Background. Dental caries is a chronic major oral health problem, affecting slightly more than a third of the worlds population. Based on Riset Kesehatan Dasar (RISKESDAS) 2013 there was an active caries increase compared to RISKESDAS 2007 from 43,4% to 53,2%. One of the risk factors affecting dental caries is the salivary flow rate that has an important role in the pathogenesis of oral and dental disease.
Method. This type of researchis unpaired categorical analytic research. This research was conducted by cross sectional method using questioner, sampling unstimulated saliva by spitting method, and dental caries examination by dentist using DMF-T index
Results. Respondent with very low, low, and normal salivary flow rates were associated with dental caries events in adult group based on low, moderate, and high DMF-T Index (p=0.001)
Conclusion. There was significant relationship between salivary flow rate and dental caries incidence in adult group of Puskesmas Kecamatan Penjaringan |