THE ROLE OF PARENTS REGARDING DENTAL AND ORAL HEALTH TO THE EVENT OF DENTAL CARRIES IN THE CHILDREN OF THE DEAF

Abstract

Dental health is an important part of the body that needs to be maintained. Deaf children have
limited hearing, so deaf children need a role from their parents to maintain their dental health.
The role of parents is needed by deaf children to guide, educate, and direct positive things,
especially on their dental and oral health. One indicator of the degree of dental health is
dental caries. This study aims to determine the role of parents regarding dental and oral health
on the incidence of dental caries in deaf children at SDLB for the Deaf in Karya Mulia,
Surabaya. This type of research is an analytical study with a cross sectional design. The
research subjects were 31 respondents. The sampling technique was carried out by full
sampling. Data analysis using SPSS software using the Chi-Square test. The results of
statistical tests showed that the role of parents regarding dental and oral health on the
incidence of caries in deaf children had no influence between the role of parents regarding
dental and oral health on the incidence of dental caries in deaf children at SDLB for the Deaf,
Karya Mulia, Surabaya, with - value 0.267. The conclusion of this study is that there is no
influence of the role of parents regarding dental and oral health on the incidence of dental
caries in deaf children at SDLB for the Deaf, Karya Mulia, Surabaya.