The Guidance Book on Dental Check for Pregnant Women toward the Health Status of Periodontal Tissue and Treatment Need Index

Abstract

Background: The presence of a dental checkbook can help preventive and promotive actions for pregnant women to create health of mother and fetus.The Objective: The purpose of this research is to identify the role of the companion book of dental check in pregnant women on the health status of periodontal tissue at Community Health Center of Banyumanik Subdistrict Semarang, Indonesia.Method: Type of research used is an experiment with pretest and posttest- as well as control group design. The sample is the 85 pregnant women who visited Community Health Center in Ngesrep and Padangsari Subdistrict Banyumanik Semarang City. 50 pregnant women given dental checkbook serve as the treatment group while 35 pregnant women without given the book are treated as the control group. The variables measured are changes in periodontal tissue status and Treatment Need index.Results: The result of this research is data of periodontal tissue in pregnant women group at Ngesrep Community Health Center and Padangsari Banyumanik Semarang Health Center, there were 35% with six unhealthy sextants, and only 7% have six healthy sextants. There is a change in the status of periodontal tissue of pregnant women, especially the condition of bleeding gums/gingivitis becoming healthy after being given dental health checkbook.Conclusion: Statistically, there is no difference in periodontal tissue status after being given the book of dental check checklist for a pregnant woman in Banyumanik Subdistrict Semarang City