molar between boys and girls with a higher caries number in girls than boys.
Keywords: caries, permanent mandibular first molar, gender.
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